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Multiple spark ignition internal combustion engine with exhaust gas recirculation

US4459804A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 1981
Grant dateJul 17, 1984
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/40
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A spark-ignition internal combustion engine with multiple plugs is operated at an air-fuel ratio around the stoichometric under a high EGR rate higher than EGR limits for stable operation in a single spark plug ignition engine.

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