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Precombustion chamber construction for an internal combustion engine

US4875939A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 1988
Grant dateOct 24, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A ceramic precombustion chamber construction for an internal combustion engine including a precombustion chamber formed by a ceramic body to be inserted in a precombustion chamber receiving cavity of a metal cylinder head. Projections are formed on an outer circumferential surface of a metal sleeve fitted on the ceramic body, or on an inner circumferential surface of the precombustion chamber receiving cavity of a metal cylinder head, or on an outer circumferential surface of the ceramic body. Thermal insulating spaces are formed by the projections and the inner circumferential surface of the precombustion chamber receiving cavity or the outer circumferential surface of the metal sleeve or the outer circumferential surface of the ceramic body. One of the projections is formed with a glow-plug receiving aperture which communicates with a glow-plug receiving aperture formed in the precombustion chamber receiving cavity of the metal cylinder head. As a result, leakage of burnt gases is prevented to ensure a complete thermal insulating effect.

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