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Four-stroke internal combustion engine with spark ignition

US6047592A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 1997
Grant dateApr 11, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2017

Classification

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

Abstract

In order to optimize combustion in a four-stroke spark-ignition engine with direct fuel injection, the conditions of charge flow are improved by providing the top surface of each piston with two longitudinal guiding ribs located at a distance from each other and a cross-guiding rib running transversely thereto, thus providing an H-shaped configuration.

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