Patent · US Expired

Internal combustion engine

US6170455A · kind A · utility

3Cited by

6References

21Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Werner Eissler · Weingarten, DE
Arnold Kaden · Winnenden, DE
Jorg Miroll · Köngen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 15, 1999
Grant date	Jan 9, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

An internal combustion engine with a piston arranged in a cylinder bore, a pair of intake passages to the cylinder bore, and having a piston crown provided with a crescent-shaped depression. The inlet passages are arranged symmetrically with respect to an axis of symmetry running through the center of the cylinder bore between the two intake passages. The crescent-shaped depression formed in the piston crown extends across and is symmetrical with respect to the axis of symmetry.

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