Fuel injector support constructions for direct injection opposed-piston engines
US8997710B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 16, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An opposed-piston internal combustion engine with one or more ported cylinders and uniflow scavenging includes fuel injectors supported at compound angles with respect to the cylinders in order to directly inject spray patterns of fuel in opposing directions through the side walls of the cylinders.
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