Stratified cross combustion engine

Patent · Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6077356

Rhoads, J L

A piston engine is provided in which adjacent cylinder pairs share a common combustion chamber and the pistons are mounted to reciprocate substantially in phase, one of the pistons in each piston pair receiving a rich mixture which is ignited by a sparkplug in that cylinder, with the other cylinder in the cylinder pair being passive in its preferred form, and receiving through a separate intake valve either pure air or a leaner mixture into which the combusted richer mixture pours, insuring that the greatest combustion possible resulting in the greatest percentage of carbon dioxide formation as opposed to carbon monoxide is created.

• Assignee: IFI; EDB-82-012716
• Patent Number(s): US 4274369
• OSTI ID: 6077356
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 4 Sep 1979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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STRATIFIED CHARGE ENGINES
DESIGN
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
FUEL ECONOMY
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS
FUEL-AIR RATIO
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
PISTONS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CONTROL
ENGINES
FUEL SYSTEMS
HEAT ENGINES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
330100* - Internal Combustion Engines