Air cell for an internal combustion engine

Patent · Tue May 12 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:5053015

Fontichiaro, D; Kabat, D M

This patent describes an internal combustion engine having an air cell combustion system. It comprises a cylinder block having at least one bore, with a piston reciprocably housed therein; a cylinder head attached to the cylinder block and defining a primary combustion chamber with the cylinder block and piston; a reservoir for air compressed by the piston, with the reservoir being delimited by: a concentric counterbore in the deck surface of the cylinder block; and by a concentric annular space formed in the cylinder head and communicating with the counterbore; and by a compression seal interposed between the cylinder head and the cylinder block at the outer periphery of the counterbore, with the air cell further comprising passages extending from the reservoir into the combustion chamber.

• Assignee: Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI (United States)
• Patent Number(s): US 5111786; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-695064
• OSTI ID: 5053015
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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