Cooling means for the squish part of an air cooling overhead valve engine

Patent · Tue Jan 06 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6950317

Umeda, T; Tani, Y; Kaai, T; Nakano, K; Izui, Y

This patent describes an air cooled engine comprising: (a) a cylinder having a cylinder head affixed thereon and having a right side and a left side; (b) a combustion chamber disposed in an upper area of the cylinder and under the right side of the cylinder head; (c) a squish area disposed in the cylinder adjacent to the combustion chamber under and across the left side of the cylinder head; (d) an air wind tunnel disposed above the squish area and extending through the cylinder head and over substantially the entire squish area; (e) a squish part including a portion of the cylinder head disposed between the air wind tunnel and the squish area; (f) a fan means for providing a cooling wind; (g) a fan case for guiding the cooling wind to the air wind tunnel; (h) a pipe means disposed across an upper part of an entrance of the wind tunnel for guiding the cooling wind into the wind tunnel.

• Assignee: Kubota, Ltd., Osaka
• Patent Number(s): US 4633824
• OSTI ID: 6950317
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENGINES
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FLOW REGULATORS
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VALVES
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