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Granted Patent B2
US 6,976,468 · App. 10/812,984 · Granted Dec 20, 2005

Direct injection gasoline engine

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Patent No.
US 6,976,468
App. No.
10/812,984
Granted
Dec 20, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a center injection type of direct engine, since it has an ignition plug and an injector arranged in proximity, there occurs the problem that a sprayed liquid fuel directly strikes the ignition plug and causes the plug to misfire. A notch is to be provided at a portion of the injector end so as to form a coarse-grained portion and a dense portion in sprays of fuel, and the injector is disposed so that the coarse-grained portion is directed towards the ignition plug. It is possible to avoid the misfiring of the ignition plug and thus prolong the life of the plug, by preventing a liquid fuel from directly striking the plug.

Claims (21)

1. In an internal combustion engine comprising:

a cylinder head;

an ignition plug mounted on said cylinder head for forming a combustion chamber; and

a fuel injector mounted on the cylinder head in proximity to said ignition plug; wherein,

said fuel injector is positioned at a side of an air intake valve which introduces air to said combustion chamber; and

said ignition plug is positioned at a side of an exhaust valve which exhausts an exhaust gas from said combustion chamber wherein said fuel injector injects in advance an injection spray portion having a long penetration, and thereafter injects an injection spray portion having a short penetration.

2. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein:

two intake valves are provided;

said fuel injector is positioned intermediate said two intake valves;

two exhaust valves are provided; and said ignition plug is positioned intermediate said two exhaust valves.

3. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein said ignition plug is mounted on an inclined face of said cylinder head.

4. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein said fuel injection is formed with a porous injection hole type injector.

5. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein

said fuel injector provides both a fuel spray having a long penetration at a side of said ignition plug and a fuel spray having a short penetration at a remote side from said ignition plug by overlapping said fuel spray having said long penetration; and

said fuel injector is installed to said cylinder head.

6. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein

said fuel injector has a fuel swirling mechanism for imparting a swirl force against the fuel at an upstream side of a valve seat; and

said fuel injector is installed to said cylinder head.

7. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein

when a fuel spray from said fuel injector is cross-sectioned according to a plane including said ignition plug and said fuel injector, said fuel spray from said fuel injector presents an asymmetrical fuel spray shape against a center axial line of said fuel injector; and

said fuel injector is installed to said cylinder head.