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Granted Patent B2
US 10,378,428 · App. 15/874,003 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Internal combustion engine

Inventor: Tomoyuki Muto (Nagakute, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F02B19/08Y02T10/125
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Patent No.
US 10,378,428
App. No.
15/874,003
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An internal combustion engine includes: a main combustion chamber; an intake port connected to the main combustion chamber at an intake opening; an exhaust port connected to the main combustion chamber at an exhaust opening; a sub-chamber provided between the intake opening and the exhaust opening, and connected to the main combustion chamber through a plurality of through-holes; a fuel injector injecting fuel into the sub-chamber; and a spark plug performing ignition in the sub-chamber. A tumble flow flows from a first side to a second side as seen from the sub-chamber. The through-holes include: a first through-hole formed in a first side part of a side wall of the sub-chamber; and a second through-hole different from the first through-hole. A diameter of the first through-hole is larger than that of the second through-hole.

Claims (35)

1. An internal combustion engine comprising:

a main combustion chamber sandwiched between a cylinder head and a piston facing the cylinder head;

an intake port formed within the cylinder head and connected to the main combustion chamber at an intake opening;

an exhaust port formed within the cylinder head and connected to the main combustion chamber at an exhaust opening;

a sub-chamber provided on the cylinder head between the intake opening and the exhaust opening, and connected to the main combustion chamber through a plurality of through-holes;

a fuel injector injecting fuel into the sub-chamber; and

a spark plug performing ignition in the sub-chamber, wherein

a tumble flow at a position of the sub-chamber flows from a first side to a second side as seen from the sub-chamber,

the plurality of through-holes include:

a first through-hole formed in a part on the first side of a side wall of the sub-chamber; and

a second through-hole different from the first through-hole and formed in a part on the second side of the side wall of the sub-chamber,

a diameter of the first through-hole is larger than a diameter of the second through-hole, and

the fuel injector preferentially injects fuel to a direction of the second side over a direction of the first side.

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

the first through-hole and the second through-hole face each other.

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

there is no fuel injector in the intake port nor in the main combustion chamber.

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

the fuel injector injects fuel of a first injection amount into the sub-chamber in an intake stroke, and

the fuel injector injects fuel of a second injection amount less than the first injection amount into the sub-chamber after the intake stroke and before an ignition timing.

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

the plurality of through-holes further include a third through-hole, and

the third through-hole is provided such that the fuel injected from the fuel injector passes through the third through-hole to directly enter the main combustion chamber.

6. An internal combustion engine comprising:

a main combustion chamber sandwiched between a cylinder head and a piston facing the cylinder head;

an intake port formed within the cylinder head and connected to the main combustion chamber at an intake opening;

an exhaust port formed within the cylinder head and connected to the main combustion chamber at an exhaust opening;

a sub-chamber provided on the cylinder head between the intake opening and the exhaust opening, and connected to the main combustion chamber through a plurality of through-holes;

a fuel injector injecting fuel into the sub-chamber; and

a spark plug performing ignition in the sub-chamber, wherein

the plurality of through-holes include:

a first through-hole formed in a part on a side of the intake opening of a side wall of the sub-chamber; and

a second through-hole different from the first through-hole and formed in a part on a side of the exhaust opening of the side wall of the sub-chamber,

a diameter of the first through-hole is larger than a diameter of the second through-hole, and

the fuel injector preferentially injects fuel to a direction of the side of the exhaust opening over a direction of the side of the intake opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2018
From: MUTO, TOMOYUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 044656/0831 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-051669 · Mar 16, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180266307A1 · Sep 20, 2018