IP Library Granted Patent US 12,723,558
Granted Patent B2
US 12,723,558 · App. 19/213,233 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Hydrogen engine

Inventors: Mina Kawai Tachibana (Toyota, JP); Tomihisa Tsuchiya (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F02M21/0206
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Patent No.
US 12,723,558
App. No.
19/213,233
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hydrogen engine includes: a combustion chamber that combusts an air-fuel mixture of air and a hydrogen gas; an injector that directly injects the hydrogen gas into the combustion chamber; an insertion hole which communicates with the combustion chamber and into which the injector is inserted; and a spacer member disposed in a gap between an inner wall of the insertion hole on a side of the combustion chamber and a tip of the injector in an injection direction of the hydrogen gas, the spacer member containing copper as a main component.

Claims (7)

1 . A hydrogen engine comprising:

a combustion chamber that combusts an air-fuel mixture of air and a hydrogen gas;

an injector that directly injects the hydrogen gas into the combustion chamber;

an insertion hole which communicates with the combustion chamber and into which the injector is inserted; and

a spacer member disposed in a gap between an inner wall of the insertion hole on a side of the combustion chamber and a tip of the injector in an injection direction of the hydrogen gas, the spacer member containing copper as a main component.

2 . The hydrogen engine according to claim 1 , wherein the spacer member is fixed to the inner wall by adhesion.

3 . The hydrogen engine according to claim 1 , wherein the spacer member has a hole through which the hydrogen gas injected from the injector into the combustion chamber passes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2025
From: KAWAI TACHIBANA, MINA; TSUCHIYA, TOMIHISA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 071168/0606 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2024-173797 · Oct 2, 2024 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20260092581A1 · Apr 2, 2026
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