IP Library Granted Patent US 11,976,585
Granted Patent B2
US 11,976,585 · App. 17/989,043 · Granted May 7, 2024

Engine

Inventors: Yuji Harada (Aki-gun, JP); Kenji Uchida (Aki-gun, JP); Ryohei Ono (Aki-gun, JP); Masayuki Kidokoro (Aki-gun, JP); Kazuhiro Nagatsu (Aki-gun, JP)
Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
F02B19/12F02B19/18
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Patent No.
US 11,976,585
App. No.
17/989,043
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

To effectively suppress strong knock that occurs in the operating region of high load and high rotation in a specific engine having a pre-chamber in a combustion chamber, the engine includes a piston that defines a combustion chamber together with a cylinder block and a cylinder head. The combustion chamber includes a sub-chamber and a main chamber separated from the sub-chamber by a pre-chamber. The specific ratio obtained by dividing a bore/stroke ratio of a cylinder by the volume of the sub-chamber is greater than or equal to 6.6 cm −3 and less than or equal to 57.6 cm −3 .

Claims (35)

1. An engine comprising:

a cylinder block in which a cylinder is formed;

a cylinder head assembled onto the cylinder block to cover a top of the cylinder;

a piston provided so as to reciprocate inside the cylinder, the piston defining a combustion chamber together with the cylinder block and the cylinder head; and

a spark plug that performs ignition in the combustion chamber,

wherein the combustion chamber includes a sub-chamber that houses an electrode of the spark plug, and a main chamber separated from the sub-chamber by a partition wall having a through-hole, the main chamber having a volume larger than a volume of the sub-chamber, and

wherein a specific ratio obtained by dividing a bore/stroke ratio of the cylinder by the volume of the sub-chamber is greater than or equal to 6.6 cm −3 and less than or equal to 57.6 cm −3 .

2. The engine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bore/stroke ratio is set to greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 1.5.

3. The engine according to claim 1 ,

wherein a compression ratio of the engine is greater than or equal to 14 and less than or equal to 25.

4. The engine according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an injector that injects fuel into the main chamber,

wherein an air-fuel mixture in the sub-chamber is generated by causing the fuel injected by the injector to flow into the sub-chamber through the through-hole.

5. The engine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the specific ratio is greater than or equal to 8.5 cm −3 and less than or equal to 23.4 cm −3 .

6. The engine according to claim 5 ,

wherein a compression ratio of the engine is greater than or equal to 14 and less than or equal to 25.

7. The engine according to claim 5 , further comprising:

an injector that injects fuel into the main chamber,

wherein an air-fuel mixture in the sub-chamber is generated by causing the fuel injected by the injector to flow into the sub-chamber through the through-hole.

8. The engine according to claim 5 ,

wherein the bore/stroke ratio is set to greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 1.5.

9. The engine according to claim 8 ,

wherein a compression ratio of the engine is greater than or equal to 14 and less than or equal to 25.

10. The engine according to claim 8 , further comprising:

an injector that injects fuel into the main chamber,

wherein an air-fuel mixture in the sub-chamber is generated by causing the fuel injected by the injector to flow into the sub-chamber through the through-hole.

11. The engine according to claim 9 , further comprising:

an injector that injects fuel into the main chamber,

wherein an air-fuel mixture in the sub-chamber is generated by causing the fuel injected by the injector to flow into the sub-chamber through the through-hole.

12. The engine according to claim 11 ,

wherein the injector injects liquid fuel.

13. The engine according to claim 12 ,

wherein the through-hole is one of four to six through-holes that are formed in the partition wall so as to be arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction around the electrode of the spark plug.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2022
From: HARADA, YUJI; UCHIDA, KENJI; ONO, RYOHEI; KIDOKORO, MASAYUKI; NAGATSU, KAZUHIRO
To: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061810/0263 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-198070 · Dec 6, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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