IP Library Patent Application 12158688
Patent Application
App. No. 12/158,688

Internal Combustion Engine with an Improved Charging Action in the Combustion Chamber

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12/158,688
Abstract

A cylinder head arrangement is provided for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The cylinder head arrangement includes, but is not limited to a combustion chamber, a first intake valve in a first intake port, as well as a first exhaust valve in a first exhaust port and a second exhaust valve in a second exhaust port ( 19 ). The second exhaust port is realized in such a way that a gas flow from the second exhaust port back into the combustion chamber results in an at least partially swirling flow in the combustion chamber.

Claims (14)

1 - 12 . (canceled)

13 . A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a combustion chamber;

a first intake valve in a first intake valve seat of a first intake port in said combustion chamber;

a first exhaust valve in a first exhaust valve seat of a first exhaust port in said combustion chamber; and

a second exhaust valve in a second exhaust valve seat of a second exhaust port in said combustion chamber,

wherein at least one of the first exhaust port and the second exhaust port are adapted to provide at least one of a gas flow from the first exhaust port back into the combustion chamber and a gas flow from the second exhaust port back into the combustion chamber that results in an at least partially swirling flow in the combustion chamber,

wherein at least one of a first masking elevation is provided in the first exhaust port in a region of the first exhaust valve seat and a second masking elevation is provided in the second exhaust port in a region of the second exhaust valve seat,

wherein at least one of the walls of the first masking elevation and the second masking elevation are adapted in such a way that gas flows from at least one of the first exhaust port back into the combustion chamber and from the second exhaust port back into the combustion chamber which flow along these walls are deflected away from a center axis of the combustion chamber and toward a side wall of the combustion chamber

wherein after discharging combustion gas from at least one of the exhaust ports of the combustion chamber, exhaust gas is taken in into the combustion chamber from at least one the exhaust ports while a fresh fuel/air mixture is taken in through at least of the intake ports of the combustion chamber, and

wherein a layering is created in the combustion chamber in which an uncombusted fuel/air mixture is situated in an interior of the combustion chamber and combusted combustion gas accumulates around this region.

14 . The cylinder head according to claim 1 , wherein the first intake port is adapted such that a gas flow from the first intake port into the combustion chamber results in an at least partially swirling flow in the combustion chamber.

15 . The cylinder head according to claim 1 , further comprising a second intake valve in a second intake valve seat of a second intake port.

16 . The cylinder head according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two intake ports is adapted such that a gas flow from the at least one of the two intake ports into the combustion chamber results in an at least partially swirling flow in the combustion chamber, and in that the exhaust port situated diagonally opposite to the center axis of the combustion chamber is realized in such a way that a gas flow from this exhaust port back into the combustion chamber results in an at least partially swirling flow in the combustion chamber.

Assignments (12)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 10, 2011
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 025781/0211 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 8, 2010
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2010
From: UAW RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS TRUST
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2010
From: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 28, 2009
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: UAW RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS TRUST
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 27, 2009
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Reel/Frame 023156/0313 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2009
From: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 023126/0914 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2009
From: CITICORP USA, INC. AS AGENT FOR BANK PRIORITY SECURED PARTIES; CITICORP USA, INC. AS AGENT FOR HEDGE PRIORITY SECURED PARTIES
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 16, 2009
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: CITICORP USA, INC. AS AGENT FOR BANK PRIORITY SECURED PARTIES; CITICORP USA, INC. AS AGENT FOR HEDGE PRIORITY SECURED PARTIES
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 4, 2009
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
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CORRECTION TO THE ASSIGNMENT RECORDATION COVER SHEET TO CORRECT THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN THE ASSIGNEE NAME RECORDED AT REEL: 021132 AND FRAME 0462 Recorded Jan 8, 2009
From: BUHR, RONALD; ZIMMERMANN, JAN
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2008
From: BUHR, RONALD; ZIMMERMANN, JAN
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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