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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bernd Steiner, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Oliver Berkemeier, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Krystian Dylong, Cologne, DE;
Jan Mehring, Cologne, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for an internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber for burning a fuel mixture and a spark plug for performing spark ignition of the fuel mixture in the combustion chamber. The spark plug includes electrodes for generating an ignition spark at a location within the combustion chamber. Furthermore, the internal combustion engine includes an adjustment device for reducing a distance between the location of the ignition spark and an edge of the combustion chamber in the case of an increase in temperature of the internal combustion engine during operation.