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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2017
Mahle Powertrain Llc, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Hugh Blaxill, Novi, MI (US);
Michael Bunce, Plymouth, MI (US);
MAHLE Powertrain LLC, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
Internal combustion engine comprising at least one cylinder and a piston supported for repeated reciprocal movement in the cylinder so as to define a combustion chamber of an engine bore diameter A-A, the internal combustion engine further comprising an ignition device arranged in said cylinder having an igniter portion and an fuel injector which are both arranged in a pre-chamber, wherein the pre-chamber comprises a plurality of orifices for providing fluid communication between said pre-chamber and the combustion chamber, and wherein the plurality of orifices are of an overall orifice area so that the ratio between the overall orifice area and the engine bore diameter A-A ranges from 0.01 mm to 0.2 mm.