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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jaswinder Singh, Dunlap, IL (US);
Martin Leo Willi, Dunlap, IL (US);
Darryl Baldwin, Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 11/00 (2006.01); F01L 3/22 (2006.01); F02M 25/00 (2006.01); F02B 43/12 (2006.01); F02B 43/10 (2006.01); F02M 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 21/0257 (2013.01); F01L 3/22 (2013.01); F02B 11/00 (2013.01); F02B 43/12 (2013.01); F02M 25/00 (2013.01); F02B 2043/103 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method is provided that introduces oil droplets into the combustion chamber of a lean burn natural gas engine via dedicated channels located in the cylinder head and a valve seat insert for providing multiple distributed sources of ignition in addition to the spark plug based ignition system.