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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gunther Hafner, Stuttgart, DE;
Victor Pfeffer, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231 / ; 123133 ; 165105 ;
Abstract
An Otto internal combustion engine with a high-pressure metering system and with evaporation of the fuel that is heated electrically and/or by means of exhaust gas heat, by way of at least one expansion nozzle; the fuel in the operating phase of the engine is thereby adapted to be heated by means of exhaust gas heat at most to a base temperature lying below the desired design temperature to which the fuel is intended to be heated, and is adapted to be electrically heated from the base temperature to the desired temperature.