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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ramachandra Diwakar, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Roger B Krieger, Birmingham, MI (US);
Keith Meintjes, Grosse Points Farms, MI (US);
Edward G Groff, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123276 ; 123279 ;
Abstract
A direct injection internal combustion engine of the diesel or spark ignition type is provided with a combustion bowl recess in the head end of the piston having both a polygonal lip and a polygonal bowl with upwardly and inwardly curving reentrant sides to provide high turbulence for fuel air mixing during an extended portion of the piston compression stroke and improved combustion of the air/fuel mixture.