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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
James C McCandless, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Assignee:
Navistar International Transportation Corp., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2395333 ; 2395339 ; 239601 ;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine that is driven by dimethyl ether (DME) and a storage and delivery system for the DME that will reduce considerably the emissions of NO.sub.x and particulate. Existing internal combustion engines, fueled by conventional fuels can be economically converted to the use of DME as a fuel.