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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew A Pouring, Edgewater, MD (US);
Carlo Leto di Priolo, Milan, IT;
Assignee:
Sonex Research, Inc., Annapolis, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123276 ; 123279 ; 1231936 ;
Abstract
A combustion chamber for a direct injected, reciprocating piston diesel cycle internal combustion engine in which fuel is injected into a piston recess and wherein the piston includes a reaction chamber adjacent the piston recess that communicates with the combustion chamber through a discrete orifice, wherein the orifice is located so as to discharge reaction products from the reaction chamber into the central portion of a soot cloud that is formed during combustion of fuel each combustion cycle.