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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:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123299 ; 123300 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for injecting fuel into combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine, in which the total injection quantity for the engine is split into a main injection quantity and a small postinjection quantity, the latter being closely coupled to the end of the main injection quantity and being injected with the same fuel pressure as the main injection quantity. This reduces soot emissions at otherwise identical engine operating parameters. Because of the interaction among soot emissions, NO.sub.x emissions and specific consumption, the postinjection, while soot and NO.sub.x emissions are kept the same, can also be employed to lower the specific consumption of the engine.