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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gaetan Monnier, rue Paul Cezanne, FR;
Assignee:
Institut Francais du Petrole, Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123305 ; 123298 ;
Abstract
A direct-injection spark-ignition four-stroke internal-combustion engine includes a combustion chamber (1) delimited by a piston (10), a cylinder and a cylinder head, an intake pipe (2) associated with an intake valve (6), an exhaust pipe (3) with which an exhaust valve (7) cooperates, an ignition element (8) and a fuel injection element (9). According to the invention, the fuel injection element (9) is situated close to the ignition element (8), in the same half of the cylinder head as the exhaust valve (7), the half cylinder itself being placed toward the front of the vehicle. Fuel injection element (9) can be placed below the ignition element (8).