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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:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Larry Van Reatherford, Clarkston, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 7/504 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 7/504 ;
Abstract
A HCCI engine includes a cylinder block with a cylinder head closing off a cylinder, a power piston slidably contained within the cylinder, and a boost piston for initiating timed combustion of fuel within a combustion chamber. The boost piston is housed within a wall of the combustion chamber such that when the boost piston moves from a base position to an extended position, the heat increase within the combustion chamber is sufficient to cause fuel within the combustion chamber to ignite.