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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Toshiharu Nogi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Takuya Shiraishi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yoko Nakayama, Hitachi, JP;
Noboru Tokuyasu, Hitachi, JP;
Yusuke Kihara, Hitachi, JP;
Yoshihiro Sukegawa, Hitachi, JP;
Minoru Ohsuga, Hitachinaka, JP;
Mineo Kashiwaya, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cylinder injection engine includes a fuel injector for injecting a fuel into a combustion chamber formed between a cylinder head and a piston, an intake port opening to the combustion chamber, an intake valve disposed in the intake port, a plurality of spark plugs provided for each cylinder for effecting ignition of a mixture formed within the combustion chamber, an external EGR valve having a function of EGR amount control to the cylinder, and a gas flow control valve. The engine has air/fuel ratio mode setting and ignition mode setting.