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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter Piock, Hitzendorf, AT;
Assignee:
AVL List GmbH, Graz, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A spark-ignition internal combustion engine with direct injection into the combustion chamber which operates according to the jet-guided combustion method, and includes at least one injection device and one ignition device per cylinder. In order to increase the stratification capabilities and the service life of the injection device, the ignition device is disposed centrally, preferably in the zone of the of the cylinder axis, and the injection device is disposed laterally offset in the direct vicinity of the ignition location, with the distance between the orifice of the injection device and the ignition location being 0.1 to 0.24 times the piston diameter.