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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:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Brett Bailey, Peoria, IL (US);
Scott Fiveland, Peoria, IL (US);
Weidong Gong, Dunlap, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operating an internal combustion engine is provided. The engine includes a main combustion chamber in fluid communication with a prechamber. The method comprises the step of varying the volume within the prechamber during a portion of a compression stroke of the main combustion chamber.