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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2004
Wade James Robel, Normal, IL (US);
Scott B. Fiveland, East Norwich, NY (US);
Joel D. Hiltner, Farmington, ME (US);
Wade James Robel, Normal, IL (US);
Scott B. Fiveland, East Norwich, NY (US);
Joel D. Hiltner, Farmington, ME (US);
Caterpillar Inc, Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
An internal combustion engine has at least one combustion chamber and a piston slidably disposed within the at least one combustion chamber. The piston is configured to reciprocate between a top-dead-center position and a bottom-dead-center position. The internal combustion engine also has an air supply in selective fluid communication with the at least one combustion chamber and a fuel supply in selective fluid communication with the at least one combustion chamber. The internal combustion engine further has a supply of non-combustible gas and at least one injector in fluid communication with the at least one combustion chamber and the supply of non-combustible gas. The at least one injector is configured to inject non-combustible gas from the supply into the at least one combustion chamber.