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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2005
Akira Tayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Tsuchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Hiraya, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Matayoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Tayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Tsuchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Hiraya, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Matayoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
In a direct injection internal combustion engine, a fuel injection valve and a spark plug of adjacent cylinders are inclined at different angles from each other in directions perpendicular to a cylinder arrangement direction in which the cylinders are arranged. Besides, the fuel injection valve and the spark plug of at least one of the cylinders are inclined at different angles from each other in directions parallel to the cylinder arrangement direction. A cooling channel is provided between the fuel injection valve and the spark plug of the at least one of the cylinders.