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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
May. 26, 2006
Isamu Hotta, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichirou Nakajima, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Ashida, Yokohama, JP;
Eiji Takahashi, Yokosuka, JP;
Isamu Hotta, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichirou Nakajima, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Ashida, Yokohama, JP;
Eiji Takahashi, Yokosuka, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine includes a main combustion chamber, an auxiliary combustion chamber, a fuel reforming unit, and a control unit. The auxiliary combustion chamber is configured and arranged to communicate with the main combustion chamber. The fuel reforming unit is configured and arranged to reform a fuel to produce a reformed gaseous fuel and a reformed liquid fuel. The control unit is configured to execute control such that the reformed gaseous fuel is supplied to the auxiliary combustion chamber when a first operating condition exists and the reformed liquid fuel is supplied to the main combustion chamber when a second operating condition exists.