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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2008
Dai Tanaka, Okazaki, JP;
Koji Hata, Okazaki, JP;
Kazuyoshi Nakane, Okazaki, JP;
Kimihiko Sato, Okazaki, JP;
Shigeo Yamamoto, Obu, JP;
Dai Tanaka, Okazaki, JP;
Koji Hata, Okazaki, JP;
Kazuyoshi Nakane, Okazaki, JP;
Kimihiko Sato, Okazaki, JP;
Shigeo Yamamoto, Obu, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A direct injection internal combustion engine employs a spray guided combustion method, wherein a fuel spray injected from a fuel injection valve is collected at an electrode section of a spark plug so that satisfactorily high combustion performance may be achieved even with a small amount of injected fuel. The engine includes spray control postsarranged on both sides of the spark plug, for guiding the fuel injected from the fuel injection valveto be directed toward the electrode sectionof the spark plug