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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 19/02 (2006.01); F02F 1/24 (2006.01); F02F 1/42 (2006.01); F01B 31/14 (2006.01); F02P 13/00 (2006.01); F02B 23/02 (2006.01); F02B 23/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 19/026 (2013.01); F01B 31/14 (2013.01); F02F 1/242 (2013.01); F02F 1/4285 (2013.01); F02P 13/00 (2013.01); F02P 19/02 (2013.01); F02B 23/02 (2013.01); F02B 23/0672 (2013.01);
Abstract
An auto-ignition engine system is provided. The auto-ignition engine system includes a cylinder having an intake valve and an exhaust valve coupled thereto, an opening in a cylinder head defining a portion of the boundary of the cylinder, a glow plug heating element extending through the opening into the cylinder, an insert at least partially surrounding a glow plug heating element and coupled thereto, and an adjustment mechanism configured to alter the position of the glow plug heating element and the insert in the cylinder.