Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pre-chamber ignition system
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Application No.: US15622364Application Date: 2017-06-14
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Publication No.: US10337397B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Michael Howard Shelby , Brad Alan VanDerWege
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Main IPC: F02B19/16
- IPC: F02B19/16 ; F02B19/10 ; F02B19/12

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for purging a pre-chamber. In one example, a system is provided with a combustion chamber formed by a cylinder head coupled to a cylinder block and a pre-chamber in fluidic communication with the combustion chamber. The system is also provided with a purge port coupled to the pre-chamber and structured to flow purge air into the pre-chamber, where the flow of the purge air is driven by operation a purge pump and a piston disposed within the combustion chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180363539A1 PRE-CHAMBER IGNITION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-12-20
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