Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charge-fed pre-chamber assembly
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Application No.: US15759345Application Date: 2016-04-11
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Publication No.: US10598079B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Alan C. Anderson
- Applicant: CUMMINS INC.
- Applicant Address: US IN Columbus
- Assignee: Cummins Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cummins Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Columbus
- Agency: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2016/026862 WO 20160411
- International Announcement: WO2017/082953 WO 20170518
- Main IPC: F02B19/10
- IPC: F02B19/10 ; F02B19/12 ; F02B19/14 ; F02M21/02 ; F02B19/00 ; F02B23/06 ; F02D9/02

Abstract:
A method for combustion in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes mixing fuel and air to form a charge, flowing a first portion of the charge to the main chamber of an engine and a second portion of the charge to the pre-chamber volume of an engine, igniting the second portion of the charge in the pre-chamber volume, and delivering the ignited second portion of the charge to the main chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180258835A1 CHARGE-FED PRE-CHAMBER ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2018-09-13
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