Abstract:
A gas channeling cylinder head assembly for fixed attachment to a cylinder, the cylinder having a slidably mounted piston, the piston being cyclically moveable, the assembly incorporating a plenum having a first port, a second port, and a third port, the first port, upon the fixed attachment, communicating with the cylinder; a poppet valve; a solenoid actuator connected operatively to the poppet valve for alternatingly seating and unseating the poppet value at the first port, the solenoid actuator seating and unseating the poppet valve; and a check valve connected operatively to the plenum, the check valve being adapted for alternatingly permitting and resisting inward and outward flows of the gas through the second port; the check valve incorporating a vane which is adapted for movement between flow permitting and flow resisting positions, the vane being positioned for, upon movement to the flow permitting position, directing flows of the gas toward the first port; the assembly further incorporating a second check valve connected operatively to the plenum, the second check valve being adapted for alternatingly permitting and resisting outward and inward flows of the gas through the third port.
Abstract:
A fluid system of an engine which has an outwardly opening engine valve controls fluid delivery and removal from first and second cylinders for controlling the position of the engine valve and injection of fuel responsive to the position of the engine piston.
Abstract:
A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine that includes an upper head portion and a lower head portion provided with a valve train and in which the lower head portion is integrally formed with a pair of laterally spaced upwardly extending side walls. One of the side walls is integrally formed with an air intake manifold which communicates with an air intake passage located in the lower head portion via an air inlet port a portion of which is formed in the side wall incorporating the manifold so as to permit the intake passage to be nearly straight and devoid of any severe bends.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine is provided which includes an improved exhaust valve, air/fuel injector, and timing system for operating the valves and injectors. The exhaust valve comprises a rotatable cylindrical valve body having a passage which is located in an exhaust passage. The valve body is actuated by linkage connected to an electronically controlled solenoid. The air/fuel injector comprises a housing having air and fuel reservoirs having orifices therein and an air and fuel needle for selective location each the respective orifices. Air and fuel passing through the orifices is mixed in a venturi and then passes through a screen and check valve into the cylinder. The timing mechanism is connected to the injector and valve and comprises a drum which rotates a housing. Sensors in the housing detect passage of an element on the drum, completing a circuit which actuates an exhaust valve solenoid or the injector needles.
Abstract:
Several embodiments of induction systems for internal combustion engines that achieve high power outputs without sacrificing low and medium speed running characteristics or without adverse transitional effects. Each embodiment employs a pair of intake valves connecting with each combustion chamber and served by separate intake passages. A control valve is positioned at one of the intake passages and is operated so that the idle and low load requirements are primarily served by the other intake passage. An interconnecting passage interconnects the two intake passages downstream of the control valve and close to the engine valves to improve transitional performance and mid-range torque. In one embodiment of the invention the control valve is operated in response to engine speed and load as sensed in the induction system. In another embodiment an unbalanced control valve is employed that is operated by pressure differences in the induction system. In yet another embodiment the control valve is operated in response to the exhaust gas pressure. In still another embodiment a piston type control valve is employed.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a distribution system for the intake and exhaust in an internal combustion engine.According to the invention, a cylinder is connected to an exhaust manifold by means of a connecting valve 10. An intake mainfold 10 opens into the manifold 14 by means of an intake valve 14 making it possible to regulate the flow of air and re-cycling of the burnt gases.The advantages attained by the invention include: achieving optimum characteristics of the flow of air and re-cycling of the burnt gases, obtaining optimum characteristics of the flow, reduction in temperature of the exhaust valve and assisting in starting and partial running.