Internal-combustion engines – Combustion chamber means having fuel injection only – Injection of fuel onto igniter – deflector – heater – or atomizer
Reexamination Certificate
1998-09-01
2001-01-09
Kwon, John (Department: 3747)
Internal-combustion engines
Combustion chamber means having fuel injection only
Injection of fuel onto igniter, deflector, heater, or atomizer
C123S305000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06170457
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine with a fuel spray deflector and more particularly to an internal combustion engine with a fuel injection system where the engine has an integrally formed fuel deflector that shields portions of a spark plug in the combustion chamber.
2. Description of the Related Art
It is well known that fuel deposited on the porcelain body portion of a spark plug located in a combustion chamber will cause the spark plug to short circuit and degrade engine operation. Fully functional spark plugs have longer lives, they provide for better engine fuel economy and they help reduce undesirable engine emissions. Nevertheless, it is desirable under certain operating conditions to directly inject fuel on the spark plugs so that more complete combustion occurs. This is especially true when the engine is at idle.
Prior attempts to shield portions of spark plugs in fuel injected engines have occurred. For example, it has been suggested that a rod may be inserted into a combustion chamber between the fuel injector nozzle and the spark plug to block fuel from portions of the spark plug. This arrangement offers a shield for the spark plug, however, the use of a rod requires extra engine parts, additional machining and increases the labor required for engine assembly.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The disadvantages mentioned above have been overcome by the present invention. What is described here is an engine having fuel injection comprising an engine block having a cylinder, a piston moveable in the cylinder, a cylinder head connected to the engine block, a cavity formed in the cylinder head aligned with the cylinder, a first opening in the cylinder head communicating with the cavity for receiving a fuel injector nozzle, a second opening in the cylinder head communicating with the cavity for receiving a spark plug, and a protrusion formed integrally with the cylinder head extending into the cavity and positioned between the first and the second openings and adapted to divert fuel injected by a fuel injector nozzle mounted in the first opening away from selected portions of a spark plug mounted in the second opening.
An object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism for shielding a spark plug in a fuel injected engine. Another aspect of the present invention is to provide such a shielding mechanism which is a simple and inexpensive. Yet another advantage of the present invention is to provide a spark plug shielding mechanism which does not increase the number of parts in an engine, does not require extra machining of the engine elements and does not require additional labor for assembling such an engine.
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Fletcher Yoder & Van Someren
Kwon John
Outboard Marine Corporation
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