Internal-combustion engines – Precombustion and main combustion chambers in series – Having combustible mixture forming means
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-04
2007-09-04
Gimie, Mahmoud (Department: 3747)
Internal-combustion engines
Precombustion and main combustion chambers in series
Having combustible mixture forming means
C123S299000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11441188
ABSTRACT:
An internal combustion engine includes a main combustion chamber, an auxiliary combustion chamber, a fuel reforming unit, and a control unit. The auxiliary combustion chamber is configured and arranged to communicate with the main combustion chamber. The fuel reforming unit is configured and arranged to reform a fuel to produce a reformed gaseous fuel and a reformed liquid fuel. The control unit is configured to execute control such that the reformed gaseous fuel is supplied to the auxiliary combustion chamber when a first operating condition exists and the reformed liquid fuel is supplied to the main combustion chamber when a second operating condition exists.
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Ashida Koichi
Hotta Isamu
Nakajima Shinichirou
Takahashi Eiji
Gimie Mahmoud
Nissan Motor Co,. Ltd.
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