Combustion chamber structure for engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10851702-B2
Application number	US-201916676746-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2019
Priority date	Nov 16, 2018
Publication date	Dec 1, 2020
Grant date	Dec 1, 2020

Abstract

A combustion chamber structure for an engine includes a combustion chamber where SI combustion by spark ignition and CI combustion by self-ignition are conducted. A crown surface includes a cavity recessed to have a bowl-shape, and a pair of raised portions. The cavity includes a bottom portion which is a lower region of the recessed part, the bottom portion having an outer circumferential edge which is circular in a top view. With a height of the raised portion relative to a height position of a deepest portion of the cavity being represented as H1 and a diameter of an outer circumferential edge of the bottom portion of the cavity being represented as D, H1/D as a ratio of the height H1 of the raised portion to the diameter D of the cavity is set to be in a range of 0.05 or more and 0.36 or less.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A combustion chamber structure for an engine, comprising:
a combustion chamber defined by a crown surface of a piston, an inner wall surface of a cylinder in which the piston is slidably housed, and a pent roof-shaped ceiling surface;
the combustion chamber having a geometrical compression ratio of 15 or more, and in the combustion chamber, partial compression ignition combustion in which mixture gas combusts by flame propagation and then combusts by compression ignition being performed; wherein
the crown surface includes
a cavity recessed to have a bowl-shape; and
a pair of raised portions having a mound-shape along the pent roof shape of the ceiling surface and provided in an outer circumferential region between the cavity and an outer edge portion of the piston to protrude in a cylinder axis direction; wherein

the cavity includes a bottom portion which is a lower region of the recessed part, the bottom portion having an outer circumferential edge which is circular in a top view, and
with a height of the raised portion relative to a height position of a deepest portion of the cavity being represented as H1 and a diameter of an outer circumferential edge of the bottom portion of the cavity being represented as D, H1/D as a ratio of the height H1 of the raised portion to the diameter D of the cavity is set to be in a range of 0.05 or more and 0.36 or less.

2. A combustion chamber structure for an engine, comprising:
a combustion chamber defined by a crown surface of a piston, an inner wall surface of a cylinder in which the piston is slidably housed, and a pent roof-shaped ceiling surface;
the combustion chamber having a geometrical compression ratio of 15 or more, and in the combustion chamber, flame propagation combustion and partial compression ignition combustion being performed in combination, the flame propagation combustion being a mode in which mixture gas combusts by flame propagation, the partial compression ignition combustion being a mode in which mixture gas combusts by flame propagation and then combusts by compression ignition; wherein
the crown surface includes
a cavity recessed to have a bowl-shape; and
a pair of raised portions having a mound-shape along the pent roof shape of the ceiling surface and provided in an outer circumferential region between the cavity and an outer edge portion of the piston to protrude in a cylinder axis direction; wherein

the cavity includes a bottom portion which is a lower region of the recessed part, the bottom portion having an outer circumferential edge which is circular in a top view, and
with a height of the raised portion relative to a height position of a deepest portion of the cavity being represented as H1 and a diameter of an outer circumferential edge of the bottom portion of the cavity being represented as D, H1/D as a ratio of the height H1 of the raised portion to the diameter D of the cavity is set to be in a range of 0.050 or more and 0.235 or less.

3. The combustion chamber structure for an engine according to claim 1 , wherein
the bottom portion of the cavity is a region including the deepest portion of the cavity and having a fixed curvature, and an outer edge of the region having the fixed curvature is circular in a top view.

4. The combustion chamber structure for an engine according to claim 2 , wherein
the bottom portion of the cavity is a region including the deepest portion of the cavity and having a fixed curvature, and an outer edge of the region having the fixed curvature is circular in a top view.

5. The combustion chamber structure for an engine according to claim 1 , wherein
the cavity has an oval shape wide in an extending direction of a ridge of the raised portion in a top view of the crown surface.

6. The combustion chamber structure for an engine according to claim 2 , wherein
the cavity has an oval shape wide in an extending direction of a ridge of the raised portion in a top view of the crown surface.

7. The combustion chamber structure for an engine according to claim 3 , wherein
the cavity has an oval shape wide in an extending direction of a ridge of the raised portion in a top view of the crown surface.

8. The combustion chamber structure for an engine according to claim 4 , wherein
the cavity has an oval shape wide in an extending direction of a ridge of the raised portion in a top view of the crown surface.

Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Imamura Satoshi
• Fukuma Masaki
• Nakahara Yasushi
• Inoue Atsushi
• Matsumoto Kota
• Kawano Michiharu
• Honda Yuya
• Nishi Futa

Classifications

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• F02P5/045

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• F02P15/08

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• F02D41/3041

  with means for triggering compression ignition, e.g. spark plug · CPC title

• F02B2023/106

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