Pre-chamber type internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10982587-B2
Application number	US-201916578590-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2019
Priority date	Nov 22, 2018
Publication date	Apr 20, 2021
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021

Abstract

A cylinder head (3) is formed with a pre-chamber (12) surrounded by a thin pre-chamber wall (11) sticking out from the inside wall surface of the cylinder head (3) to the inside of a main combustion chamber (5). Inside the pre-chamber (12), the electrode of a spark plug (15) is arranged. When the spark plug (15) is used to burn the air-fuel mixture inside the pre-chamber (12), jet flames are ejected from the communication holes (13) to the main combustion chamber (5). The thin pre-chamber wall (11) is formed into a two-layer structure of an outside wall (11a) facing the main combustion chamber (5) and an inside wall (11b) facing the pre-chamber (12). The inside wall (11b) is formed by a material with a higher heat conductivity than the outside wall (11a).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pre-chamber type internal combustion engine comprising;
a main combustion chamber formed between an inside wall surface of a metal cylinder head and a top surface of a piston,
a pre-chamber formed at the cylinder head and surrounded by a thin pre-chamber wall sticking out from the inside wall surface of the cylinder head to an inside of the main combustion chamber, said thin pre-chamber wall having communication holes formed therein and communicating an inside of the pre-chamber and the inside of the main combustion chamber, and
a spark plug having an electrode arranged in the pre-chamber, jet flames being ejected from the communication holes to the main combustion chamber when an air-fuel mixture in the pre-chamber is burned by the spark plug, wherein
said thin pre-chamber wall is made of a two-layer structure of an outside wall facing the main combustion chamber and an inside wall facing the pre-chamber, and the inside wall is formed by a material with a higher heat conductivity than the outside wall, and
the entire outer circumferential surface around a portion of the communication hole passing through the inside wall of the thin pre-chamber wall is formed by a material with a lower heat conductivity than the inside wall.

2. The pre-chamber type internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein at least the inside wall of the thin pre-chamber wall is connected to a front end of a metal hollow sleeve, the pre-chamber is formed between a front end of the spark plug inserted into the hollow sleeve and the inside surface of the thin pre-chamber wall, and the hollow sleeve is inserted into the cylinder head made of a metal.

3. A pre-chamber type internal combustion engine comprising;
a main combustion chamber formed between an inside wall surface of a metal cylinder head and a top surface of a piston,
a pre-chamber formed at the cylinder head and surrounded by a thin pre-chamber wall sticking out from the inside wall surface of the cylinder head to the inside of the main combustion chamber, said thin pre-chamber wall having communication holes formed therein and communicating an inside of the pre-chamber and an inside of the main combustion chamber, and
a spark plug having an electrode arranged in the pre-chamber, jet flames being ejected from the communication holes to the main combustion chamber when an air-fuel mixture in the pre-chamber is burned by the spark plug, wherein
said thin pre-chamber wall is made of a two-layer structure of an outside wall facing the main combustion chamber and an inside wall facing the pre-chamber, and the inside wall is formed by a material with a higher heat conductivity than the outside wall, and
first communication holes where the entire outer circumferential surfaces around portions of the communication hole passing through the inside wall of the thin pre-chamber wall are formed by a material with a lower heat conductivity than the inside wall and second communication holes where the entire outer circumferential surfaces around portions of the communication hole passing through the outside wall of the thin pre-chamber wall are formed by a material with a higher heat conductivity than the outside wall are alternately formed.

4. The pre-chamber type internal combustion engine according to claim 3 , wherein at least the inside wall of the thin pre-chamber wall is connected to a front end of a metal hollow sleeve, the pre-chamber is formed between a front end of the spark plug inserted into the hollow sleeve and the inside surface of the thin pre-chamber wall, and the hollow sleeve is inserted into the cylinder head made of a metal.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takada Noriyuki

Classifications

• Y02T10/12

  Improving ICE efficiencies · CPC title

• F02B19/02 Primary

  the chamber being periodically isolated from its cylinder · CPC title

• F02B19/12

  with positive ignition (engines with non-timed positive ignition, and with incandescent chambers F02B9/08) · CPC title

• F02B19/1023 Primary

  pre-combustion chamber and cylinder being fed with fuel-air mixture(s) · CPC title

• H01T13/54

  having electrodes arranged in a partly-enclosed ignition chamber · CPC title