Piston crown to raise compression ratio

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016237945-A1
Application number	US-201514623785-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 17, 2015
Priority date	Feb 17, 2015
Publication date	Aug 18, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A piston includes a crown having a deck, a spark recess, an exhaust valve recess, and an intake valve recess. The piston also includes a wedge disposed on the crown extending from the exhaust valve recess and the intake valve recess toward the spark recess above the deck. The wedge is a planar wedge disposed at an angle substantially parallel to an associated exhaust valve received by the exhaust valve recess. The crown is symmetrical about a piston center line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A piston comprising:
a crown having a deck, a spark recess, an exhaust valve recess, and an intake valve recess; and a wedge disposed on the crown extending from the exhaust valve recess and the intake valve recess toward the spark recess above the deck at an angle substantially parallel to an associated exhaust valve received by the exhaust valve recess, the crown being symmetrical about a piston center line.

2 . The piston of claim 1 further comprising an arcuate ramp disposed between the exhaust valve recess and the intake valve recess extending from the deck to the wedge.

3 . The piston of claim 2 wherein the ramp is further disposed substantially tangential to the deck and the wedge.

4 . The piston of claim 2 wherein the ramp extends from the deck to the spark recess.

5 . The piston of claim 1 wherein the wedge comprises a planar surface.

6 . An engine comprising:
an engine block and cylinder head defining a cylinder; and a piston disposed within the cylinder having a symmetric dome crown including a wedge extending from an intake valve recess and an exhaust valve recess sloping above a deck toward a center of the crown parallel to an exhaust valve being received by the exhaust valve recess and an arcuate ramp disposed between the valve recesses tangent to the deck and the wedge.

7 . The engine of claim 6 wherein the symmetric dome crown is cast.

8 . The engine of claim 6 further comprising a spark recess disposed at an apex of the wedge.

9 . The engine of claim 8 wherein the spark recess is machined from a casting riser extending above the wedge.

10 . The engine of claim 6 further comprising a fuel injector position configured to inject fuel directly into the cylinder.

11 . The engine of claim 6 wherein the cylinder defines a V-configuration.

12 . A dome piston having a crown symmetric about a center line, each half of the crown comprising:
a deck; an intake valve relief and an exhaust valve relief each extending below the deck to a planar wedge extending from the valve reliefs above the deck to an apex; a spark plug recess at the apex; and an arcuate ramp disposed between the valve reliefs and extending tangentially between the deck and the wedge.

13 . The piston of claim 12 wherein the symmetric crown is cast.

14 . The piston of claim 12 wherein the planar wedge is substantially parallel to an exhaust valve being received by the exhaust valve relief.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Jeffries Jonathan Patrick
• Armstrong Brian Denis
• Kostrzewski Thomas Jeremy

Classifications

• F02F3/285 Primary

  the head being provided with an insert located in or on the combustion-gas-swept surface · CPC title

• F02B75/22

  with cylinders in V, fan, or star arrangement · CPC title

• F02B23/063

  the combustion space in the piston interacting fluid dynamically with the cylinder head, the injector body or the cylinder wall (F02B23/04 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y02T10/12

  Improving ICE efficiencies · CPC title

• F02F3/28 Primary

  Other pistons with specially-shaped head · CPC title