Swirl-conserving combustion chamber construction for opposed-piston engines

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9512779
APP PUB NO 20140014063A1
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14026931

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A combustion chamber construction for opposed-piston engines includes an elongated, bilaterally symmetrical shape referenced to a major axis and a pair of injection ports located on the major axis when the pistons are near respective top center positions. The combustion chamber is defined between a bowl in the end surface of a first piston of a pair of pistons and mirrored ridges protruding from the end surface of a second piston of the pair. Each ridge includes a central portion that curves toward a periphery of the end surface of the second piston and which transitions to flanking portions that curve away from the periphery. The ridge configuration imparts a substantially spherical configuration to a central portion of the combustion chamber where swirling motion of charge air is conserved.

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ACHATES POWER INCACHATES POWER INC 4060 SORRENTO VALLEY BOULEVARD SAN DIEGO CA 92121

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Redon, Fabien G San Diego, US 53 541

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