Operation control system for direct injection 2 cycle engine
First Claim
1. A multiple cylinder, two-cycle, crankcase compression, internal combustion engine comprised of an engine body defining at least two combustion chambers, a crankcase chamber associated with each of said combustion chambers, scavenge passage means extending from said crankcase chamber to the respective of said combustion chambers and communicating therewith through a scavenge port opened and closed by a piston reciprocating in the respective combustion chamber, an exhaust port formed in each of said combustion chambers and opened and closed by the reciprocation of said piston for discharging exhaust gasses therefrom, an exhaust system for discharging exhaust gasses from said exhaust ports to the atmosphere comprised of an exhaust manifold having a plurality of branch passages, each extending from a respective one of said exhaust ports to a common collector section, said common collection section communicating with the atmosphere, combustion control means for delivering and igniting a combustible charge in each of said combustion chambers, means for controlling the speed of said engine during at least one running range by periodically disabling the combustion in at least one of said combustion chambers, exhaust control valve means in said exhaust system for controlling the effective flow area therethrough, means for controlling the position of said exhaust control valve means during cylinder disabling for precluding cooler gasses from the disabled combustion chamber from entering an operating combustion chamber through its exhaust port.
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Abstract
A number of embodiments of two-cycle crankcase compression direct injected internal combustion engines wherein engine speed is controlled under at least some running conditions by cylinder disabling. Exhaust systems including exhaust control valves for precluding the passage of cooler gasses from the disabled cylinders to the operating cylinders through their exhaust ports are illustrated in varying forms and for various types of engines.
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- 1. A multiple cylinder, two-cycle, crankcase compression, internal combustion engine comprised of an engine body defining at least two combustion chambers, a crankcase chamber associated with each of said combustion chambers, scavenge passage means extending from said crankcase chamber to the respective of said combustion chambers and communicating therewith through a scavenge port opened and closed by a piston reciprocating in the respective combustion chamber, an exhaust port formed in each of said combustion chambers and opened and closed by the reciprocation of said piston for discharging exhaust gasses therefrom, an exhaust system for discharging exhaust gasses from said exhaust ports to the atmosphere comprised of an exhaust manifold having a plurality of branch passages, each extending from a respective one of said exhaust ports to a common collector section, said common collection section communicating with the atmosphere, combustion control means for delivering and igniting a combustible charge in each of said combustion chambers, means for controlling the speed of said engine during at least one running range by periodically disabling the combustion in at least one of said combustion chambers, exhaust control valve means in said exhaust system for controlling the effective flow area therethrough, means for controlling the position of said exhaust control valve means during cylinder disabling for precluding cooler gasses from the disabled combustion chamber from entering an operating combustion chamber through its exhaust port.
- 16. A method of operating a cylinder, two-cycle, crankcase compression, internal combustion engine comprised of an engine body defining at least two combustion chambers, a crankcase chamber associated with each of said combustion chambers, scavenge passage means extending from said crankcase chamber to the respective of said combustion chambers and communicating therewith through a scavenge port opened and closed by a piston reciprocating in the respective combustion chamber, an exhaust port formed in each of said combustion chambers and opened and closed by the reciprocation of said piston for discharging exhaust gasses therefrom, an exhaust system for discharging exhaust gasses from said exhaust ports to the atmosphere comprised of an exhaust manifold having a plurality of branch passages, each extending from a respective one of said exhaust ports to a common collector section, said common collection section communicating with the atmosphere, said method comprising the steps of delivering and igniting a combustible charge in each of said combustion chambers, controlling the speed of said engine during at least one operational running range by periodically disabling the combustion in at least one of said combustion chambers, and controlling the flow of exhaust gasses during cylinder disabling for precluding cooler gasses from the disabled combustion chamber from entering an operating combustion chamber through its exhaust port.
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