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Engine having fuel injection induced combustion chamber mixing

  • US 8,402,940 B2
  • Filed: 04/01/2010
  • Issued: 03/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An engine assembly comprising:

  • an engine structure defining a cylinder bore;

    a piston disposed within the cylinder bore for reciprocal displacement between a top dead center position and a bottom dead center position; and

    a direct injection fuel system including only a single fuel injector that provides a fuel spray to a combustion chamber defined by the piston and the cylinder bore, the fuel spray extending generally tangential to a circumference of the combustion chamber and defining a centerline extending in a direction radially across the combustion chamber;

    wherein the fuel injector is in fluid communication with a pressurized fuel supply at an operating pressure of at least 120 mega Pascal (MPa).

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