F02B 23/0648
Means or methods to improve the spray dispersion, evaporation or ignition
Official title: {Means or methods to improve the spray dispersion, evaporation or ignition}
F02B23/0648 (Means or methods to improve the spray dispersion, evaporation or ignition) appears on 202 US grants and 199 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F02B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Internal combustion engine system10 Feb 2026US 12,546,263 B2Volvo Truck Corporation
- Piston and an internal combustion engine system14 Oct 2025US 12,442,347 B2Volvo Truck Corporation
- Piston for compression-ignition engine having antebowl and engine operating strategy utilizing same8 Jul 2025US 12,352,200 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Control method for combustion system, combustion system and engine14 Jan 2025US 12,196,151 B2Weichai Power Co., Ltd.
- Ducted fuel injection systems and methods implementing pilot injection19 Mar 2024US 11,933,244 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Engine system employing air jet injection for limiting plume-plume interaction of combusting fuel spray plumes10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266212 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Ducted fuel injection strategy employing baffle for redirection of combusting fuel plumes10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266213 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Piston Bowl For An Internal Combustion Engine20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243215 A1Perkins Engines Company Limited
- Gaseous fuel combustion system and method utilizing a piston reentrant feature for hastened fuel-air mixing16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201829 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Piston for reciprocating within a cylinder in an internal combustion engine18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168460 A1Cummins Inc.
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By later US patents
- Hybrid electric vehicle127US 5,881,559 AIsuzu Ceramics Research Institute Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Gas-fueled, compression ignition engine with maximized pilot ignition intensity52US 6,598,584 B2Clean Air Partners, Inc. · 2003
- Multi-fuel compression ignition engine50US 7,036,482 B2Clean Air Power, Inc. · 2006
- Internal combustion engine producing low emissions38US 7,210,448 B2Cummins Inc. · 2007
- Combustion chamber assembly of direct injection diesel engines33US 5,029,563 A1991