Piston with combustion stabilizing bowl
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsChristopher M. Hoops, Sean Jeffery Moser, Adam J. Clute, Andrew Joseph Loetz, Aaron Ness, Tyler M. Kackley
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AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsChristopher M. Hoops, Sean Jeffery Moser, Adam J. Clute, Andrew Joseph Loetz, Aaron Ness, Tyler M. Kackley
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A piston for engine may include an annular body including a combustion bowl defining a volume and surrounded on a top side thereof by an annular crown portion defining a top squish surface with include an inner edge defining an opening to the combustion bowl. The opening may include an area for combustion gases to enter the bowl during a compression stroke of the piston. The combustion bowl may include a reentrant surface that defines a tangent that forms a reentrant angle with the top squish surface. The reentrant angle may range from 28.0 degrees to 32.0 degrees. A ratio of a bowl volume to an area of the entry opening may ranges from 45 mm to 52 mm. A ratio of a bowl volume to the reentrant angle may range from 12 cc/deg to 15 cc/deg.
A piston configured to reciprocate in a bore of an engine, the piston comprising:
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