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US 2014/0165967 A1Published application
Internal combustion engines
AssigneeCox Powertrain Limited
InventorChristian Bucksey
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Abstract
An internal combustion engine comprising at least one cylinder and a pair of opposed, reciprocating pistons within the cylinder forming a combustion chamber therebetween. The engine has at least one fuel injector disposed at least partly within the cylinder, the fuel injector having a nozzle that is positioned within the combustion chamber and through which the fuel is expelled into the combustion chamber, wherein the nozzle is exposed directly within the combustion chamber.
Claims20
An internal combustion engine comprising:
- at least one cylinder;
- a pair of opposed, reciprocating pistons within the cylinder forming a combustion chamber therebetween;
- and
- at least one fuel injector disposed at least partly within the cylinder, the fuel injector having a nozzle that is positioned within the combustion chamber and through which the fuel is expelled into the combustion chamber;
- wherein the nozzle is exposed directly within the combustion chamber.
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An internal combustion engine comprising:
- at least one cylinder;
- a pair of opposed, reciprocating pistons within the cylinder forming a combustion chamber therebetween;
- and
- at least one fuel injector disposed on or parallel with the central axis of the cylinder configured to inject fuel into the combustion chamber;
- wherein the pistons drive a crankshaft disposed at one end of the cylinder via respective drive linkages, the drive linkage for the piston furthest from the crankshaft being external to the cylinder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.