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US 2017/0067391 A1Published application
Combustion chamber for an internal combustion engine and an internal combustion engine
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorRichard S. Brandt
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Abstract
An engine includes a combustion chamber including a cylinder wall defining a cylinder, a fuel injector disposed in a first opening in the cylinder wall and a piston head disposed in the cylinder. A piston bowl at least partially defined by a wall having a generally spiral shape is provided in a top of the piston head.
Claims27
A combustion chamber for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a cylinder wall defining a cylinder;
- a fuel injector disposed in a first opening in the cylinder wall;
- a piston had disposed in the cylinder, a piston bowl at least partially defined by a wall having a generally spiral shape being provided in a top of the piston head.
The combustion chamber for an internal combustion engine as set forth in claim wherein periphery of the top of the piston head is recessed at an outer end of the spiral shaped wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.