Internal combustion chamber
OwnerDonald L. Schmitzinventor
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Abstract
A hung combustion chamber for internal combustion engines comprising a cylinder and detachable cooling jacket welded to a cylinder head. The cylinder and the cooling jacket are within a cylinder block, but unsupported by the cylinder block. Coolant is supplied to the jacket by a non-rigid connection. The hung combustion chamber contains the combustion gas pressures and temperatures while the jacket contains the coolant flows, eliminating many gaskets, seals, attachment and alignment components. The simplified one-piece chamber construction and limited number of components reduce stress concentration points and hot spots. The hung combustion chamber is particularly applicable to the retrofitting of existing worn diesel engines in heavy duty service environments.
Claims9
In combination with a high-powered reciprocating piston internal combustion engine, an internal combustion cylinder assembly comprising:
- a cylinder head made of weldable material;
- a cylinder liner for containing and guiding a reciprocating piston of said engine,
- said cylinder liner and said cylinder head forming a welded structural unit,
- a coolant jacket adapted to receive a cooling fluid, mounted on and surrounding said cylinder liner, said jacket being attached to said cylinder head and detachably supported by said cylinder liner, and forming a cooling chamber around said cylinder liner;
- means to supply said cooling fluid to said cooling chamber and to discharge said cooling fluid therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.