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AssigneesTextron Lycoming, A division of Avco Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation
InventorsKen Kremer, Hiroshi Arisawa
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An internal combustion aircraft engine comprising a cylinder head having a cylindrical head bore formed therein, a piston, and spark plugs, the cylinder head bore and piston designed to reduce engine knock. The cylinder head is fixedly attached to a top end of a cylinder barrel formed with cylindrical walls, the cylinder head bore and the cylindrical walls defining a cylinder. The cylinder head bore has formed therein an outwardly protruding cavity with respect to the top end of the cylinder barrel. The piston has a piston crown, and the piston contained within the cylinder, the piston crown, the cylinder walls, and the cylinder head bore define a combustion chamber. The piston crown has a concavity formed therein, and the piston is constructed and arranged to reciprocate within the cylinder. The concavity of the piston crown and the cavity cooperate at a top dead center position of the piston to form a swirl chamber. The piston crown has formed along a peripheral edge thereof a squish area that corresponds to a second squish area formed in the cylinder head bore, so that when the piston approaches top dead center, the squish area and the second squish area cooperate to cause combustion gases to move radially inward of the combustion chamber and into the swirl chamber. Spark plugs extend through the cylinder head, the tips of which are disposed within the swirl chamber.
An internal combustion engine for powering an aircraft, the internal combustion engine comprising:
An internal combustion engine for powering an aircraft, the internal combustion engine comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.