Toroidal combustion chamber with side injection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8783218
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13542706

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A toroidal combustion chamber shape with a side injector is disclosed for an opposed-piston engine. Fuel is injected into the toroidal volume from a fuel injector in the cylinder wall. In one embodiment, fuel is injected from each injector a plurality of times with the timing between the injections such that fuel clouds from each injection remain substantially isolated from each other.

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ACHATES POWER INC4060 SORRENTO VALLEY BOULEVARD SAN DIEGO CA 92121

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Hofbauer, Peter West Bloomfield, US 100 1831
Shen, Huixian Southfield, US 5 153

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