Patent classifications
F02B2720/236
UNIFLOW ENGINE WITH FLUID FLOW ARRANGEMENT
A uniflow engine includes a cylinder having a cylinder wall, an inlet channel, an extension of a central axis of the inlet channel first intersecting the cylinder wail in a first portion of the cylinder and next intersecting the cylinder wail in a second portion of the cylinder opposite the first portion of the cylinder, an intake air gallery, the intake air gallery having a gallery wall and being in flow communication with the inlet channel, and a plurality of intake ports extending between the cylinder wail and the gallery wall, at least some of the intake ports having different areas at the cylinder wall measured perpendicular to longitudinal axes of the intake ports, and wherein an area of at least one in take port in the first portion of the cylinder is larger than an area of at least one intake port in the second portion of the cylinder.
Uniflow engine with intake and/or exhaust valves
A uniflow engine includes a cylinder having a cylinder wall, a volume exterior to the cylinder, at least one channel extending between the cylinder wall and the volume, and a valve outside of the cylinder configured to open and close flow communication between the cylinder and the volume through the channel.
Uniflow engine with fluid flow arrangement
A uniflow engine includes a cylinder having a cylinder wall, an inlet channel, an extension of a central axis of the inlet channel first intersecting the cylinder wall in a first portion of the cylinder and next intersecting the cylinder wall in a second portion of the cylinder opposite the first portion of the cylinder, an intake air gallery, the intake air gallery having a gallery wall and being in flow communication with the inlet channel, and a plurality of intake ports extending between the cylinder wall and the gallery wall, at least some of the intake ports having different areas at the cylinder wall measured perpendicular to longitudinal axes of the intake ports, and wherein an area of at least one in take port in the first portion of the cylinder is larger than an area of at least one intake port in the second portion of the cylinder.
UNIFLOW ENGINE WITH INTAKE AND/OR EXHAUST VALVES
A uniflow engine includes a cylinder having a cylinder wall, a volume exterior to the cylinder, at least one channel extending between the cylinder wall and the volume, and a valve outside of the cylinder configured to open and close flow communication between the cylinder and the volume through the channel.