Patent ID: 9309812
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: F02B,F02D,F02F,F02M,F02P,H05H,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. An internal combustion engine, comprising: an internal combustion engine main body formed with a combustion chamber having accommodated therein a cylinder in which a piston is reciprocatably fitted, an injector that includes a plurality of injection holes for injecting fuel in directions different from one another, and injects fuel to the combustion chamber from each injection hole, and a plasma generation device that includes an electromagnetic wave generator for generating an electromagnetic wave and an antennae for emitting the electromagnetic wave supplied from the electromagnetic wave generator to the combustion chamber, and is adapted to generate electromagnetic wave plasma by emitting the electromagnetic wave from the antenna to the combustion chamber, wherein the plasma generation device generates the electromagnetic wave plasma while the injector injects fuel, the antennae are provided in plural respectively for the plurality of injection holes of the injector, and each antenna is disposed at a location on an exposed surface of the piston exposed of the combustion chamber corresponding to each injection hole.