Patent ID: 7171924
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: F02B,F02D,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An internal combustion engine, comprising: at least one combustion chamber; a piston slidably disposed within the at least one combustion chamber and configured to reciprocate between a top-dead-center position and a bottom-dead-center position; an air supply in selective fluid communication with the at least one combustion chamber; a fuel supply in selective fluid communication with the at least one combustion chamber; a supply of non-combustible gas; and at least one injector in fluid communication with the at least one combustion chamber and the supply of non-combustible gas, the at least one injector configured to inject an amount non-combustible gas from the supply into the at least one combustion chamber wherein the injection of the amount of non-combustible gas into the at least one combustion chamber is adapted to cause auto-ignition of an amount of the fuel supply and the air supply in the at least one combustion chamber.