Patent ID: 7281514
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: F02B,F02D,F02M,F02P,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method of assisting ignition of a gaseous fuel within a main combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, said method comprising: a. introducing an intake charge into said main combustion chamber during an intake stroke of a piston, said piston partially defining said main combustion chamber, b. compressing said intake charge during a compression stroke of said piston, c. injecting a plurality of spatially distinct fuel jets of said gaseous fuel directly into said main combustion chamber, d. directing at least two of said plurality of spatially distinct fuel jets proximate to a glow member, said glow member directly igniting said gaseous fuel in at least two spatially distinct locations within said combustion main chamber and proximate to said glow member, each of said at least two locations corresponding to each of said at least two of said plurality of spatially distinct fuel jets, and e. burning said gaseous fuel within said main combustion chamber.