Patent ID: 6840033

Claim:
A combustion chamber system, comprising: a pre-combustion chamber comprising a first end wall, a second end wall disposed opposite said first end wall such that the distance defined between said first and second end walls defines the length of said pre-combustion chamber, a first side wall, and a second side wall disposed opposite said first side wall such that the distance defined between said first and second side walls defines the width of said pre-combustion chamber, wherein said length of said pre-combustion chamber is substantially greater than said width of said pre-combustion chamber; a main combustion chamber fluidically connected to said pre-combustion chamber; an ignition device operatively associated with said pre-combustion chamber so as to initiate combustion of a combustible mixture within said pre-combustion chamber; said pre-combustion chamber comprising a plurality of pre-combustion chamber sections fluidically connected together and arranged within a multi-stage axially stacked annular array around an axis and having a predetermined axial extent; and wherein said main combustion chamber, having a predetermined axial extent is accommodated internally within said multi-stage axially stacked annular array of said pre-combustion chamber sections.