INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH THREE VALVES PER CYLINDER

Abstract

Otto cycle internal combustion engine, comprising a cylinder block including at least one cylinder having a longitudinal axis, a piston movable within said cylinder and having a recess open on a head surface of the piston, a head fastened to said cylinder block and having a surface facing said cylinder, a plurality of valves movable along respective rectilinear directions and co-operating with respective valve seats situated in said head, and a combustion chamber delimited at one side by a portion of the surface of the head facing the cylinder and, at the other side, by the surface of said recess of the piston. The engine comprises a single intake valve and two exhaust valves. The intake valve has significantly larger diameter than that of the two exhaust valves.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Additional characteristics and advantages of the present invention shall become readily apparent in the detailed description that follows, provided purely by way of non limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an engine according to the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a section according to the line II-II of FIG. 1, and

FIG. 3 is a section according to the line III-III of FIG. 1.

Claims

1. Otto cycle internal combustion engine, comprising: a cylinder block including at least one cylinder having a longitudinal axis,a piston movable within said cylinder and having a recess open on a head surface of the piston,a head fastened to said cylinder block and having a surface facing said cylinder,a plurality of valves movable along respective rectilinear directions and co-operating with respective valve seats situated in said head, anda combustion chamber delimited at one side by a portion of the surface of the head facing the cylinder and, at the other side, by the surface of said recess of the piston,wherein it comprises a single intake valve and two exhaust valves, the intake valve having significantly larger diameter than that of the two exhaust valves.

2. Engine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the valves move along respective rectilinear directions, parallel to each other and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder.

3. Engine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recess of the piston has hemispherical or sphere portion shape.

4. Engine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the longitudinal axis of symmetry of the recess is offset relative to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder towards the side of the head in which the intake valve is housed.