Claims
- 1. A system for enhancing air-fuel mixing and charge motion in a combustion chamber of a multi-valve engine, said engine having an inlet passageway, first and second intake valve members in the passageway, said valve members being removably positioned in valve seats and each valve member being independently activated by an actuator member, the system comprising a divider member positioned in said inlet passageway between said first and second intake valve members and forming first and second inlet ports, said divider member having a channel therein for passage of air and fuel from one side of the divider to the other, said channel having two ends and a central portion therebetween, said two ends of said channel disposed on opposing sides of said divider member, said central portion having a centerline and a curvature measured about said centerline, said curvature and said ends each being positioned to direct air and fuel passing through said channel towards said valve seats in each of said first and second inlet ports, said curvature and said ends providing a combined swirl-and-tumble flow.
- 2. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of said first and second inlet ports have a first portion adjacent said divider member and a second portion opposite to said first portion, and wherein said ends of said channel direct air and fuel passing through said channel towards said second portions of said first and second inlet ports.
- 3. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first and second inlet ports each have a cross-section with a diameter D and wherein said curved configuration has a radius R which is about one-half said diameter D of said first and second inlet ports.
- 4. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first and second inlet ports each have a cross-section with a diameter D and wherein said curved configuration has a radius R which is in the range: D/3 <R <2 D/3.
- 5. The system as set forth in claim 4, wherein diameter D is the mean diameter along the length L of the first and second inlet ports.
- 6. The system as set forth in claim 4 wherein diameter D is the average diameter along the length L of the first and second inlet ports.
- 7. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first and second inlet ports each have a cross-section with a diameter D and said channel is positioned a distance X from said valve seats, wherein X is less than or equal to D/4.
- 8. The system as set forth in claim 7 wherein X further is greater than D/S.
- 9. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first and second inlet ports each have a cross-section with a diameter D and said channel is positioned a distance X from said valve seats, wherein D/8<X<D/4.
- 10. The system as set forth in claim 7 wherein diameter D is the mean diameter along the length L of the first and second inlet ports.
- 11. The system as set forth in claim 7 wherein diameter D is the average diameter along the length L of the first and second inlet ports.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/631,132 filed on Aug. 2, 2000.
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