US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on May 12 for "Piston and injector for reduced head thermal loading" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,671, issued on May 12, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Piston and injector for reduced head thermal loading" was invented by Bryan T. Geisick (Cedar Falls, Iowa) and Won Geun Lee (Cedar Falls, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piston and injector system designed to minimize thermal loading on the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. The piston features a profiled upper surface that defines an annular piston bowl with a primary bowl configuration and an asymmetric bowl sector. The asymmetric bowl sector is configured to receive the fuel spray from the injector, directing combustion to reduce heat concent...