Direkteinspritzbrennkraftmaschine mit Zündvorrichtung

A cylinder direct injection spark-ignition engine in which fuel is directly injected into a combustion chamber to be ignited by a spark plug. The engine comprises a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinders. A cylinder head is fixedly mounted on the block deck of the cylinder block. The cylinder head has first and second intake ports and first and second intake ports for each cylinder. A fuel injector valve is provided for directly injecting fuel into the combustion chamber formed corresponding to each cylinder. The spark plug is provided having a tip end section which is projected into the combustion chamber. A piston is movably disposed in the cylinder to define the combustion chamber between it and the cylinder head. The piston is formed at its piston crown with a generally circular cavity having a center axis which is offset from a center axis of the piston toward the intake valves. A swirl control valve is disposed to control air flow in the first intake port in accordance with an engine operating condition. In the thus arranged engine, the second intake port has an axis whose at least a major part is contained in a first vertical plane which inclines relative to a second vertical plane to form a first predetermined angle, the first vertical plane gradually approaching the center axis of the piston in a direction toward the combustion chamber relative to the vertical cross flow plane. The first and second vertical planes are vertical to the block deck of the cylinder block. The second vertical plane passes through the first intake and exhaust valves and is perpendicular to a third vertical plane containing the center axes of the cylinders and vertical to the block deck. The first intake and exhaust valves are located respectively on opposite sides of the third vertical plane.