Abstract: A cylinder head assembly includes a cylinder head casting, and an injector sleeve within an injector bore in the cylinder head casting. The injector sleeve includes a first sleeve end, and an injector clamping surface formed by an inner sleeve surface adjacent to a cylindrical second sleeve end. The injector sleeve further includes a sleeve clamping surface in contact with an upward facing middle deck surface of the cylinder head casting, and a reaction wall extending between the injector clamping surface and the sleeve clamping surface to transfer an injector clamping load to the upward facing middle deck surface.

Abstract: A turbomachinery component with a surface that includes a bounded wear coat, the component includes: a body; a contact surface defined by the body; a recess extending into the body and communicating with the contact surface; and a wear coat positioned in the recess.

Abstract: A vehicle air cleaner is configured to improve the capability of a hydrocarbon trap mounted in a case to collect hydrocarbons. The vehicle air cleaner includes a case having an inlet port, through which external air is introduced, and an outlet port, through which filtered air is discharged, a filter assembly provided in a first space of an internal space in the case to filter the external air introduced through the inlet port and to remove foreign substances from the external air, and a hydrocarbon trap provided in a second space of the internal space in the case, through which the air filtered through the filter assembly flows, to collect hydrocarbons in the second space.

Abstract: A first tubular portion forms a part of a fuel flow passage therein. A first joint surface is formed in one end surface of the first tubular portion. A first inner diameter enlarged portion is formed on a side opposite to the first joint surface. A second tubular portion forms a part of the fuel flow passage therein. A second joint surface is formed in one end surface of the second tubular portion and joined to the first joint surface. A second inner diameter enlarged portion is formed on a side opposite to the second joint surface. A welded portion is formed in an annular shape to extend radially inward from the radially outside of the first joint surface and the second joint surface by welding the first tubular portion and the second tubular portion.

Abstract: A reciprocating exhaust valve for a two-stroke internal combustion engine has a shaft for connection to a valve actuator, the shaft defining a reciprocation axis of the valve, the reciprocation axis defining a longitudinal direction of the valve; and a blade having: a first end having an arcuate edge, a second end connected to the shaft, two side portions, and a central portion. The blade has a first end portion adjacent the first end that includes a part of the central portion and of each of the two side portions. A width of the central portion is greater than a width of each of the side portions. In the first end portion, a thickness of the part of each of the two side portions is greater than a thickness of the part of the central portion.

Abstract: An example embodiment of an all-stroke-variable internal combustion engine may include a piston slidably positioned within an engine cylinder for asymmetrical reciprocation and a primary crankshaft and a half-speed crankshaft to be operatively engaged for rotation of the half-speed crankshaft at half of a speed of the primary crankshaft, wherein the rotation of the half-speed crankshaft at half of the speed of the primary crankshaft to result in the asymmetrical reciprocation of the piston so as to produce a stroke length that is independently variable over four distinct strokes of a full cycle of the all-stroke-variable internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A piston for a high temperature internal combustion engine is provided. The piston includes an upper wall, base wall, outer rib, and inner rib defining a cooling chamber therebetween, and a plurality of ring grooves formed in the outer rib. Only the second ring groove is formed with the keystone cross-section, and all of the other ring grooves are formed with the conventional rectangular cross-section. Thus, the piston can be formed with low manufacturing costs and can also provide exceptional performance when used in high temperature combustion engines, wherein the temperature at the first ring groove is greater than 280° C., and thus prevents carbon from depositing or burns off any carbon deposits, but the temperature at the second ring groove is between 200° C. and 280° C., in which case carbon deposits can form and cause the piston ring to stick.

Abstract: A cylinder head includes an intake-side wall part (1a) that upwardly extends from a cylinder head lower surface (lb) coupled to a cylinder block; a port circumferential wall part (4) that forms therein an intake port (3) communicating with a combustion chamber (2) of an engine; an outer longitudinal rib (14) that projects from an outer surface of the port circumferential wall part (4) on a side of the cylinder head lower surface (lb); and a boss part (13) that is bulged from the intake-side wall part (1a) on one end portion of the outer longitudinal rib (14). The port circumferential wall part (4) includes a resin part disposed along an inner surface thereof. The outer longitudinal rib (14) extends in a direction away from the intake-side wall part (1a) along a flow direction of intake air flowing inside the intake port (3). The boss part (13) includes a hole part (13a) that discharges gas in the intake port (3) when injection molding of the resin part is carried out.

Abstract: A valve system/method suitable for an internal combustion engine (ICE), compressor pump, vacuum pump, and/or reciprocating mechanical device is disclosed. The system/method is optimized for construction of a four-stroke ICE. The rudimentary system incorporates an intake engine block cover (IEC) and exhaust engine block cover (EEC) that enclose an intake rotary valve disc (IVD) and exhaust rotary valve disc (EVD) that control intake/exhaust flow through a respective intake rotary valve port (IVP) and an exhaust rotary valve port (EVP) into and out of a combustion cylinder that provides power to a piston and crankshaft. An intake multi-staged valve (IMV) and exhaust multi-staged valve (EMV) provide intake and exhaust flow control for the IVD/IVP and EVD/EVP. An enhanced system may include a variety of intake/exhaust port seals (IPS/EPS), forced induction/discharge (FIN), centrifugal advance (CAD), and/or cooling channel spool (ICS/ECS).

Abstract: A method of forming a balanced rotor blade assembly includes measuring a weight of a plurality of sub-components of the rotor blade assembly excluding a core. A configuration of a core of the rotor blade assembly is determined. In combination, the core and the plurality of sub-components achieve a target weight distribution and moment. The core is then fabricated and assembled with the plurality of sub-components to form a rotor blade sub-assembly.

Abstract: A fuel injector includes an injector housing having a nozzle assembly with a nozzle piece, and a nested check assembly of an outer check and an inner check. Spray orifices are formed in the nozzle piece in a first orifice set equipped with a first spray duct set and a second orifice set equipped with a second spray duct set. The inner check can be opened to spray fuel from the first orifice set and the outer check can be opened to spray fuel from both the first orifice set and the second orifice set. The outer check is non-rotating while the inner check can be permitted to rotate during service. Spray ducts associated with the first orifice set may have a different duct length and duct inside diameter than spray ducts associated with the second orifice set. The first orifice set may include lower-flow spray orifices and the second orifice set may include higher-flow spray orifices. Related methodology is also disclosed.

Abstract: A coolant circuit for a drive device. It includes a first coolant sub-circuit and a second coolant sub-circuit, in each of which a device to be temperature-controlled is arranged and which are fluidically connected to one another via at least one connecting valve, wherein at least one coolant pump is provided in each of the two coolant sub-circuits, which is designed in at least one of the coolant sub-circuits as a fluid pump having variable delivery direction. The disclosure furthermore relates to a method for operating a coolant circuit for a drive device.

Abstract: A side vehicle body structure ensures rigidity and shock absorption performance of the body, avoids widening of the body, and smooths the flow of exhaust gas. Embodiments include an engine, an exhaust apparatus, and a rear pillar extending upward from a rear-side portion of a side sill extending in the vehicle front-rear direction. The exhaust apparatus is disposed along the vehicle front-rear direction on the vehicle-width-direction outer side relative to the side sill. An exhaust system member is located at a going-around portion, with respect to the rear pillar, from the front side to the rear side and from the outer side to the inner side in the vehicle width direction. The rear pillar has a cross section orthogonal to the vehicle up-down direction having a shape in which a portion between front and rear ends is located on the vehicle-width-direction outer side relative to these front and rear ends.

Abstract: An engine control apparatus and an engine control method for a vehicle are disclosed. The engine control apparatus includes: an integrated thermal management valve in which an opening degree of a plurality of valves is adjusted by rotation of a cam; a storage to store an opening degree of the integrated thermal management valve based on a road slope and a transmission gear value; and a controller that controls the opening degree of the integrated thermal management valve by using an engine revolutions per minute (RPM) and an accelerator pedal value. In particular, when the accelerator pedal value is smaller than a predetermined threshold, the controller controls the opening degree of the integrated thermal management valve based on the road slope and the transmission gear value.

Abstract: A crankshaft bearing structure is provided, in which a crankshaft includes a first crank journal and a second crank journal, and a crank pin disposed therebetween. First upper-and-lower journal bearings and second upper-and-lower journal bearings are attached to the respective crank journals, and each upper bearing includes an oil hole connected to an oil passage to supply oil to between the crank journal and the journal bearings. An in-shaft oil passage is formed in the crankshaft to draw oil from an outer circumferential surface of the second crank journal to an outer circumferential surface of the crank pin. The second upper journal bearing has, on an inner circumferential surface thereof, a circumferential groove connected to the oil hole. The oil is supplied to between the first upper-and-lower journal bearings and the first crank journal, only through a passage passing through the oil hole of the first upper journal bearing.

Abstract: A cylinder head in a cylinder head assembly includes an upper deck, a fire deck, gas exchange conduits, and a coolant cavity extending peripherally around the gas exchange conduits. The cylinder head also includes an igniter socket having an igniter post, and a radially outward sleeve step continuously circumferential of an igniter bore center axis. A cooling moat is formed between the igniter post and the sleeve step. The coolant cavity includes a valve bridge through-channel and a valve bridge part-way channel each fluidly connected to the igniter socket to provide coolant flow into and out of the cooling moat passively.

Abstract: A piston may have an annular body including a crown portion defining a longitudinal axis, a radial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a plane containing the longitudinal axis and the radial direction, and a contoured combustion bowl. In the plane containing the longitudinal axis and the radial direction, the crown portion includes a radially outer squish surface, and a swirl pocket having a reentrant surface that extends axially downwardly and radially outwardly from the squish surface defining a tangent that forms a reentrant angle with the squish surface that ranges from 33.0 degrees to 37.0 degrees.

Abstract: A diesel engine piston has a body and a crown engaged to the body with three inertially welded struts. The body includes a base extending downward opposite the crown with pin bosses having pin bores and a skirt extending downward from the base.

Abstract: A piston ring configured to be disposed in a floating piston for use in a vessel of a thermal energy storage system to separate a hot working fluid from a cold working fluid, wherein the piston ring comprises of a plurality of arc segments, each arc segment interconnected by a joint.

Abstract: Combustion engines, and more particularly, integrating a supercritical fluid passageway into a cylinder head and/or cylinder block of an engine, and preferably, a combustion engine. Both a combustion engine system and a method of cooling a cylinder head in an internal combustion engine, utilizing supercritical fluid, are disclosed.