Cylinder Head Patents (Class 123/193.5)
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Patent number: 7441525Abstract: A cover for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine having a connecting element for attachment the cylinder head and a sealing element arranged between the cylinder head cover and the cylinder head. The connecting element is associated with a connecting area, and the sealing element is associated with a sealing area. The connecting area and the sealing area are constructed independently of each other and are spatially separated from each other, and the force vectors of the connecting force transmitted by the connecting element and the sealing force transmitted by the sealing element form an angle with each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2007Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignees: Mann & Hummel GmbH, Federal Mogul Sealing Systems Bretten GmbHInventors: Thomas Jessberger, Ines Klamert, Ingo Koch, Alexander Korn, Thomas Schleiden, Andreas Weber, Michael Daiber, Klaus Gessner, Timo Walz, Ralf Salameh, Wilhelm Schneider, Daniel Westphal
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Patent number: 7434549Abstract: An internal combustion engine including at least one engine cylinder includes a cylinder cavity with first and second stopping members interconnected by a cylinder wall, the cylinder further includes two piston members slidably moveable within said cylinder cavity and between extreme positions intermediate between two stopping members, two piston members combust between their faces and cylinder wall pushing them with their power transmittal members alternatively to revolve the cogwheel and axle. By the ratchet function of power transmittal member or cogwheel, each piston has its free returning movement without clinging with the cogwheel and axle, allowing each piston continuously and alternatively revolves the axle without waste of energy for returning movements.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2005Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Inventor: Kwong Wang Tse
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Patent number: 7434572Abstract: The invention relates to a cylinder head (1) of an internal combustion engine with a camshaft bearing mechanism (2) situated thereon in which a hollow camshaft (3) is rotatably mounted, forming an outlet for discharging blow-by gases laden with oil droplets out of the crankcase and is designed as an oil droplet separator for separating the oil content out of these gases. The camshaft (3) passes through a valve space (11). A rocker cover (13) or a multichannel device (27) is connected axially to at least one end of the camshaft (3), forming an axial gap (9), each having a channel (10) connected coaxially to the hollow space (5) of the camshaft (3) so that blow-by gases from which the oil has been removed can be discharged from the camshaft (3), and each being designed so that they either form an oil collecting space (12) that is sealed with respect to the valve space (11) or they introduce oil that has been separated into such an oil collecting space (12).Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2007Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Ulrich Hütter, Torsten Schellhase
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Publication number: 20080236536Abstract: An integral engine component is disclosed. The integral engine component may have a solid first member and a second member cast in place relative to the solid first member. A metallurgical bond may exist between the solid first member and the second member, and the melting temperature of the solid first member may be lower than the melting temperature of the second member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Jeff Alan Jensen, Jose Felix Leon Torres, Michael James Pollard, Tsu Pin Shyu, Adrian Vasile Catalina, Jun Cai, Christopher Anthony Kinney
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Publication number: 20080223348Abstract: An engine (internal combustion engine), in accordance with an embodiment, includes: a cylinder head disposed above a crankcase; a cylinder head cover attached to cover an upper side of the cylinder head; and an ignition plug provided with a plug part inserted into the cylinder head and a plug cap disposed outside the cylinder head cover. The cylinder head cover includes a gas passage formed in such a U-shape as to surround the plug cap of the ignition plug as viewed from an insertion side of the ignition plug, the gas passage allowing fuel gas (blow-by gas) containing oil to flow in from the crankcase.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventor: Ryuuta Togasawa
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Patent number: 7424878Abstract: An intake port for a 4-cycle engine includes an intake port base integrally formed with a cylinder head, and an intake port forming member that forms an intake port together with the intake port base. The area of the cross section of the intake port orthogonal to a centerline of the intake port is substantially uniform from an open intake side thereof toward a combustion chamber. The angle made by the centerline of the intake port and an intake valve shaft is larger than 90° from a viewpoint of the intake valve. Thereby, the 4-cycle engine can output high power with the intake port shape, as formed with above mentioned configuration, that reduces intake resistance and that uses simple design molds. More specifically, the engine can reliably prevent condensed fuel from remaining in the intake port to avoid incomplete combustion of gas.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: Fuji Robin Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masaki Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20080210191Abstract: A cylinder head arrangement is provided. The arrangement may include a cylinder head having at least one valve chamber defined therein. The arrangement may also include at least one rotary valve, accommodated in the valve chamber, the rotary valve having a curved portion, two side portions and at least one flow passage intersecting the curved portion and at least one of the side portions, and thereby defining flow openings in the curved portion and two side portions. In addition, the arrangement may also include at least one deflector arranged adjacent at least one side portion of the rotary valve in which a flow opening is defined.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventor: Martin W. Dirker
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Publication number: 20080210192Abstract: A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine is provided. The cylinder head includes a valve chamber shaped to accommodate at least two rotary valves therein. The cylinder head also includes at least two first passages extending between the valve chamber and an underside of the cylinder head. The cylinder head further includes a flow passage for providing fluid communication between the valve chamber and the exterior of the cylinder head.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventor: Martin W. Dirker
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Publication number: 20080202464Abstract: An unfinished cylinder head casting for producing a cylinder head for internal combustion engines powered with diesel fuel includes a sealing surface, intended for mounting in a finished state on a corresponding sealing surface of an engine block, and designed on a sealing surface section of the unfinished cylinder head casting. A thickness of the sealing surface section in a casting state exhibits a machining allowance in relation to its set thickness, obtained after a material-removing finishing of the sealing surface. The sealing surface includes a combustion chamber region, associated with a combustion chamber formed in the engine block. In the case of such a cylinder head, an optimum load-bearing capacity is achieved in a simple manner in that a combustion chamber region sealing surface section machining allowance amounts to a maximum of 15% of the machining allowance of the sealing surface section in the remaining region of the sealing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2006Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventor: Rolf Gosch
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Patent number: 7412955Abstract: An engine component is composed of an aluminum alloy containing silicon, and includes a plurality of primary-crystal silicon grains located on a slide surface. The plurality of primary-crystal silicon grains have an average crystal grain size of no less than about 12 ?m and no more than about 50 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2005Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirotaka Kurita, Hiroshi Yamagata, Toshikatsu Koike
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Publication number: 20080190394Abstract: A novel device and method is provided for incorporating oil passageways in existing cylinder head assemblies of an overhead cam type engine valve train. The system provided utilizes a longitudinal preformed metal tube which contains multiple separate longitudinal passageways. In the course of the assembly of the tube in the cylinder head, a temperature differential is employed, e.g., the tube is cooled such as by cryogenic means to reduce its outer diameter and/or the cylinder head is heated and the tube is inserted into a mating opening in the cylinder head to provide a permanent interference fit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventors: Thomas C. Edelmayer, Thomas E. Rome
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Patent number: 7409939Abstract: Use of rocker shaft pedestals that are manufactured separately from the cylinder head and subsequently fixed to the cylinder head increases manufacturing and assembly costs of an internal combustion engine. The disclosed cylinder head obviates these problems by providing a cylinder head for an internal combustion engine that comprises a top deck and at least one integrally cast rocker shaft pedestal. A rocker shaft for use with a cylinder head of the invention includes at least one flat formed on an underside of the shaft that is adapted for mating with a top of a rocker shaft pedestal. Also described is an internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder block, a cylinder head having a top deck and at least one integrally cast rocker shaft pedestal, and a rocker shaft mounted on the at least one rocker shaft pedestal, the rocker shaft having a plurality of rocker arms mounted thereon.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2003Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Perkins Engines Company LimitedInventors: Frank G. Hughes, Kathleen Bernadette Queenan, Richard Jackson
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Publication number: 20080184956Abstract: In an internal combustion engine in which air-intake valves reciprocate in parallel to the direction of reciprocal motion of pistons, an air-intake structure of an internal combustion engine includes an outward projection of the air-intake port that is reduced to achieve a downsizing of a cylinder head. An air-intake structure includes air-intake valves that are supported by a cylinder head having integrally formed air-intake ports so as to reciprocate in parallel with the direction of reciprocal motion of the pistons. Fuel injection devices are formed integrally with a throttle body on intake manifolds to be connected to the air-intake ports. The air-intake ports extend toward the cylinder head cover along a recess formed on the outer surface of the cylinder head that is connected to the intake manifolds at positions just before reaching the identical plane to a mating surface between the cylinder head and the cylinder head cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Inventors: Hiroatsu Inui, Tomokazu Baba, Hideyuki Tawara
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Publication number: 20080184957Abstract: A cylinder head includes a lifter guide boss part, a concave relief groove portion and a guide portion. The lifter guide boss part defines a lifter bore arranged to slidably support a valve lifter. The concave relief groove portion has a predetermined width and a predetermined depth formed on the lifter guide boss part in a position corresponding to a rotation direction of a cam to avoid an interference between the cam and the lifter guide boss part. The relief groove portion includes a pair of groove side surfaces and a groove bottom surface with a pair of corner sections being formed between the groove bottom surface and the side groove surfaces. The guide portion protrudes from the groove bottom surface in a sliding direction of the valve lifter to slidably guide the valve lifter. The guide portion is spaced apart from the corner sections of the relief groove portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2008Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: AICHI MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Koji Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20080178829Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, a lubricated camshaft assembly is in a cam chamber formed between a cylinder head and a cylinder head cover. The cylinder head includes outer bolt-receiving holes in which selected head bolts are inserted, and which are outside of the cam chamber. An oil discharge passage in the cylinder head has an inlet opened into the cam chamber, and an outlet opened into an outer bolt-receiving hole. The inlet of the oil discharge passage is disposed on one lateral side of the cam chamber. An opening part of a timing chamber is on the other lateral side of the cam chamber. An endless loop timing chain or belt is disposed inside of the timing cover, for transmitting the power of a crankshaft to the camshaft. A vehicle, which may be a four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle, may incorporate the engine and cylinder head as described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuichi Ochiai, Hidemichi Mori
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Publication number: 20080156288Abstract: An internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder, a block, and a cylinder head having at least one gas exchange channel for conducting gases to and from the cylinder is disclosed. A tube passes through the cylinder head and into a gas exchange channel, which tube is sealed in a gastight manner. In one embodiment, the tube is configured in one piece with the gas exchange channels; the cylinder head is a cast part. With such a tube through the gas exchange channel, the engine can be compactly configured.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2008Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Franz J. Brinkmann, Achim Mennicken
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Publication number: 20080156289Abstract: A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The cylinder head includes a one piece main body having at least one internal chamber shaped to accommodate at least one rotary valve. At least one first passage extends between the internal chamber and an underside of the main body. A second passage provides communication between the internal chamber and the exterior of the main body and is shaped to allow insertion of a rotary valve therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventor: Martin W. Dirker
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Patent number: 7389759Abstract: An internal-combustion engine has cylinders 21 arranged preferably in a V-formation with corresponding cylinder heads (27) including connectors for the supply and discharge of fluids. The cylinders are mounted in a crankcase (41) and are supplied with air for combustion by a cast air manifold (51) running the length of the engine, the air manifold being located adjacent to the row of cylinders, preferably in the V. To reduce the amount of pipework the manifold has shaped connectors for at least one of the fluids, in particular the air intake (33) and the water coolant (55), these connectors connecting directly to the relevant connectors on the cylinder head and being pressed against them by the pressure in the manifold.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2003Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: MAN B & W Diesel, Ltd.Inventor: David Gerard McCullagh
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Publication number: 20080141971Abstract: Exhaust passages are integrally formed in at least a projection portion protruded from a side portion of a cylinder head.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Chan Hyo Park, Si Hun Lee, Wootae Kim, Ingee Suh, Jong Bae Kim, Jae Kee Lee
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Publication number: 20080136182Abstract: A manifold flange is provided for mounting on the cylinder head of internal combustion engines. The manifold flange includes a manifold housing, a pipe connecting flange, and, for each cylinder, an individual flange with a fastening means. To make handling easier, adjacent individual flanges are joined by an expansion arch.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2007Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventor: Markus Geminn
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Publication number: 20080110431Abstract: A cylinder head in which a partition wall for separating exhaust ports of adjoining cylinders extends from between these adjoining cylinders to an exhaust merging portion and the partition wall is formed with a head bolt insertion hole inside it, an oil passage is formed in the partition wall between the front end of the partition wall facing the exhaust merging portion and the head bolt insertion hole, and a heat insulating layer is formed inside the partition wall between the front end of the partition wall and the oil passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2007Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Hiroki Nagafuchi, Toshio Itou
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Patent number: 7370618Abstract: 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 the cylinder, three intake valves and two exhaust valves movable along respective rectilinear directions, 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 directions of motion of the valves are parallel to each other, the surface of the head facing the cylinder is planar and orthogonal to the directions of motion of the valves and the combustion chamber is obtained exclusively in the piston.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2007Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Inventor: Bruno De Prato
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Patent number: 7367294Abstract: Provided is a cylinder head including a head casting defining a plurality of exhaust ports. A tuned exhaust manifold is internally defined by the head casting. The tuned exhaust manifold includes a plurality of exhaust runners in communication with the plurality of exhaust ports and a collector volume in communication with the plurality of exhaust runners. Each of the plurality of exhaust ports and each of the plurality of exhaust runners are substantially oriented or directed toward the collector volume. Additionally, the head casting defines a main cooling jacket operable to cool the head casting. The head casting also defines an upper and lower cooling jacket disposed in heat exchange relation to the tuned exhaust manifold. The cylinder head casting may include integral spark plug tubes and cam drive case. Additionally, the cooling jackets may have a series coolant flow pattern or a parallel coolant flow pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2006Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.Inventors: Frederick J. Rozario, Dominique T. Lester, Stephen R. Kornblum
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Publication number: 20080092843Abstract: In a cylinder head structure of an engine, a structure of an oil passage is simplified to downside the engine and to provide proper flow of cooling water in the cylinder head. A partition wall is disposed in the cylinder head to separate an upward valve operating chamber from a downward water jacket. A boss section is formed at a position lower than the partition wall in an edge wall of the cylinder head, and has one end joined to a chain case and the other end protruding into the water jacket. A branch oil passage is formed in the boss section. The branch oil passage has a valve upstream-side passage section specified by a section toward the chain case with respect to a junction with a cylinder head-side oil passage. The linear communication passage section communicates between an end portion of the branch oil passage protruding into the water jacket and a camshaft cap coupling surface of a second camshaft bearing section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Shinji Yamada
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Patent number: 7341033Abstract: First and second attachment portions 6, 8 are formed integrally with a main body 4 and extend along the longitudinal direction of the main body 4. A hydraulic oil supply portion 14 is formed integrally with the main body 4 and extends along the width, or in the direction perpendicular to the axes of the attachment portions 6, 8. In this manner, providing an internal combustion engine with variable valve actuation mechanisms increases the strength of the cylinder head cover 102, while reducing the weight thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2007Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuya Yoshijima, Naohiro Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20080047519Abstract: An internal combustion engine, comprising, a cylinder head; a rotational shaft supported by said cylinder head and lubricated; a head cover arranged on said cylinder head; an end member arranged at an axial end of said rotational shaft; a first chamber defined at least by said cylinder head and said end member and accommodating said rotational shaft; a second chamber defined at least by said head cover and having an opening to said first chamber; and a baffle integrally formed with said end member and extending in an axial direction of said rotational shaft between said opening and said rotational shaft in a radial direction of said rotational shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Naito, Satoshi Tateishi, Takashi Sasada
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Patent number: 7305763Abstract: A cylinder head (10) for an internal combustion engine has hydroformed port liners (18) positioned within selected ports, either exhaust and/or intake ports (14, 16). The hydroformed port liner (18) includes an air gap (24) for an insulation layer within the selected port (14, 16) between an outer surface (19) of the hydroformed port liner (18) and the wall of the port (14, 16). A cylinder head (12) with a predetermined port configuration has selected ports (14, 16) cast with protrusions (22). The selected ports (14,16) have a larger diameter than a standard size port diameter for that cylinder head to provide a predetermined port configuration by a preset amount based on the thickness of the hydroformed port liner (18) and a desired air gap (22). Protrusions (22) in the wall of the selected ports (14, 16) or on the insert sleeves (17) facilitate formation of the air gap during the hydroforming process.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2005Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: David Gerard Genise, Suzanne M. Zampaloni, Andrew P. Harman, Michael A. Zampaloni, Farhang Pourboghrat
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Patent number: 7299782Abstract: A cylinder head structure for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine that is mounted on a vehicle so that a cylinder alignment direction goes along a front-rear direction of the vehicle comprises a cylinder head side wall, an upper deck, and a rib. The cylinder head side wall projects on a periphery of the cylinder head and is provided along the cylinder alignment direction. The upper deck is formed on the cylinder head so as to be positioned between portions of the cylinder head side wall, wherein the upper deck further includes an oil return hole formed near a portion of the cylinder head side wall. The rib extends in a width direction of the cylinder head and is formed on the upper deck in a rear side of the oil return hole.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hironao Netsu, Shin Nomura
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Patent number: 7287506Abstract: In one particular embodiment, an internal combustion engine is provided. The engine comprises a block, a head, a piston, a combustion chamber defined by the block, the piston, and the head, and at least one thermoelectric device positioned between the combustion chamber and the head. In this particular embodiment, the thermoelectric device is in direct contact with the combustion chamber. In another particular embodiment, a cylinder head configured to sit atop a cylinder bank of an internal combustion engine is provided. The cylinder head comprises a cooling channel configured to receive cooling fluid, valve seats configured for receiving intake and exhaust valves, and thermoelectric devices positioned around the valve seats.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2006Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Eric A. Reiners, Mahmoud A. Taher, Dong Fei, Andrew N. McGilvray
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Patent number: 7284524Abstract: Cylinder head assemblies including a cylinder head and a piston are disclosed. The cylinder head includes: a recessed valve region including a first and second bulbous portion connected by a waist, the first bulbous portion accommodating an intake valve and the second bulbous portion accommodating an exhaust valve; an intake port passageway having a gradually contoured flowpath between an intake port and the intake valve in the valve region; and an exhaust port passageway having a gradually contoured flowpath between an exhaust port and the exhaust valve in the valve region. The piston includes a recessed region that substantially conforms to the recessed valve region of the cylinder head. Related overhaul kits and methods of making improved cylinder head assemblies are further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2005Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Lycoming Engines, a division of Avco CorporationInventors: Scott Matas, Tim Mooney, Mike Sitar
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Publication number: 20070240671Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a camshaft holder 20 attached to a cylinder head 1, and two camshafts 11 and 12 are rotatably supported by the camshaft holder 20. A high-pressure pump 60 has a driving shaft 63 rotatively driven by the camshaft. An accessory holder 30 provided with a mounting seat 40 to which the high-pressure fuel pump 60 is attached is formed integrally with a lower camshaft holder 21 included in the camshaft holder 20. The mounting seat 40 is formed integrally with the accessory holder 30 and is provided with a through hole 41 in which the driving shaft 63 is received. Thus the cylinder head 1 is formed in a small size and a light weight. The accessory holder 30 can be formed with a high rigidity in a small size.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: October 18, 2007Inventors: Aritoshi Imazato, Kazuaki Shimoyama
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Publication number: 20070215076Abstract: A V-engine (10) having two banks of cylinders (30) each comprising at least one cylinder (20) and a cylinder head (40) is envisaged, wherein the banks of cylinders (30) each comprise at least one inlet valve (12) and also at least one outlet valve (14) for each cylinder (20), while the at least one inlet valve (12) and the at least one outlet valve (14) are arranged in pairs opposite one another on opposite sides of the cylinder head (10), and each cylinder head (10) and its connections to the other engine components are constructed such that it can be mounted in a first position relative to the respective bank of cylinders (30) and in a position rotated through 180° relative to the first position on the same bank of cylinders (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2007Publication date: September 20, 2007Inventor: Christian Weber
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Publication number: 20070215075Abstract: The invention relates to a cylinder head (1) of an internal combustion engine with a camshaft bearing mechanism (2) situated thereon in which a hollow camshaft (3) is rotatably mounted, forming an outlet for discharging blow-by gases laden with oil droplets out of the crankcase and is designed as an oil droplet separator for separating the oil content out of these gases. The camshaft (3) passes through a valve space (11). A rocker cover (13) or a multichannel device (27) is connected axially to at least one end of the camshaft (3), forming an axial gap (9), each having a channel (10) connected coaxially to the hollow space (5) of the camshaft (3) so that blow-by gases from which the oil has been removed can be discharged from the camshaft (3), and each being designed so that they either form an oil collecting space (12) that is sealed with respect to the valve space (11) or they introduce oil that has been separated into such an oil collecting space (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2007Publication date: September 20, 2007Applicant: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Ulrich Hutter, Torsten Schellhase
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Patent number: 7270109Abstract: Enhanced combustibility by increasing the difference in intake gas velocity between a low flow velocity region and first and second high flow velocity regions in an intake port. An intake port of an internal combustion engine has an intake flow control port portion provided with first and second projecting portions. In the passage cross section of the intake flow control port portion, there are provided a low flow velocity region, and first and second high flow velocity regions formed on either side of and across the low flow velocity region and the first and second projecting portions wherein the maximum flow velocity of intake gas is comparatively larger than that in the low flow velocity region. The intake gas reaches intake ports with a flow velocity distribution having the relationship of the magnitudes of flow velocities in the low flow velocity region and first and second high flow velocity regions.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2006Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shigeyuki Hara
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Patent number: 7270091Abstract: A pair of exhaust ports (4, 4) have flat portions (9, 9) formed on respective inner peripheral surfaces thereof and facing in directions opposite to each other. An intervening cooling water passage (14) is formed between the flat portions (9, 9) when a cylinder head (1) is cast.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2005Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Matsui, Toshihiko Oka, Koichi Yoshimoto, Yoshinori Sakurai, Akimasa Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7258093Abstract: An internal combustion engine is provided with a roughly concave cylinder head, wherein a ridge descends into the combustion chamber. A first wall is formed from the ridge to a cylinder periphery to form a seat for an air intake valve. A second wall is formed from the ridge to the opposite cylinder periphery to form a seat for one or more exhaust valves. The valves must criss-cross to open/close. The result is a more efficient flow of intake air and exhaust air to and from the combustion chamber which creates more horsepower. A plug compatible cylinder head can be installed on an engine to get added horsepower without a supercharger.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2005Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Inventors: Shawn D. Chriswell, Darrell R. Chriswell
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Patent number: 7255069Abstract: The disclosed multi-cylinder, poppet-valved engine, has replacement cylinder sleeves larger than the original sleeves, and laterally supported near their upper ends by an aluminum alloy plate having a continuous flange or boss projecting into the cylinder block. The flange has an inner perimeter surface having a profile fittingly engaging upper exterior cylindrical surfaces of the sleeves providing lateral support to the sleeves and heat transfer from the sleeves to coolant and to the block. The flange further provides a coolant groove that circulates coolant around the perimeter of the cylinder sleeves to further the heat transfer from the sleeves to the coolant and to the block. The plate is sealed to the block and head with a spacing and gasketing to accommodate thermal expansion while avoiding combustion gas leakage at the cylinder sleeve tops.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Electromechanical Research Laboratories, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey W. Liebert
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Publication number: 20070181093Abstract: 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 the cylinder, three intake valves and two exhaust valves movable along respective rectilinear directions, 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 directions of motion of the valves are parallel to each other, the surface of the head facing the cylinder is planar and orthogonal to the directions of motion of the valves and the combustion chamber is obtained exclusively in the piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2007Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventor: Bruno De Prato
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Patent number: 7234433Abstract: The disclosed multi-cylinder, poppet-valved engine, has replacement cylinder sleeves larger than the original sleeves, and laterally supported near their upper ends by an aluminum alloy plate having a continuous flange or boss projecting into the cylinder block. The flange has an inner perimeter surface having a profile fittingly engaging upper exterior cylindrical surfaces of the sleeves providing lateral support to the sleeves and heat transfer from the sleeves to coolant and to the block.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2003Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: Electromechanical Research Laboratories, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey W. Liebert
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Patent number: 7219632Abstract: A V-engine having a plurality of cylinders (2) arranged alternately in two banks comprises a combustion chamber provided for each of the cylinders (2), an intake port (20) which connects the combustion chamber to an intake manifold (50), and an exhaust port (30) which connects the combustion chamber to an exhaust manifold (70). The intake ports (20) of the two banks are all configured so as to pass through one of the banks, and the exhaust ports (30) of the two banks are all configured so as to pass through the other bank. The angle formed by the two banks is set to eight degrees or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2003Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: YGK Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masahiro Yamazaki
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Patent number: 7182057Abstract: A cylinder head of an internal combustion engine is provided with an improved intake port configuration, that improves the efficiency of air intake into a combustion chamber. The engine includes an intake valve which covers an opening of a combustion chamber and which has a valve stem supported by a valve guide. The valve guide is fixed to a curved wall of an intake port leading from a hole in the side of the cylinder head to the intake opening of the combustion chamber. An intake port is configured so that the cross-sectional area thereof reduces with an increasing distance from the intake opening of the combustion chamber, and so that the passage cross-sectional area at a distance equal to about 10% of the total length of the intake port from the intake opening of the combustion chamber is 0.8 times the area of opening of the combustion chamber or smaller.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2005Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Katsuhiko Sato
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Patent number: 7174868Abstract: A resin cylinder head cover includes an attaching portion and a sleeve. The attaching portion is formed of resin, and is a portion of the cylinder head cover to which the oil control valve is to be attached. The sleeve is embedded in the attaching portion. The sleeve has an interior space that permits the oil control valve to be accommodated therein and oil holes. Each oil hole is selectively connected to one of ports of the oil control valve accommodated in the interior space of the sleeve. The sleeve is formed of material having higher rigidity than the resin forming the attaching portion. Therefore, the cylinder head cover maintains highly reliable attachment of an oil control valve without a large number of high precision machining steps and prevents deformation of the attaching portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuya Yoshijima, Hidemi Kato, Akihiro Osaki, Naohiro Hasegawa
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Patent number: 7168405Abstract: Apparatus includes left and right inline type cylinder heads essentially identical to one another and each having an intake side, the left and right cylinder heads being combined into a “V” configuration, so that the two intake sides face one another. A left-head overhead camshaft structure is located in the left head and a right-head overhead camshaft structure is located in the right cylinder head, the overhead camshaft structures being of an end-drive type. A crankshaft is located proximate an apex of the V, the crankshaft having a front-facing end and a rear-facing end, and an offset gear mechanism operates in cooperation with the rear-facing end of the crankshaft for driving the left-head overhead camshaft structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Inventor: John J. Hartley, Jr.
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Patent number: 7162986Abstract: First and second attachment portions 6, 8 are formed integrally with a main body 4 and extend along the longitudinal direction of the main body 4. A hydraulic oil supply portion 14 is formed integrally with the main body 4 and extends along the width, or in the direction perpendicular to the axes of the attachment portions 6, 8. In this manner, providing an internal combustion engine with variable valve actuation mechanisms increases the strength of the cylinder head cover 102, while reducing the weight thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuya Yoshijima, Naohiro Hasegawa
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Patent number: 7152566Abstract: The bottom surface 18 of the cylinder head 10 is formed by an intake-side bottom surface 18a and an exhaust-side bottom surface 18b on which an intake port 13 and an exhaust port 15 are formed respectively. Further, a first wall 19 formed between an intake-side water jacket 16 and the intake-side bottom surface 18a is larger in thickness than a second wall 20 formed between an exhaust-side water jacket 17 and the exhaust-side bottom surface 18b. This structure can reduce an amount of HC included in exhaust gas.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2005Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Matsui, Toshihiko Oka, Koichi Yoshimoto, Yoshinori Sakurai, Tetsushi Nagira, Kenichi Morishima
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Patent number: 7137372Abstract: A cylinder head cover, particularly for covering a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, having a plurality of functional elements such as an oil filling connection and at least one oil separation device mounted thereon. The cylinder head cover is formed by a bottom shell and a top shell, with the functional elements each being formed from two segments. One segment is integrally arranged on the bottom shell, and the second segment is integrally arranged on the top shell. The two shells are interconnected by communicating sealing contours. Essential functional parts of the oil separation device are provided on the bottom shell and on the top shell. Preferably the functional elements include a cyclone which separates entrained oil from gases in the cylinder head cover and includes a cup arranged on the bottom shell and an immersion tube arranged on the top shell.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2005Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Mann & Hummel GmbHInventors: Torsten Hilpert, Andreas Weber, Alexander Korn
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Patent number: 7124721Abstract: A control device for a gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine having a multi-membered transmission comprising at least one driving element (1), actuating elements (2) each of which actuates one gas exchange valve (3), a transmission element (9) which is hinge-connected between the at least one driving element (1) and an actuating element (2) which acts on a gas exchange valve (3), a cam joint (15) between the transmission elements (9) and an area of the housing (5) of the control device, in which a first bearing area which is provided on the transmission element (9) and a second bearing area which is provided in the housing area are adjustable with respect to one another during operation of the engine, is to be manufacturable easily for extremely accurate operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2003Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Mahle Ventiltrieb GmbHInventor: Martin Lechner
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Patent number: 7121243Abstract: A valve case includes an attaching portion and a sleeve. The valve case is attached to a cylinder head cover main body formed of resin. The attaching portion is formed of resin and is a portion of the valve case to which an oil control valve is to be attached. The sleeve is embedded in the attaching portion, and has an interior space that permits the oil control valve to be accommodated therein and oil holes. Each oil hole is selectively connected to one of ports of the oil control valve accommodated in the interior space of the sleeve. The sleeve is formed of material having higher rigidity than the resin forming the attaching portion. Therefore, the valve case prevents deformation of the attaching portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuya Yoshijima, Hidemi Kato, Akihiro Osaki, Naohiro Hasegawa
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Patent number: 7100560Abstract: A partition plate (tumble plate) for an intake port is previously placed in an intake port molding sand core (port core) for forming an intake port of a cylinder head, and cast-in as the cylinder head is cast-molded, to partition the intake port into a plurality of ports. The partition plate is provided with shift preventing portion that prevent positional shift relative to the intake port molding sand core.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2004Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Aichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Yageta, Shigeki Nakabayashi
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Patent number: 7086367Abstract: The present invention provides a reduced emission, single cylinder engine incorporating an air flow arrangement for improving flow efficiency of the intake air drawn into the engine and the exhaust discharged from the engine.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2004Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Briggs & Stratton CorporationInventor: Dave Procknow