Crankcase, Pressure Control Patents (Class 123/196CP)
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Patent number: 4353332Abstract: A ventilating system is provided for the crankcase of an internal combustion engine. The system includes an engine block provided with a crankcase and an upright housing, the latter having a lower section communicating with the crankcase and an upper section provided with a vent to the exterior of the engine. A crankshaft is mounted within the crankcase and is drivingly connected to a pressure-generating means disposed within the housing upper section and adjacent the vent. The driven presssure-generating means effects a predetermined pressure within the housing which is greater than the exterior pressure of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1980Date of Patent: October 12, 1982Assignee: Cummins Engine Company, Inc.Inventor: Roger D. Sweetland
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Patent number: 4261305Abstract: A two cycle internal combustion engine is disclosed, which essentially comprises a cylinder consisting of a sleeve and a cylinder block housing the sleeve therein. The cylinder has a groove formed between the sleeve and the cylinder block and at least one lubricant outlet port having one end opened to the inside of the sleeve and the other end communicating with the groove. A lubricant inlet port is formed in a crankcase or an air-fuel intake passage of the carburetor connected to the crankcase, and is connected to the groove through a lubricant passage means including a check valve disposed therein.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 1979Date of Patent: April 14, 1981Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takahiro Ikoma
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Patent number: 4199950Abstract: A system for prelubricating an engine wherein lubricating oil is delivered to relatively movable parts of the engine during starting in the form of an atomized mist generated by an atomizing spray nozzle operating under an extremely high pressure in the order of 250 to 10,000 psi, so that not only is the mist extremely fine but the oil particles thereof are projected from the nozzle at a high velocity that causes the mist to penetrate into every interstice between relatively movable parts and over every set of relatively movable surfaces so as to coat all parts of the engine which would be subjected to frictional wear were it not for the presence of the oil particles. Moreover, in such system, and particularly in a system employing parts that experience relative rotation at very high speeds such, for instance, as the journals and bearings of a turbocharger, the instant prelubricating system furnishes lubricating oil, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1977Date of Patent: April 29, 1980Inventors: Alton L. Hakanson, Wilbur C. Schafer
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Patent number: 4195600Abstract: In the engine the side wall of the piston is provided with a perforation at a portion not facing an exhaust port of the cylinder for communicating the cylinder wall with the crankcase chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1978Date of Patent: April 1, 1980Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshisuke Shingai
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Patent number: 4142487Abstract: A two-stroke piston engine and method in which oil-free air is mixed prior to ignition with oil-free fuel, by means of a venturi. The engine is lubricated by utilizing the pressure which the piston exerts in the crankcase to draw an air-oil mix into the crankcase and then to push the air and oil out while filtering the air with a rotary filter, to return the oil to a suitable reservoir, the oil-free air being sent to the venturi. Fuel enrichment, as for cold starting, is caused by placing air pressure on a fuel-containing bowl ahead of the venturi so as to increase the flow of fuel into the venturi, rather than by reducing the amount of air as is done with a conventional choke plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1977Date of Patent: March 6, 1979Inventor: Tomas P. Somraty
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Patent number: 4121551Abstract: Disclosed herein is a two-cycle internal combustion engine including a cylinder having a fuel intake port, an exhaust port, and an inlet port located intermediate the intake port and the exhaust port, a piston reciprocably mounted in the cylinder, a crankcase having a drains collecting area, and a conduit means connected in liquid communication with the drains collecting area and with the inlet port, whereby the drains are recycled or recirculated from the drains collecting area to the cylinder for ultimate combustion therein in response to the cyclical variation of pressure in the crankcase and in the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1976Date of Patent: October 24, 1978Assignee: Outboard Marine CorporationInventor: Robert K. Turner
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Patent number: 4117907Abstract: A device for aspiration of lubricating oil from the supply of a combustion engine that may at times be moved out of a normal position into a different position, in particular an upside-down position, by means of a lubricant pump delivering the oil to the bearing surfaces of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1976Date of Patent: October 3, 1978Assignee: Audi Nsu Auto Union AktiengesellschaftInventor: Rolf Lechler
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Patent number: 4103665Abstract: A lubricating device for internal combustion engines, especially for supplying oil to the points to be lubricated when the oil pan is in a very inclined position. The device comprises a pressure pump continuously withdrawing lubricating oil from a closed main chamber of an oil pan of the lubricating device and feeds the withdrawn oil to the points to be lubricated. The device also includes two open auxiliary oil chambers respectively located in the oil pan between the end walls of the oil pan and the major portion of the closed main chamber. The arrangement is such that oil withdrawn from the main chamber by the pressure pump also in inclined position of the oil pan automatically is replaced by oil from one of the auxiliary chambers.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1977Date of Patent: August 1, 1978Assignee: Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz AktiengesellschaftInventor: Johann Prasch
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Patent number: 4094382Abstract: A lubricant feed system for use in lubricating the cutting attachments of a chain saw having an internal combustion engine and a lubricant tank. The feed system has a system of passageways permitting flow of lubricant from the tank to the guide bar. A check valve and a manually operable plunger are positioned in the passageway and spaced from each other to define a first chamber. The check valve permits flow from the tank to the bar pad and is openable by pressure in the tank. A metering valve for regulating the flow from the check valve to the bar pad is reciprocable between a closed and an opened position. The reciprocation and thus the position of the valve are controllable by manually operable means extending from the metering valve to the exterior. The metering valve has means to urge it to the closed position. The urging means exerts a force that can be overcome by operation of the plunger.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1976Date of Patent: June 13, 1978Assignee: Trail Manufacturing Ltd.Inventor: Arthur Lee
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Patent number: 4041924Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder having a horizontal axis, one end of the cylinder being formed as a combustion chamber and the other end opening into a crankcase receiving a lubricating atmosphere. A piston slidable in the cylinder has a space therein communicating with the crankcase. The piston is formed with grooves of rectangular cross-section with a base and a pair of transverse surfaces. A scraper groove furthest from the combustion chamber receives a scraper ring and has orifices in its base communicating with the piston space, the other sealing grooves receiving piston rings, annular gaps between the piston and cylinder being left on each side of the piston and scraper rings. The annular gaps are placed in continuous communication with the groove bases by at least one recess on each transverse surface of a sealing groove and by at least one recess on that transverse surface of the scraper groove which is nearest the combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1975Date of Patent: August 16, 1977Assignee: Societe Anonyme Automobiles CitroenInventor: Albert Grosseau
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Patent number: 4023548Abstract: A lubricating device for internal combustion engines, especially for supplying oil to the points to be lubricated when the oil pan is in a very inclined position. The device comprises a pressure pump continuously withdrawing lubricating oil from a closed main chamber of an oil pan of the lubricating device and feeds the withdrawn oil to the points to be lubricated. The device also includes two open auxiliary oil chambers respectively located in the oil pan between the end walls of the oil pan and the major portion of the closed main chamber. The arrangement is such that oil withdrawn from the main chamber by the pressure pump also in inclined position of the oil pan automatically is replaced by oil from one of the auxiliary chambers.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 1974Date of Patent: May 17, 1977Assignee: Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz AktiengesellschaftInventor: Johann Prasch
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Patent number: 3967612Abstract: A lubricating oil pump which is responsive to the engine load to supply an associated internal combustion engine with an optimum quantity of lubricating oil. The lubricating oil pump determines the oil outlet frequency depending on the engine speed and determines the supply quantity of oil depending on the variation in the engine pressure.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1974Date of Patent: July 6, 1976Assignee: Yamaha, Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Seiichiro Yamada
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Patent number: 3965880Abstract: In an automotive internal combustion engine, a rear main bearing is channeled with one or more channels to direct the high pressure output oil flow away from the rear main seal. The channeled oil flow prevents a high pressure buildup adjacent the rear main seal and attendant deterioration thereof and oil leakage therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1975Date of Patent: June 29, 1976Inventor: Ronnie L. Michael
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Patent number: 3960132Abstract: A device for lubricating an internal combustion engine with powdered graphite including a housing having an inlet opening for connection with an outlet opening in the crankcase of an internal combustion engine. The housing also has an outlet opening for connection with an inlet opening of the crankcase of an engine together with means for connecting the inlet opening to the outlet opening of a crankcase and means for connecting the outlet opening to the inlet opening of a crankcase. The housing is also formed with a breather opening and has formed internally thereof a series of baffles for collecting graphite in the housing at areas therein prior to the outlet and the breather opening. Further provided is a one-way valve means in conjunction with the baffles for causing collected graphite to exit out the outlet of the housing and into the crankcase as the crankcase breathes.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 1975Date of Patent: June 1, 1976Inventor: Chester O. Goserud
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Patent number: 3942503Abstract: A cooling system for lubricating oil in an internal combustion engine is disclosed, said system comprising a pressure-regulating valve adapted for controlling the pressure in said system, said valve having a passageway means connecting it to an oil pump and other passageway means for diverting a part of said lubricating oil therethrough from said oil pump to an oil pan located at the bottom of said engine when the pressure in said system exceeds a predetermined value, said other passageway means extending to a position located adjacent to an upper portion of the inner surface of the front wall of the engine casing. Said other passageway means may be extended to a position facing the upwardly moving part of a timing chain which connects the crankshaft to the cam shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1974Date of Patent: March 9, 1976Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanori Hanaoka, Masao Inagaki
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Patent number: 3931812Abstract: A multi-cylinder 2-stroke fuel injection engine of the crankcase compression type has a separate crank chamber associated with each cylinder and inlet, transfer and exhaust ports in each cylinder. The exhaust ports of the engine communicate with an exhaust manifold which communicates with the turbine of an exhaust gas driven scavenge compressor, and the impeller of the compressor communicates with an inlet manifold which communicates with the inlet ports of the engine so as to pressure charge each crank chamber and thus increase the mass of air subsequently pumped to the associated cylinder by way of its transfer port.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1973Date of Patent: January 13, 1976Assignee: David Brown Tractors LimitedInventors: Herbert Edward Ashfield, Charles Hartley Hull