Common Receiver Having Inlets From Plural Cylinder (i.e., Exhaust Manifold) Patents (Class 60/323)
  • Publication number: 20140075927
    Abstract: A header for several curved pipes of a motor vehicle carrying exhaust gas, including a first shell and a second shell, which can be connected to one another in a sealed manner by a shell connection that forms a connection plane (E), at least one outlet port for connecting to an exhaust pipe of an exhaust gas system, and several curved-pipe connection ports for connecting the curved pipes, wherein the outlet port is designed as a passage within the respective shell and at least one first curved-pipe connection port is provided, which is designed as a passage within only one of the two shells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventor: Björn Gorenflo
  • Patent number: 8671904
    Abstract: A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine has a body integrating in a single cast piece, the exhaust manifold. The exhaust conduits form separate subgroups merging into manifold portions superimposed and spaced apart from each other. A lower cooling jacket, an upper cooling jacket and an intermediate cooling jacket are formed in the head. The lower cooling jacket is longitudinally divided into a plurality of separate transverse chambers, while the upper cooling jacket has a portion extended longitudinally over the entire development of the head. The lower cooling jacket has a portion extending in the area of the body which separates the superimposed portions of the subgroups of exhaust conduits. The intermediate jacket forms a main outlet at an end of the head. The upper jacket has a first portion at the center of the head and a second portion forming an auxiliary circuit adjacent to said main outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fiat Powertrain Technologies S.p.A.
    Inventors: Carmelo D'Anna, Antonio Abozzi
  • Patent number: 8671670
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust system of a multi-cylinder engine capable of increasing the air-intake and thereby increasing the engine output with a simple configuration. The exhaust system is provided with low velocity-side passages 54, high velocity-side passages 53, a low velocity-side collection part 56, a high velocity-side collection part 57, and a flow passage area variable valve 58 capable of changing the flow passage area of the respective high velocity-side passages 53.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Yamagata, Akira Kageyama, Takeshi Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 8661802
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flange plate for connecting exhaust pipes to a combustion engine, with at least two connecting sockets integrally moulded on the flange plate, on each of which an exhaust pipe can be fastened, and with a plurality of through openings for fixing the flange plate to the combustion engine. Thermal expansion effects can be better compensated if at least one of the connecting sockets is formed in a connecting region, which is surrounded by a slit penetrating the flange plate, wherein the respective slit comprises at least one interruption and the respective connecting region in the region of the respective interruption is connected to the remaining flange plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Riekers, Angela Hettel
  • Patent number: 8656709
    Abstract: The present invention provides dual-layer to flange weld joint for an exhaust manifold assembly. The manifold includes an inner assembly connected to a flange, and an outer shell spaced apart from the inner assembly to allow for an air gap between the shell and the inner assembly. The outer shell further includes a gap between the end portion of the outer shell and the flange. This gap allows a single exterior weld joint to connect the inner assembly and outer shell to the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Flexible Metal, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Arthur Phillips, Jr., Michael Paul Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8650867
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold including a manifold body made of a first material and at least one heat shield insert provided inside the manifold body and made of a second material. The first material is a low cost material and the second material is a higher grade, temperature-resistant material. The manifold body includes a plurality of runners, collector and an outlet. The shield insert is preferably provided in the collector region adjacent to the outlet. The heat shield insert may have a curved sheet configuration or a tubular configuration depending on applications. The heat shield properly insulates the manifold body from the exhaust gas to protect the manifold body. The exhaust manifold, which is made from a combination of different materials, provides a more cost-effective solution in high temperature applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Wescast Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Clayton A. Sloss
  • Patent number: 8650864
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a marine engine comprising liquid-cooled manifold and catalytic converter assemblies. Each assembly uses a separate cooling system to cool either the exhaust manifold or a shell inside which resides the catalytic converter. The housing or shell containing the catalytic converter uses water to cool an exterior surface of a water jacket to an acceptable temperature conforming to federal regulations. The liquid-cooled manifold assembly may use either water or glycol to cool outer cooling tubes surrounding exhaust tubes extending from the engine block to the catalytic converter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Indmar Products Company Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Waggoner, Richard B. Laporte, Charles L. Gerlach, Robert F. Novotny, Jr., Timothy G. Maher
  • Patent number: 8650866
    Abstract: An exhaust insert for use with an internal combustion engine transfers heat from exhaust gases to a liquid-cooled exhaust manifold. One end of the exhaust insert extends into the exhaust port of a cylinder head, and the other end of the exhaust insert extends into an exhaust manifold. Exhaust gases are received from the cylinder head by the exhaust manifold through the exhaust insert. The exhaust insert is in contact with a surface of the exhaust manifold so as to transfer heat from the exhaust gases away from the cylinder head to the exhaust manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining America LLC
    Inventor: James Coe
  • Publication number: 20140041372
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust manifold for preventing condensate and gas leakage in an engine, and more particularly, to an exhaust manifold for preventing condensate and gas leakage in an engine, capable of preventing peripheries of the engine from being contaminated by condensate and/or exhaust gas leaking from interiors of a plurality of exhaust manifolds to the outside through connection portions of the exhaust manifolds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Chang Cha, Kwang Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 8631649
    Abstract: An engine exhaust component is provided. The engine exhaust component may include a plurality of coolant passages having parallel coolant flow, each coolant passage at least partially surrounding a respectively corresponding exhaust runner. The engine exhaust component may further include a coolant inlet manifold coupled to each of the coolant passages and a coolant outlet manifold coupled to each of the coolant passages. In this way, more even and controlled cooling can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joel John Beltramo, Keith A. Campbell, Erich James Nowka, Ray Host, Robert Ralph Iorio
  • Publication number: 20140013730
    Abstract: An engine exhaust system attachment is provided that includes a housing a fan, a filter, and a conduit. The housing is configured to enclose an exhaust turbine, an exhaust manifold, and at least a portion of an exhaust pipe. The exhaust turbine, the exhaust manifold, and the exhaust pipe are connected to receive exhaust gas from an engine and are mounted to an engine frame of a device. The fan is configured for mounting to the device to move air. The filter is configured for mounting to the fan to receive the moved air and to provide filtered air. The conduit is configured for connecting the filter to the housing to provide the filtered air to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel S. Humburg, Kevin J. Dalsted, ZhengRong Gu, Joseph P. Polin
  • Patent number: 8601802
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying device is provided with an exhaust manifold having a collecting section, and a catalytic converter provided downstream of the exhaust manifold. The catalytic converter has upstream and downstream catalysts. The upstream catalyst includes a carrier, a first layer located on the carrier containing Pd, a second layer located on the first layer containing Rh, and a third layer located on the second layer containing Pd. The downstream catalyst includes a carrier, a first layer located on the carrier containing Pd, and a second layer located on the first layer containing Pt and Rh. The collecting section connects to the catalytic converter after passing, in order from the upstream side, through a flow regulating path and a neck section which is provided in the flow regulating path. The flow regulating path has a predetermined length and a width which is gradually reduced to the downstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamada, Kei Kuroki, Noritaka Sekiya
  • Patent number: 8590295
    Abstract: An exhaust pipe structure of a vehicle having a left manifold disposed in front of an engine and a right manifold disposed behind the engine along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, which are connected by an underbody catalytic converter, the exhaust pipe structure may include a left exhaust pipe connected to the left manifold and extending toward the rear of the engine, a right exhaust pipe having a straight portion connected to the right manifold and extending toward the front of the engine and a curved portion bending from the straight portion toward the rear of the engine, and a conjunction, one end of which is connected to and communicates with the end of the curved portion of the right exhaust pipe and the end of the left exhaust pipe and the other end of which is connected to the underbody catalytic converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ha-Dong Bong, Sang-Il Lee, Ho-Chan An, Young-Ho Han, Il-Joong Hwang, Sung-Soo Chae, Hak-Son Han
  • Publication number: 20130305689
    Abstract: A system and method for increasing the performance of an internal combustion engine having a stock exhaust manifold. An exhaust insert affixed to or positioned downstream from the cylinder exhaust ports, in the exhaust conduits, in the stock manifold, in the collector, before or after the catalytic converter, before or after any Y-pipe, or any location in the exhaust system. The exhaust insert having a pre-determined size and shape to optimize performance, including, but not limited to, fuel efficiency, emissions, and power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventor: Louis A. Belanger
  • Patent number: 8585452
    Abstract: A marine propulsion device includes an engine, an exhaust passage, a porous body, a retainer mat, and a stopper portion. The engine includes an exhaust port. The exhaust passage connects to the exhaust port. The porous body is disposed in the exhaust passage. The retainer mat covers the outside peripheral face of the porous body. The retainer mat retains the porous body. The stopper portion is disposed inside the exhaust passage. The stopper portion is disposed downstream of the porous body and spaced apart from a downstream-side end portion of the porous body. The stopper portion extends inwardly in the radial direction, past the outside peripheral surface of the porous body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Maekawa, Koichi Nakayama, Toshio Suzuki, Katsumi Ochiai
  • Patent number: 8584448
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes an engine configured to expel an exhaust from combustion chambers of cylinders in a cylinder head through exhaust ports. Each of the cylinders is provided with a recessed portion provided in an exhaust passage wall surface in a central portion of an exhaust passage of a corresponding exhaust port. This makes it possible to maintain flow rate and flow velocity of the exhaust gas, and to decrease exhaust loss. As a result, it is possible to increase engine torque by use of a simple structure. In addition, no restriction is imposed on the layout of parts around the engine, because the recessed portions are provided in the exhaust ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Ishida, Masaaki Negoro, Yosuke Ariga, Takanori Osuka, Tomiyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8584449
    Abstract: A manifold for a multicylinder internal combustion engine which includes a plurality of outlets (1) comprises upper, lower and central shells (15, 5, 51) that are connected with one another and define inlet channels and outlet spaces (63, 65). A baffle plate (35) is attached to different shells (5, 15) by means of a fixed/movable bearing and can expand thermally without transferring thermal stresses to the shells (5, 15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies USA LLC
    Inventors: Winfried Willeke, Christof Henrici
  • Patent number: 8555627
    Abstract: An exhaust gas line (1) of an internal combustion engine includes at least one catalytic converter (2) which is provided with at least one catalytic converter support (4) which is arranged in the housing (3) and which includes at least one first and one second area (5, 6) which can be flowed through in parallel, with the flow being capable of being deactivated in at least one area by a switching device (8) arranged in the exhaust gas line (1). In order to achieve a rapid activation of the catalytic converter in the simplest possible and most compact way, the areas (5, 6) of the catalytic converter support (4) have different physical and/or chemical properties in relation to response behavior, permeability, catalytic activity and/or thermal inertia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Knollmayr, Andreas Zurk, Kurt Prevedel, Josef Wolkerstorfer, Paul Kapus
  • Patent number: 8555638
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a plurality of combustion cylinders, at least one turbocharger, an air supply line, an exhaust gas line and an exhaust gas recirculation system. An exhaust manifold of the exhaust gas line may have both non-direction specific and modular pulse exhaust manifold elements. If the internal combustion engine has dual cylinder banks, an exhaust gas balance tube may extend between exhaust gas lines of the cylinder banks and be fluidly connected to an exhaust manifold between the ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Luft, Lucian Stanciu, Catalin Tiru, Jeremy Byrd
  • Patent number: 8549851
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold includes a housing formed of a thin-walled sheet metal part which is shaped in the form of a shell construction and has an upper housing shell and a lower housing shell to define an interior space. Received in the housing in an area proximate to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine is a baffle plate which separates the interior space of the housing from a motor flange to secure the exhaust manifold to the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Elmar Grussmann, Fabian Fricke, Ralph Naubert
  • Patent number: 8544267
    Abstract: An engine assembly comprising a cylinder head, turbocharger in fluid communication with the cylinder head and exhaust conduit in fluid communication with the turbocharger and method of making the assembly using a single human assembler includes: mounting the turbine to the cylinder head; using a first assembly aid to form a slidable joint between the exhaust conduit and head; using a second assembly aid to form a movable joint between the turbine and exhaust conduit and align the turbine outlet flange and exhaust conduit inlet flange; using a third assembly aid to pilotingly engage the flanges; disposing a clamp about the turbine outlet flange and the exhaust conduit inlet flange; tightening the second assembly aid sufficiently to form an immovable joint; tightening the clamp to form a sealed joint between the flanges; and tightening the first assembly aid to form a fixed joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Curt R. Danielewicz, Brian J. Edwards, Hardo Barths
  • Patent number: 8539767
    Abstract: An exhaust system comprises an exhaust driven turbocharger having an outlet and a flanged portion that extends about the outlet, an exhaust treatment device comprising a canister having an inlet cone that includes an integral inlet flange defining an the inlet opening configured to define a seal with the flanged portion that extends about the outlet of the turbocharger and a substrate disposed within the canister through which the exhaust gas flows. An exhaust gas passage, fluidly couples the turbocharger and the exhaust treatment device and allows for the passage of exhaust gas therebetween and a flow modifier comprising a radially inwardly extending wall portion extends from an inner wall of the exhaust gas passage and directs the exhaust gas away from an outer radius of the exhaust gas passage to evenly distribute the exhaust gas across the an inlet face of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Kimberly O'Kane, Chijou Wang, Gary Clark, II
  • Publication number: 20130232960
    Abstract: A dual pipe exhaust manifold includes an inner pipe, an outer pipe and a plurality of spacers. The inner pipe includes a plurality of branch pipes and a plurality of collector pipes. The collector pipes are slidably connected to each other. One end of each of the branch pipe is fixed to a flange section configured and arranged to be attached to a cylinder head of an engine, and the other end of each of the branch pipe is slidably connected to a corresponding one of the collector pipes so that each of the collector pipes is connected to a plural number of the branch pipes. The outer pipe covers a circumference of the inner pipe. The spacers are disposed between the outer pipe and the inner pipe to form a gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya UCHIDA, Tsukasa MINATO
  • Publication number: 20130232959
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold includes a head flange member, a plurality of branch pipe parts and a collector pipe part. The head flange member has a flange main body portion and a cylinder head mounting surface configured and arranged to be attached to a cylinder head of an engine. Each of the branch pipe parts has an upstream end portion with respect to an exhaust gas flow fixed to one side of the head flange member that is opposite from the cylinder head mounting surface. The collector pipe part is connected to a downstream end portion with respect to the exhaust gas flow of each of the branch pipe parts. An area of the cylinder head mounting surface is smaller than a cross sectional area of the head flange main body portion taken along a plane substantially parallel to the cylinder head mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 8474252
    Abstract: An exhaust collector system for discharging a flow of exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine. The exhaust collector system includes a plurality of primary headers having their discharge portions merged together at a merge angle into a substantially oval or obround-shaped manifold outlet, and a substantially-round secondary pipe having a pipe inlet with a diameter greater than the diameter of the primary headers. The exhaust collector system also includes an oval-to-round collector flowtube which has a substantially oval-or obround-shaped collector inlet that is coupled with the manifold outlet and a substantially-round collector outlet that is coupled with the pipe inlet. The collector flowtube has a constant circumference along its entire length and a transverse cross-sectional area that continuously increases from the collector inlet to the collector outlet to cause a continuous expansion of the flow of exhaust gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Inventor: Boyd L. Butler
  • Patent number: 8474251
    Abstract: A cylinder head with an integrated exhaust manifold is provided, the integrated exhaust manifold including an exhaust manifold flange. In one example, the cylinder head includes a cooled flange to control exhaust system heat. The cylinder head can improve operation of an integrated cylinder head during at least some operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ted Beyer, Jody Michael Slike, John Christopher Riegger
  • Patent number: 8468812
    Abstract: An exhaust scavenging system for an internal combustion engine including exhaust passages extending from the engine and an exhaust outlet system. A collector extends from the bundled ends of the exhaust passages to the exhaust outlet system. A central exhaust passage extends into the collector from a central position among the bundled exhaust passage outlets. The transverse cross-sectional area of the central exhaust passage through at least half of the transition collector portion from the outlet plane is not substantially less than the transverse cross-sectional area of the central exhaust passage at the outlet plane in the extended position and does decrease continuously through the transition collector portion from the outlet plane in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Inventor: Gale C. Banks, III
  • Publication number: 20130152563
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold including a manifold body made of a first material and at least one heat shield insert provided inside the manifold body and made of a second material. The first material is a low cost material and the second material is a higher grade, temperature-resistant material. The manifold body includes a plurality of runners, collector and an outlet. The shield insert is preferably provided in the collector region adjacent to the outlet. The heat shield insert may have a curved sheet configuration or a tubular configuration depending on applications. The heat shield properly insulates the manifold body from the exhaust gas to protect the manifold body. The exhaust manifold, which is made from a combination of different materials, provides a more cost-effective solution in high temperature applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: WESCAST INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: WESCAST INDUSTRIES, INC.
  • Patent number: 8464519
    Abstract: A secondary air system for the supply of secondary air into at least one exhaust gas outlet passage of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, wherein at least one secondary air passage provided in the cylinder head is associated with the exhaust gas outlet passage and opens into the exhaust gas outlet passage and into an outer connection surface of the cylinder head. A base plate is provided which can be placed onto the connection surface of the cylinder head and which is provided with secondary air stubs which each engage into a secondary air passage when the base plate is in place. The base plate is provided on its outer side remote from the connection side with at least one hood via which the supplied secondary air is distributed to a plurality of secondary air stubs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Friedrich Boysen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nils Rippert, Ramazan Sahan
  • Patent number: 8459016
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold connected to exhaust ports of at least three straightly-arranged cylinders of an internal combustion engine is constructed by a primary exhaust pipe which extends from the foremost cylinder of the cylinders in the rearward direction of the engine along the direction of the straight arrangement of the cylinders and a plurality of secondary exhaust pipes which extend from the other cylinders except for the foremost cylinder to the primary exhaust pipe. The secondary exhaust pipes are collected to the primary exhaust pipe so that downstream end portions of the secondary exhaust pipes are wound into the center axis of the primary exhaust pipe at a plurality of points on the center axis, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Ashida, Sunkee Yi, Takao Inoue, Shunichi Mitsuishi
  • Publication number: 20130139493
    Abstract: A heat transfer element for manifold prevents thermal fatigue of a manifold main body and has good high-temperature strength and oxidation resistance. At least one part of the heat transfer element for manifold is formed from ferritic stainless steel. The ferritic stainless steel contains at least one element, in terms of mass %, of: C: 0.03% or less; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 2.0% or less; Cr: 10 to 30%; Nb: 0.8% or less; and Ti: 0.8% or less, and N: 0.03% or less, and the remaining part thereof is formed from Fe and inevitable impurities. _Further, an alloy content of the ferritic stainless steel is adjusted so that an A value in equation (1), where A value=Nb+Ti?4(C+N), is 0.10 or more, and a B value in equation (2), where B value=Cr+15Si, is 18 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunari Imakawa, Yoshihiro Oka, Sadayuki Nakamura, Manabu Oku
  • Publication number: 20130133316
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold and related method have a hybrid clamshell construction including an outer manifold half stamped from a first metal and having a first wall thickness, as well as an inner manifold half stamped from a second metal that is different from the first metal and has a second wall thickness which is different from the first wall thickness. Opposite side edges of the outer and inner manifold halves are rigidly interconnected to define a hollow manifold bottom. Port and outlet flanges are rigidly attached to inlet and outlet sides of the manifold body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Benteler Automotive Corporation
    Inventor: Benteler Automotive Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130130577
    Abstract: An engine includes a cylinder block including a plurality of cylinders disposed along a V-shaped line, a pair of exhaust manifolds disposed inside the V-shaped line, and an exhaust pipe disposed inside the V-shaped line. Each of the pair of exhaust manifolds includes a first passage that includes a plurality of inflow ports into which exhaust gases from the cylinders flow, a collecting portion at which exhaust gases are collected, and an exhaust port from which exhaust gases are discharged. The exhaust pipe includes a connection passage that includes a pair of intermediate inflow ports that are connected to the exhaust ports, at least one intermediate exhaust port from which exhaust gases are discharged. The connection passage is arranged to connect the pair of intermediate inflow ports and the at least one intermediate exhaust port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsumi OCHIAI, Shinichi HOSHIYA, Shinya MAEKAWA, Toshio SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20130130576
    Abstract: An engine includes a cylinder block including a plurality of cylinders, an exhaust manifold, and an exhaust pipe. The exhaust manifold includes a first passage and a second passage. The first passage includes a plurality of first inflow ports into which exhaust gases flow from the plurality of cylinders, a first collecting portion that collects exhaust gases that have flowed into the plurality of first inflow ports, and a first exhaust port through which exhaust gases collected by the first collecting portion are discharged. The second passage includes a second inflow port into which exhaust gases flow and a second exhaust port through which exhaust gases that have flowed into the second inflow port are discharged. The exhaust pipe includes a connection passage through which the first exhaust port and the second inflow port are connected together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsumi OCHIAI, Shinichi HOSHIYA, Shinya MAEKAWA, Toshio SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 8429906
    Abstract: A single-wall manifold having an engine flange, an outlet flange and manifold pipes which are connected at their one end to the engine flange and at their other end to the outlet flange, with a load-transferring connection being provided between the engine flange and the outlet flange in addition to the manifold pipes to improve the load transfer between the outlet flange and the engine flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Friedrich Boysen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Nils Rippert
  • Publication number: 20130098000
    Abstract: A method for controlling valve actuation in an engine is provided. The method includes initiating combustion operation in a first cylinder, opening, via a first cam, a first exhaust valve coupled to the first cylinder for a first opening duration. The method further includes opening, via a second cam, a second exhaust valve coupled to the first cylinder for a second opening duration not equivalent to the first opening duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
  • Publication number: 20130098009
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, a cylinder head and an engine block is provided. The exhaust system comprises an exhaust manifold, which is integrated in the cylinder head, flow channels, and an exhaust pipe, which is connected to a head flange of the cylinder head. The flow channels each extend from one of the cylinders to a head flange. At least two of the flow channels, which are connected to cylinders that are not ignited in succession, are united within the cylinder head and form a common flow channel. At least one further flow channel, which is connected with a cylinder ignited in succession, is routed separately as far as to the head flange. The common flow channel is united with the further flow channel only in the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
  • Publication number: 20130091832
    Abstract: A clamp includes a curved band having an inner surface, an outer surface, a first end, and a second end. The band is characterized by a substantially V-shaped cross-section in a radial plane of the band. The inner surface of the band defines the inside contour of the V-shaped cross-section. The clamp also includes a fastener configured to draw together the first and second ends such that the band may be tightened around adjacent flanges of objects to be clamped together. The inner surface is configured to squeeze the flanges together and clamp the objects. The band includes a reinforcement configured to stiffen the substantially V-shaped cross-section and minimize yielding of the cross-section when the objects are being clamped. An engine assembly that includes a first exhaust component and a second exhaust component having respective first and second flanges being squeezed and clamped together via the clamp is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Marc L. Friedrich, Gary Clark, II
  • Patent number: 8418459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, more preferably of a motor vehicle, with an exhaust gas turbine, with an exhaust pipe, whose inlet is fluidically connected with an outlet of the exhaust gas turbine, with a flange connection for connecting the exhaust gas turbine with the exhaust pipe which comprises a flange fastened to the exhaust pipe and attached to the exhaust gas turbine, and with a shielding apron which is so arranged and/or incorporated in the flange connection that in the operation of the exhaust system it protects a transition region between the flange and the exhaust pipe from direct admission of exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gotz Finkbeiner, Jorg-Uwe Muller, Georg Wirth
  • Patent number: 8413435
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold including a manifold body made of a first material and at least one heat shield insert provided inside the manifold body and made of a second material. The first material is a low cost material and the second material is a higher grade, temperature-resistant material. The manifold body includes a plurality of runners, collector and an outlet. The shield insert is preferably provided in the collector region adjacent to the outlet. The heat shield insert may have a curved sheet configuration or a tubular configuration depending on applications. The heat shield properly insulates the manifold body from the exhaust gas to protect the manifold body. The exhaust manifold, which is made from a combination of different materials, provides a more cost-effective solution in high temperature applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Wescast Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton A. Sloss, Richard A. Williams
  • Patent number: 8402756
    Abstract: An exhaust system includes first and second exhaust pipes each of which has an upstream end communicating with an engine and a downstream end. The exhaust pipes are of different lengths. A length equalizer includes an outer pipe and an inner pipe disposed within the outer pipe. Once end of the inner pipe communicates with a space between the inner and outer pipes. The longer of the two exhaust pipes communicates with the space between the inner and outer pipes of the length equalizer. The shorter of the two exhaust pipes communicates directly with the inner pipe of the length equalizer. The distance between the downstream end of the longer exhaust pipe and the inner end of the inner pipe of the length equalizer is substantially equal to the difference in length between the longer and shorter exhaust pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Faurecia Exhaust Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Luce, Raymond Morelli, Jr., William Brown, Jon W. Harwood
  • Publication number: 20130067897
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold includes: an inlet portion which collects exhaust gas discharged through a first to a fourth exhaust ports; an outlet portion discharging the exhaust gas; and a tube portion connecting the inlet and the outlet portions. The inlet portion comprises: a first inlet portion one end of which communicates with the first and the second exhaust ports; and a second inlet portion one end of which communicates with the third and the fourth exhaust ports. Since the inlet portion is provided as two considering the combustion sequence, the productability and the economic feasibility can be enhanced, and the surrounding space can be enlarged to enhance the workability, and a simple exterior appearance can be obtained, and interference between exhaust gases can be effectively prevented, and since the size of the exhaust manifold can be increased, an engine load can be reduced to improve the fuel mileage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: WOOSHIN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Young Tae Kim, Kwang Hee Nam, Chun Ho Baek, Dong Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 8397494
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine wherein an exhaust pipe is connected to an exhaust outlet opening of an integral exhaust manifold-type cylinder head and a sensor having a sensing part liable to be damaged by deposition of moisture is arranged at an exhaust inlet part of the exhaust pipe. Exhaust ports of a cylinder positioned at the center are formed so that the sensing part of the sensor is not contained in the extended tubular shaped surfaces of the openings of the exhaust ports of the cylinder positioned at the center to the exhaust merging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroki Nagafuchi
  • Publication number: 20130061586
    Abstract: A cast exhaust manifold for an engine is disclosed that is fastened to the engine by a number of independent flanges between each pair of which a spacer is positioned to produce an interference fit when the exhaust manifold is at ambient temperature. The use of independent flanges allow the exhaust manifold to expand when heated without creating high levels of internal stress and the spacers prevent undue distortion of the exhaust manifold when the exhaust manifold cools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
    Inventors: Anthony Bernard Demots, Robert Andrew Wade, Steven Johnson, Michael John Cade
  • Patent number: 8393142
    Abstract: A reductant dosing manifold is disclosed. The reductant dosing manifold may have a housing with a pump interface configured to directly connect the reductant dosing manifold to a reductant pump, and a reductant supply passage in fluid communication with the pump interface. The housing may also have a reductant outlet port, and a pressurized reductant passage connecting the pump interface to the reductant outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Shashank Mupparapu, Raymond Upano Isada, Stephan D. Roozenboom, Michael R. Errera, Bryce L. Tiller
  • Patent number: 8375707
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust gas collector for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, having two internal shell bodies which each connect a plurality of inlet openings in a communicating fashion to an outlet opening, having an external shell body which encloses a receptacle space in which the two internal shell bodies are at least partially arranged. In order to improve the response behavior of a turbocharger, which can be connected to the exhaust gas collector, a dividing wall is proposed which divides the receptacle space into two partial spaces, one of the two internal shell bodies being at least partially arranged in each of the partial spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Frank Müller
  • Patent number: 8371115
    Abstract: A exhaust component assembly includes an exhaust component and a divider plate. The exhaust component includes an inner wall defining a gas passageway. The divider plate is inserted in the gas passageway and secured to the exhaust component by mechanical locking means, generally in an interference-fit relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Wescast Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton A. Sloss, Richard T. Snowdon, Paul L. Pickard
  • Publication number: 20130025270
    Abstract: An austenitic heat-resisting cast steel is disclosed which is composed mainly of Fe and including 0.4˜0.6 wt % of C, 0.5˜1.0 wt % of Si, 2.1˜2.9 wt % of Mn, 2.1˜2.9 wt % of Ni, 18˜22 wt % of Cr, 1.0˜2.0 wt % of Nb, 2.0˜3.0 wt % of W, 0.25˜0.35 wt % of N and other inevitable impurities. More specifically, this austenitic heat-resisting cast steel can beneficially be applied to an exhaust manifold of an automobile to realize a maximum allowable exhaust gas temperature of the exhaust manifold is 950° C.˜1050° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Jung Suk Lee
  • Patent number: 8359846
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold includes: a double collecting pipe formed of inner and outer pipes; and an inner pipe retainer formed of a pair of semi-circular portions and a connecting portion. The inner pipe includes a collecting pipe portion and bifurcated branch pipe portions. The outer pipe covers outer peripheral portions of the collecting and branch pipe portions. The semi-circular portions are respectively connected to outer peripheral portions of branched branch pipe portions and an inner peripheral portion of the outer pipe. The connecting portion connects the semi-circular portions. The inner pipe retainer is interposed between the inner pipe and the outer pipe and is connected to the inner pipe and the outer pipe to define a certain gap therebetween. Exhaust gas from exhaust ports of a set of cylinders among a plurality of cylinders of an engine is introduced into the collecting pipe portion through the branch pipe portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Murakami, Hiroshi Hosoi, Hitoshi Shimamura, Jin Wakamatsu, Katsumi Yagi, Kimihiro Jinno, Tatsuki Fukagawa
  • Patent number: 8356581
    Abstract: A power pack has an electrically controlled internal combustion engine which is provided with a turbo charger which is immersed in liquid coolant to reduce the risk of a spark therefrom igniting combustible gas in the ambient atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sandvik Mining and Construction Canada, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Fletcher