CN201922921U - Exhaust device of horizontal engine - Google Patents

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CN201922921U
CN201922921U CN2010206583364U CN201020658336U CN201922921U CN 201922921 U CN201922921 U CN 201922921U CN 2010206583364 U CN2010206583364 U CN 2010206583364U CN 201020658336 U CN201020658336 U CN 201020658336U CN 201922921 U CN201922921 U CN 201922921U
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牛岛贤儿
长谷川裕一
中谷泰史
北畠启史
楠泰史
加茂寿章
中村好孝
渡边大辅
下地博喜
根上昌巳
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N3/00—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust
    • F01N3/08—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous
    • F01N3/10—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K13/00—Arrangement in connection with combustion air intake or gas exhaust of propulsion units
    • B60K13/04—Arrangement in connection with combustion air intake or gas exhaust of propulsion units concerning exhaust
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K5/00—Arrangement or mounting of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units
    • B60K5/04—Arrangement or mounting of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units with the engine main axis, e.g. crankshaft axis, transversely to the longitudinal centre line of the vehicle
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N13/00—Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features ; Exhaust or silencing apparatus, or parts thereof, having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01N1/00 - F01N5/00, F01N9/00, F01N11/00
    • F01N13/08—Other arrangements or adaptations of exhaust conduits
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N13/00—Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features ; Exhaust or silencing apparatus, or parts thereof, having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01N1/00 - F01N5/00, F01N9/00, F01N11/00
    • F01N13/08—Other arrangements or adaptations of exhaust conduits
    • F01N13/10—Other arrangements or adaptations of exhaust conduits of exhaust manifolds
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N13/00—Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features ; Exhaust or silencing apparatus, or parts thereof, having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01N1/00 - F01N5/00, F01N9/00, F01N11/00
    • F01N13/18—Construction facilitating manufacture, assembly, or disassembly
    • F01N13/1805—Fixing exhaust manifolds, exhaust pipes or pipe sections to each other, to engine or to vehicle body
    • F01N13/1811—Fixing exhaust manifolds, exhaust pipes or pipe sections to each other, to engine or to vehicle body with means permitting relative movement, e.g. compensation of thermal expansion or vibration
    • F01N13/1816—Fixing exhaust manifolds, exhaust pipes or pipe sections to each other, to engine or to vehicle body with means permitting relative movement, e.g. compensation of thermal expansion or vibration the pipe sections being joined together by flexible tubular elements only, e.g. using bellows or strip-wound pipes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N13/00—Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features ; Exhaust or silencing apparatus, or parts thereof, having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01N1/00 - F01N5/00, F01N9/00, F01N11/00
    • F01N13/18—Construction facilitating manufacture, assembly, or disassembly
    • F01N13/1805—Fixing exhaust manifolds, exhaust pipes or pipe sections to each other, to engine or to vehicle body
    • F01N13/1811—Fixing exhaust manifolds, exhaust pipes or pipe sections to each other, to engine or to vehicle body with means permitting relative movement, e.g. compensation of thermal expansion or vibration
    • F01N13/1822—Fixing exhaust manifolds, exhaust pipes or pipe sections to each other, to engine or to vehicle body with means permitting relative movement, e.g. compensation of thermal expansion or vibration for fixing exhaust pipes or devices to vehicle body
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N2340/00—Dimensional characteristics of the exhaust system, e.g. length, diameter or volume of the apparatus; Spatial arrangements of exhaust apparatuses
    • F01N2340/04—Dimensional characteristics of the exhaust system, e.g. length, diameter or volume of the apparatus; Spatial arrangements of exhaust apparatuses characterised by the arrangement of an exhaust pipe, manifold or apparatus in relation to vehicle frame or particular vehicle parts
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Abstract

The utility model provides an exhaust device (E) of a horizontal engine; an upstream exhaust apparatus (48) of the exhaust device comprises a plurality of branched pipe parts (32), a single exhaust pipe part (34) and a direct catalytic converter (40); the direct catalytic converter (40) is arranged on the rear side of a vehicle with an engine (1) in the state that the internal airflow of the converter is extended along the width direction of the vehicle by the overhead view; the part of the upstream exhaust apparatus (48) which is more adjacent to the upstream exhaust side than the single exhaust pipe part (34) is bent to the side of the width direction of the vehicle in the state that the downstream exhaust side of that part is adjacent to a speed changer (11) by the overhead view; and the single exhaust pipe part (34) is bent in the state that the downstream exhaust side of the part is toward the front side of the vehicle. Therefore, the upstream exhaust apparatus (48) can be compactly arranged in a motor chamber (19) without the occupation of the space in the vehicle; and the temperature of catalyst in the direct catalytic converter (40) can rise in advance when the engine (1) is at low temperature.

Description

Exhaust device of transverse engine
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field relevant with the exhaust apparatus of horizontal engine, this engine transversely disposes in the anterior engine room of vehicle with the state of cylinder array orientation towards the wide direction of car.
Background
Conventionally, a transverse engine of this type is widely known, and an exhaust device of the transverse engine is generally disposed on the vehicle rear side of the engine (see, for example, japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2008-260472 (hereinafter referred to as "patent document 1")). The exhaust device has a plurality of branch pipe portions that communicate with a plurality of cylinders of the engine, respectively, and the branch pipe portions are joined together to finally form a single exhaust pipe portion. In the device of patent document 1, all cylinders (four cylinders) are divided into a plurality of groups of cylinders (a cylinder group including a first cylinder and a fourth cylinder, and a cylinder group including a second cylinder and a third cylinder) each including a plurality of cylinders whose exhaust strokes are discontinuous from each other, and a plurality of (two) intermediate junction pipe portions are provided for each of the cylinder groups, the plurality of (two) intermediate junction pipe portions being formed by joining branch pipe portions communicating with the cylinders of the cylinder group, and the two intermediate junction pipe portions are joined to each other to form a single exhaust pipe portion. In some cases, one merging pipe portion may be formed by merging all branch pipe portions without providing an intermediate merging pipe portion.
In recent years, in order to reduce exhaust emission particularly at low engine temperatures, an exhaust gas purification device has been provided on the upstream side in order to increase the temperature of a catalyst in the exhaust gas purification device at an early stage. In patent document 1, an exhaust gas purification device (direct catalytic converter) is provided at the intermediate junction pipe portion.
However, in order to improve the exhaust efficiency of the engine and to improve the engine output, it is desirable to set the branch pipe portion and the intermediate junction pipe portion (the branch pipe portion when the intermediate junction pipe portion is not provided) as long as possible. From such a viewpoint, in patent document 1, the branch pipe portion and the intermediate junction pipe portion are also set to be long, and therefore, the two intermediate junction pipe portions are disposed in the tunnel portion formed in the vehicle width direction center portion of the floor panel.
However, if the two intermediate collecting duct portions are arranged in the tunnel portion, the width, height (cross-sectional area), and the like of the tunnel portion increase, and particularly in patent document 1, the cross-sectional area of the tunnel portion further increases because the exhaust gas purification device is provided at the intermediate collecting duct portion. Therefore, there is still room for improvement from the viewpoint of securing the vehicle interior space as wide as possible. In addition, if the exhaust gas purification device is provided in the tunnel portion, the vehicle-running wind is easily blown to the exhaust gas purification device, and therefore, the temperature of the catalyst in the exhaust gas purification device does not rise as early as possible when the engine is at a low temperature.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust device for a transverse engine, which can compactly dispose an upstream side exhaust device including an exhaust gas purification device in an engine room without sacrificing a cabin space, and can quickly raise the temperature of a catalyst in the exhaust gas purification device at the time of engine low temperature.
The utility model discloses an exhaust apparatus of horizontal engine sets up in the engine, and this engine has a plurality of cylinders that are the form of being listed as and has combined the derailleur and transversely dispose in the anterior engine room of vehicle with the state of cylinder row along the wide direction of car in cylinder row direction one side, and above-mentioned exhaust apparatus has the upstream side exhaust apparatus who is connected with the face of the vehicle rear side of above-mentioned engine and sets up the downstream side blast pipe in the exhaust downstream side of above-mentioned upstream side exhaust apparatus. The upstream exhaust device includes: a plurality of branch pipe portions that communicate with the plurality of cylinders, respectively, and extend from a vehicle rear side surface of the engine to a vehicle rear side; a single exhaust pipe portion provided on an exhaust downstream side of the branch pipe portions so as to communicate with the plurality of branch pipe portions; and an exhaust gas purification device connected to an end portion of the single exhaust pipe portion on the exhaust downstream side. The exhaust gas purification device is disposed on a vehicle rear side of the engine in a state where a gas flow passage inside the exhaust gas purification device extends in a vehicle width direction in a plan view, a portion of the upstream exhaust device on an exhaust upstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion is bent toward one side in the vehicle width direction in a state where an exhaust downstream side of the portion is close to the transmission in a plan view, the single exhaust pipe portion is bent toward a vehicle front side in a state where an exhaust downstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion is directed toward a vehicle front side in a plan view, and the downstream exhaust pipe is connected to an end portion on the exhaust downstream side of the exhaust gas purification device and is provided in a state where a tunnel opening portion formed at a vehicle width direction center portion of a dash panel lower end portion of the vehicle is directed from a connection portion where the downstream exhaust pipe and.
According to the above configuration, the upstream side exhaust device including the exhaust gas purification device can be compactly disposed in the engine room without sacrificing the vehicle interior space, and the temperature of the catalyst in the exhaust gas purification device can be increased early when the engine is at a low temperature.
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Fig. 1 is a plan view showing a state in which an exhaust device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention is mounted on a vehicle.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the exhaust device as viewed from the left side of the vehicle in a state in which the exhaust device is mounted on the vehicle.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the divided pipe at the most upstream portion of the upstream exhaust device and the downstream exhaust pipe of the exhaust device.
Fig. 4 is a side view of the divided pipe at the most upstream portion of the upstream exhaust device and the downstream exhaust pipe of the exhaust device, as viewed from the left side of the vehicle.
Fig. 5 is a view showing the divided pipes at the most upstream portions of the upstream exhaust device and the downstream exhaust pipe of the exhaust device, as viewed from the rear side of the vehicle.
Fig. 6 is a plan view showing the divided pipe at the most upstream portion of the upstream exhaust device and the downstream exhaust pipe in the exhaust device according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a side view of the exhaust device according to embodiment 2 of the present invention, showing the split pipe at the most upstream portion of the upstream exhaust device and the downstream exhaust pipe, as viewed from the left side of the vehicle.
Fig. 8 is a view showing the exhaust device according to embodiment 2 of the present invention, when the divided pipe at the most upstream portion of the upstream exhaust device and the downstream exhaust pipe is viewed from the rear side of the vehicle.
Fig. 9 is a plan view showing the divided pipe at the most upstream portion of the upstream exhaust device and the downstream exhaust pipe in the exhaust device according to embodiment 3 of the present invention.
Fig. 10 is a side view of the exhaust device according to embodiment 3 of the present invention, showing the split pipe at the most upstream portion of the upstream exhaust device and the downstream exhaust pipe, as viewed from the left side of the vehicle.
Fig. 11 is a view showing the exhaust device according to embodiment 3 of the present invention, when the divided pipe at the most upstream portion of the upstream exhaust device and the downstream exhaust pipe is viewed from the rear side of the vehicle.
Fig. 12 is a plan view showing the divided pipe at the most upstream portion of the upstream exhaust device and the downstream exhaust pipe in the exhaust device according to embodiment 4 of the present invention.
Fig. 13 is a side view of the exhaust device according to embodiment 4 of the present invention, as viewed from the left side of the vehicle, showing the divided pipes at the most upstream portions of the upstream exhaust device and the downstream exhaust pipe.
Fig. 14 is a view showing the exhaust device according to embodiment 4 of the present invention, when the divided pipe at the most upstream portion of the upstream exhaust device and the downstream exhaust pipe is viewed from the rear side of the vehicle.
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Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.
(embodiment mode 1)
Fig. 1 and 2 show an exhaust device E according to embodiment 1 of the present invention, which is an exhaust device of a transverse engine 1. The engine 1 is a tandem 4-cylinder engine having four cylinders 2 in a row, and is disposed laterally in an engine room 19 at the front of the vehicle with the cylinder row direction facing the vehicle width direction (the left-right direction in fig. 1). Hereinafter, the right side of the vehicle corresponding to the right side of fig. 1 (the back side of the paper of fig. 2) is referred to as the vehicle right side, the left side of the vehicle corresponding to the left side of fig. 1 (the front side of the paper of fig. 2) is referred to as the vehicle left side, the front side of the vehicle corresponding to the upper side of fig. 1 (the left side of fig. 2) is referred to as the vehicle front side, and the rear side of the vehicle corresponding to the lower side of fig. 1 (the right side of fig. 2) is referred to as the vehicle rear side.
The engine 1 is disposed in the engine room 19 near the right side of the vehicle (the right side in fig. 1). The engine 1 is disposed in a state in which the axis of each cylinder 2 is inclined upward and rearward of the vehicle.
A transmission 11 is coupled to one side of the engine 1 in the bank direction (the left side of the vehicle (the left side in fig. 1) in the present embodiment), and the engine 1 and the transmission 11 constitute a power plant 12. The transmission 11 is a transverse type in which an input shaft and an output shaft, not shown, extend in the vehicle width direction, the input shaft is connected to a crankshaft extending in the vehicle width direction of the engine 1, and the output shaft is connected to a differential device 14 disposed on the vehicle rear side of the transmission 11. Although not shown, left and right front wheel drive shafts connected to the left and right front wheels extend from the differential device 14 to both sides in the vehicle width direction. The vehicle is a front-drive (FF) vehicle whose left and right front wheels are driven by the engine 1. The vehicle may be a 4-wheel drive vehicle.
Left and right side frames 21, 22 are provided on both sides of the power unit 12 in the vehicle width direction. That is, a left side member 21 and a right side member 22 extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction are provided on the immediate left side of the transmission 11 and the immediate right side of the engine 1, respectively.
The vehicle rear side wall of the engine room 19 is formed by a dash panel 23 that partitions the engine room 19 and the vehicle compartment 20. The dash panel 23 extends in the vertical direction and the vehicle width direction. The cowl panel 23 has an upper end portion coupled to a cowl member 24, and a lower end portion coupled to a front end portion of a floor panel 25 constituting a floor surface of the vehicle compartment 20.
A tunnel portion 25a having a substantially inverted U-shaped cross section and rising upward is formed in the vehicle width direction center portion of the floor panel 25 so as to extend in the vehicle front-rear direction. A tunnel opening 23a cut upward to connect to the tunnel portion 25a is formed in the vehicle width direction center portion of the lower end portion of the cowl panel 23. One exhaust pipe (a downstream exhaust pipe 51 described later) passes through the inside of the tunnel portion 25a (outside the vehicle interior 20). When the vehicle is a 4-wheel drive vehicle, the exhaust pipe and the rear wheel drive shaft pass through the tunnel portion 25 a.
An intake manifold 4 for introducing intake air into each cylinder 2 of the engine 1 is provided on the vehicle front side of the engine 1. The intake manifold 4 has four branch pipe portions 4a to 4d that communicate with the four cylinders 2 of the engine 1, respectively, and are connected to four intake ports (not shown) that are open on a vehicle front side surface of the engine 1, respectively, and these branch pipe portions 4a to 4d are formed so as to be curved so as to surround a surge tank 5 that extends in the cylinder row direction (vehicle width direction).
On the other hand, the exhaust device E for discharging the exhaust gas generated in each cylinder 2 of the engine 1 is provided on the vehicle rear side of the engine 1. Next, details of the exhaust device E will be described with reference to fig. 3 to 5.
The exhaust device E is composed of an exhaust manifold 31, a direct catalytic converter 40 as an exhaust purification device of the engine 1, and a downstream exhaust pipe 51, and is arranged in this order from the exhaust upstream side. The exhaust manifold 31 and the direct catalytic converter 40 constitute an upstream exhaust device 48 of the exhaust device E, and the upstream exhaust device 48 is housed in the engine room 19.
The exhaust manifold 31 includes: four branch pipe portions 32 that communicate with the four cylinders 2 of the engine 1, respectively, two intermediate junction pipe portions 33 that join two of the four branch pipe portions 32 to each other, and a single exhaust pipe portion 34 that joins the two intermediate junction pipe portions 33 to each other. A direct catalytic converter 40 is connected to an end portion of the single exhaust pipe portion 34 on the exhaust downstream side.
Hereinafter, the four cylinders 2 are referred to as a first cylinder 2a, a second cylinder 2b, a third cylinder 2c, and a fourth cylinder 2d (in the case where no distinction is made, they may be simply referred to as cylinders 2) in order from the opposite side (vehicle right side) of the transmission 11 toward the transmission 11 side (vehicle left side). The branch pipe portions 32 communicating with the first to fourth cylinders 2a to 2d are referred to as first to fourth branch pipe portions 32a to 32d, respectively (when not distinguished, they may be referred to simply as branch pipe portions 32).
The exhaust upstream side end portions of the first to fourth branch pipe portions 32a to 32d are connected to the vehicle rear side surface of the engine 1 via one flange portion 36 that is common to all the branch pipe portions 32a to 32d and extends in the vehicle width direction. That is, a flange portion 36 is attached to a vehicle rear side surface of the engine 1, and the exhaust upstream side end portions of the first to fourth branch pipe portions 32a to 32d are connected to four exhaust ports (not shown) opened in the vehicle rear side surface of the engine 1 through the flange portion 36, respectively, and the first to fourth cylinders 2a to 2d are communicated with the first to fourth branch pipe portions 32a to 32d, respectively.
The flange portion 36 has a plurality of (five in the present embodiment) joint portions 37 joined to a surface of the engine 1 on the vehicle rear side by a connecting member such as a bolt. These joining portions 37 are formed of insertion holes through which connecting members such as bolts are inserted. Hereinafter, these five joint portions 37 will be referred to as first to fifth joint portions 37a to 37e (when they are not distinguished, they may be simply referred to as joint portions 37) in order from the right side of the vehicle.
The first joint portion 37a is disposed at a position on the flange portion 36 corresponding to the vehicle width direction outer side (vehicle right side) of the first cylinder 2a, the second joint portion 37b is disposed at a position on the flange portion 36 corresponding to between the first cylinder 2a and the second cylinder 2b, the third joint portion 37c is disposed at a position on the flange portion 36 corresponding to between the second cylinder 2b and the third cylinder 2c, the fourth joint portion 37d is disposed at a position on the flange portion 36 corresponding to between the third cylinder 2c and the fourth cylinder 2d, and the fifth joint portion 37e is disposed at a position on the flange portion 36 corresponding to the vehicle width direction outer side (vehicle left side) of the fourth cylinder 2 d. The first to fifth joint portions 37a to 37e are arranged in two rows of joint portions extending in the vehicle width direction (cylinder row direction) at intervals in the height direction, the row including the upper joint portions of the second and fourth joint portions 37b and 37d is arranged at a first height position near the upper end of the flange portion 36, and the row including the lower joint portions of the first, third and fifth joint portions 37a, 37c and 37e is arranged at a second height position near the lower end of the flange portion 36. Thus, the second and fourth engaging portions 37b and 37d correspond to high engaging portions disposed at a first height position, and the first, third and fifth engaging portions 37a, 37c and 37e correspond to low engaging portions disposed at a second height position lower than the first height position. The first to fifth joint portions 37a to 37e are arranged in a zigzag manner such that the joint portion 37 of the upper row is positioned at a position corresponding to a position between adjacent joint portions 37 of the lower row.
The intermediate collecting pipe portion 33 is formed by dividing all the cylinders 2 into two groups of two cylinders 2 having mutually discontinuous exhaust strokes (explosion strokes), and collecting the branch pipe portions 32 communicating with the two cylinders 2 of the cylinder group for each group of cylinders. In the present embodiment, since the exhaust stroke is performed in the order of the first cylinder 2a, the third cylinder 2c, the fourth cylinder 2d, and the second cylinder 2b, the cylinders are divided into a cylinder group including the first cylinder 2a and the fourth cylinder 2d and a cylinder group including the second cylinder 2b and the third cylinder 2c, and an intermediate junction pipe portion 33 is provided in which the first and fourth branch pipe portions 32a and 32d communicating with the first cylinder 2a and the fourth cylinder 2d, respectively, are joined together, and an intermediate junction pipe portion 33 is provided in which the second and third branch pipe portions 32b and 32c communicating with the second cylinder 2b and the third cylinder 2c, respectively, are joined together. Hereinafter, the intermediate junction pipe portion 33 in which the first and fourth branch pipe portions 32a and 32d are joined together will be referred to as a first intermediate junction pipe portion 33a, and the intermediate junction pipe portion 33 in which the second and third branch pipe portions 32b and 32c are joined together will be referred to as a second intermediate junction pipe portion 33b (when they are not distinguished, they may be simply referred to as the intermediate junction pipe portion 33).
The first to fourth branch pipe portions 32a to 32d extend substantially toward the vehicle rear side from the vehicle rear side surface (strictly speaking, the flange portion 36) of the engine 1. Specifically, the first branch pipe portion 32a extends from the vehicle rear side surface of the engine 1 to the vehicle rear side in a plan view, and then extends obliquely to the vehicle rear left side. The fourth branch pipe portion 32d extends from the vehicle rear side surface of the engine 1 toward the vehicle rear side in a plan view, and then extends obliquely toward the vehicle rear right side. The first branch pipe portion 32a and the fourth branch pipe portion 32d are joined together at substantially the same position in the vehicle width direction as the third joint portion 37c, and a first intermediate merged pipe portion 33a is formed on the exhaust downstream side of the joined portion. The second branch pipe portion 32b extends from the vehicle rear side surface of the engine 1 toward the vehicle rear side in plan view, extends obliquely toward the vehicle rear right side, and curves toward the opposite side to the near side of the second intermediate junction pipe portion 33b to extend obliquely toward the vehicle rear left side. The third branch pipe portion 32c extends from the vehicle rear side surface of the engine 1 toward the vehicle rear side in a plan view, and then extends obliquely toward the vehicle rear right side. The second branch pipe portion 32b and the third branch pipe portion 32c are joined together at a position substantially equal to the second joint portion 37b in the vehicle width direction, and a second intermediate joint pipe portion 33b is formed on the exhaust downstream side of the joint portion. The second and third branch pipe portions 32b and 32c pass under the first branch pipe portion 32a and extend from the vehicle left side to the vehicle right side of the first branch pipe portion 32 a.
In the present embodiment, the exhaust upstream side end portions of the first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a, 33b (the junction of the first branch pipe portion 32a and the fourth branch pipe portion 32d, and the junction of the second branch pipe portion 32b and the third branch pipe portion 32 c) are arranged offset from each other in the vehicle width direction. That is, the exhaust upstream end of the first intermediate junction pipe portion 33a (the junction of the first branch pipe portion 32a and the fourth branch pipe portion 32 d) is located on the vehicle left side (the transmission 11 side) with respect to the exhaust upstream end of the second intermediate junction pipe portion 33b (the junction of the second branch pipe portion 32b and the third branch pipe portion 32 c). The height position of the exhaust upstream end of the first intermediate collecting pipe portion 33a is substantially the same as the height position of the exhaust upstream end of the second intermediate collecting pipe portion 33b (strictly speaking, slightly higher than the height position of the exhaust upstream end of the second intermediate collecting pipe portion 33b), and is lower than the position of the third joint portion 37 c. Accordingly, as shown in fig. 5, the position of the joint portion 37 (particularly, the third joint portion 37c) of the flange portion 36 and the portion immediately above the joint portion can be made not to overlap with each branch pipe portion 32 and each intermediate joint pipe portion 33 when viewed from the vehicle rear side. As a result, a space for the connection work at each joint portion 37 (particularly, the third joint portion 37c) can be secured, the connection member can be arranged from the upper side of the engine 1 to the position of each joint portion 37, and the connection work can be easily performed.
The first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b are curved and joined to each other in a state where the exhaust downstream sides of the first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b are directed toward one side in the vehicle width direction (the vehicle left side, that is, the transmission 11 side in the present embodiment) in a plan view, and a single exhaust pipe portion 34 is formed on the exhaust downstream side of the joined portion. That is, the first intermediate collecting pipe portion 33a extends from the end portion on the exhaust upstream side thereof to the vehicle rear side and then curves to the vehicle left side; the second intermediate collecting pipe portion 33b is bent from the exhaust upstream end thereof directly to the vehicle left side, passes through the lower side of the exhaust upstream end of the first intermediate collecting pipe portion 33a, and extends to the vehicle left side. The first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b are joined to each other at substantially the same position as the fourth cylinder in the vehicle width direction (near the center of the engine room 19 in the vehicle width direction), to form a single exhaust pipe portion 34. Accordingly, the single exhaust pipe portion 34 is provided on the exhaust downstream side of the branch pipe portion 32, and communicates with the four branch pipe portions 32a to 32d via the first and second intermediate joint pipe portions 33a and 33 b.
The single exhaust pipe portion 34 is bent in a state where the exhaust downstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion 34 faces the vehicle front side in a plan view, and is connected to the direct type catalytic converter 40. The portion of the single exhaust pipe portion 34 on the exhaust downstream side is curved so as to face the front right side of the vehicle, and the single exhaust pipe portion 34 is formed in a curved shape in which the middle portion thereof is convex toward the opposite side (vehicle left side) to the direct catalytic converter 40 side with respect to both end portions. The end portion on the exhaust downstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion 34 is expanded in diameter to be the same as the diameter of a casing 41 (described later) of the direct catalytic converter 40, and is connected to an end surface on the exhaust upstream side of the casing 41 (end surface on the vehicle left side).
The direct catalytic converter 40 is disposed on the vehicle rear side of the engine 1, and is disposed in a state where a gas flow passage in the casing 41 extends substantially in the vehicle width direction in a plan view. Accordingly, the housing 41 extends substantially along the vehicle rear side surface of the engine 1. In the present embodiment, strictly speaking, the housing 41 (gas flow path) is inclined so as to be slightly shifted to the vehicle rear side as it approaches the vehicle left side (exhaust upstream side). This is for making the gas entry angle with respect to the exhaust upstream side end face 43a of the catalyst-disposed portion 43 as close to 90 ° as possible, as will be described later. The casing 41 (gas flow path) is inclined so as to be slightly shifted downward toward the vehicle right side (exhaust downstream side). This is because the downstream exhaust pipe 51 is positioned below the second and third branch parts 32b, 32c and the second intermediate collecting pipe part 33b, and therefore interference with these components (32b, 32c, 33b) is to be avoided.
The direct catalytic converter 40 is formed by providing a catalyst in a gas flow path in a substantially cylindrical casing 41. The catalyst installation portion 43 in the gas flow path in the housing 41 has a substantially circular cross section, and an end surface 43a on the exhaust upstream side (vehicle left side) and an end surface 43b on the exhaust downstream side (vehicle right side) of the catalyst installation portion 43 are substantially the same surface as the end surface on the exhaust upstream side and the end surface on the exhaust downstream side of the housing 41, respectively, or are slightly positioned inside the housing 41 in opposition to these surfaces. The catalyst is a three-way catalyst, and is used particularly for purifying HC and CO at low temperatures of the engine 1, and therefore the direct catalytic converter 40 is provided in the exhaust device 48 on the upstream side of the exhaust device E. In addition, the cross-sectional shape of the catalyst-disposing portion 43 is not limited to a substantially circular shape.
In the present embodiment, the direct catalytic converter 40 is supported by a surface on the vehicle rear side of the engine 1. That is, a projecting member 41a projecting downward is fixed to the case 41, a support member 44 having a substantially inverted L-shape as viewed from above is provided between the projecting member 41a and the vehicle rear side surface of the engine 1, and the direct type catalytic converter 40 is supported by the vehicle rear side surface of the engine 1 via the support member 44. In addition, the direct catalytic converter 40 is not necessarily supported by the engine 1.
The downstream exhaust pipe 51 is connected to an end surface (end surface on the vehicle right side) on the exhaust downstream side of the casing 41 of the direct catalytic converter 40. The downstream exhaust pipe 51 is provided in a state extending from a connection portion (an exhaust upstream end portion) connected to the direct catalytic converter 40 to a tunnel opening portion 23a formed in a vehicle width direction center portion of a lower end portion of the dash panel 23. That is, in a plan view, the downstream exhaust pipe 51 is bent at the end portion on the exhaust upstream side toward the vehicle rear side and extends toward the vehicle rear side, then extends obliquely toward the vehicle rear left side (the vehicle width direction center side of the engine room 19), extends from the near side of the tunnel opening portion 23a toward the vehicle rear side, and enters the tunnel portion 25a from the tunnel opening portion 23 a. The downstream exhaust pipe 51 is formed of a plurality of divided pipes 52 divided into a plurality of parts in the longitudinal direction thereof. Adjacent two divided tubes 52 are connected to each other by a flange 52a formed at the connecting end portion of the two divided tubes 52. In fig. 1 and 2, only the uppermost divided pipe 52 and a part of the immediately downstream divided pipe 52 are shown, and the description of the other divided pipes 52 is omitted. In fig. 3 to 5, only the divided pipe 52 at the most upstream portion is shown.
The exhaust downstream side portion of the single exhaust pipe portion 34 extends to the vehicle left side with respect to the exhaust upstream side end surface 43a of the catalyst installation portion 43 of the direct catalytic converter 40; the exhaust upstream side portion of the downstream exhaust pipe 51 extends to the vehicle right side with respect to the exhaust downstream side end surface 43b of the catalyst installation portion 43. The maximum amount of extension of the single exhaust pipe portion 34 in the vehicle width direction with respect to the exhaust upstream end surface 43a of the catalyst installation portion 43 is larger than the maximum amount of extension of the downstream exhaust pipe portion 51 in the vehicle width direction with respect to the exhaust downstream end surface 43b of the catalyst installation portion 43, so that the gas entrance angle with respect to the exhaust upstream end surface 43a of the catalyst installation portion 43 is larger than the gas discharge angle with respect to the exhaust downstream end surface 43b of the catalyst installation portion 43 (that is, approximately 90 °). The gas entry angle is an acute angle side angle of an angle formed by "the exhaust gas entering the catalyst installation portion 43 through the single exhaust pipe portion 34" and "the exhaust upstream side end surface 43a of the catalyst installation portion 43", and the gas exit angle is an acute angle side angle of an angle formed by "the exhaust downstream side end surface 43b of the catalyst installation portion 43" and "the exhaust gas discharged from the catalyst installation portion 43 to the downstream side exhaust pipe 51". That is, by making the portion on the exhaust downstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion 34 have a smaller inclination with respect to the extending direction of the housing 41 (catalyst installation portion 43) and a longer extension in the extending direction of the housing 41 (catalyst installation portion 43) than the portion on the exhaust upstream side of the downstream exhaust pipe 51, the gas entry angle with respect to the end surface 43a on the exhaust upstream side of the catalyst installation portion 43 is made as close to 90 ° as possible, and the exhaust gas entering the catalyst installation portion 43 is diffused uniformly over the entire cross section of the catalyst installation portion 43.
The divided pipe 52 at the most upstream portion of the downstream exhaust pipe 51 has a flexible joint 53. The flexible joint 53 is located in the tunnel portion 25a, and absorbs the vibration of the engine 1 and the vibration of the upstream exhaust device 48 caused by the vibration of the engine 1, so that these vibrations are not transmitted to the portion on the exhaust downstream side of the flexible joint 53. The number of the flexible joints 53 is not limited to one, and a plurality of flexible joints 53 may be provided in series with a space therebetween in the longitudinal direction of the downstream-side exhaust pipe 51 (see embodiments 3 and 4 described later).
The portion of the divided pipe 52 at the most upstream portion on the exhaust downstream side of the flexible joint 53 is supported by the vehicle body (floor panel 25) of the vehicle. That is, the elongated rod-shaped support member 55 is bent into a substantially trapezoidal shape in plan view, the upper edge portion of the support member 55 is fixed to the vicinity of the flange 52a of the divided pipe 52 at the most upstream portion, both side end portions of the lower edge portion of the support member 55 are respectively projected outward in the vehicle width direction, and the projecting end portions of both side end portions are attached to the floor panel 25 via the elastic member 56. When a plurality of flexible joints 53 are provided in the divided pipe 52 at the most upstream portion, the divided pipe 52 at the most upstream portion may be supported by the vehicle body at a portion on the exhaust downstream side of the flexible joint 53 at the most downstream portion.
A lower catalytic converter 60 having the same configuration as that of the direct catalytic converter 40 is provided on the divided pipe 52 on the exhaust gas downstream side immediately adjacent to the divided pipe 52 on the most upstream portion. The catalyst of the lower catalytic converter 60 is a three-way catalyst, as in the direct catalytic converter 40, but mainly achieves purification of NOx. The divided pipe 52 provided with the lower catalytic converter 60 is also supported by the vehicle body (floor panel 25) in the same support form as the divided pipe 52 at the most upstream portion.
In the present embodiment, the branch pipe portion 32, the intermediate junction pipe portion 33, the single exhaust pipe portion 34, and the direct catalytic converter 40 that constitute the upstream exhaust device 48 of the exhaust device E are formed in a ring shape that circles clockwise toward the exhaust downstream side in plan view, so that the lengths of the branch pipe portion 32 and the intermediate junction pipe portion 33 can be extended to improve the exhaust efficiency, and the upstream exhaust device 48 including the direct catalytic converter 40 can be compactly arranged on the vehicle rear side of the engine 1. Since the intermediate collecting pipe portion 33 is curved in a state where the exhaust downstream side thereof is located closer to the transmission 11 in a plan view, i.e., in a vehicle width direction side (vehicle left side), the single exhaust pipe portion 34 is disposed at a position closer to the transmission 11 than the branch pipe portion 32. Accordingly, the upstream exhaust device 48 can be disposed apart from the auxiliary mechanism (water pump or the like) normally disposed on the surface of the engine 1 opposite to the transmission 11 side, or the sidewall (side member or the like) of the engine room 19 on the vehicle right side. As a result, favorable spatial arrangement can be achieved while avoiding interference with the auxiliary mechanism, the side member, or the like, and the influence of radiant heat on the side wall of the auxiliary mechanism or the engine room 19 on the vehicle right side can be suppressed. Even if the lengths of the branch pipe portion 32 and the intermediate junction pipe portion 33 are increased, the tunnel portion 25a only needs to pass through the downstream exhaust pipe 51 alone, and the cross-sectional area of the tunnel portion 25a does not need to be increased, thereby preventing the space of the vehicle interior 20 from being reduced.
Here, the upstream exhaust device 48 is formed in an annular shape, and therefore may be disadvantageous in terms of exhaust resistance compared to a straight shape, but by disposing the upstream exhaust device 48 as described above, the diameter of the annular shape can be made large, so that exhaust resistance is hardly a problem, and instead, the exhaust efficiency improvement effect due to the extension of the lengths of the branch pipe portion 32 and the intermediate junction pipe portion 33 can be improved, and the output of the engine 1 can be improved.
Further, since the direct catalytic converter 40 is disposed in the vicinity of the vehicle rear side of the engine 1, the vehicle-running wind is less likely to blow the direct catalytic converter 40, and the temperature of the catalyst of the direct catalytic converter 40 can be further increased at an early stage when the engine 1 is at a low temperature.
Further, since the direct catalytic converter 40 is disposed on the vehicle front side of the connecting portion between the intermediate collecting pipe portion 33 and the single exhaust pipe portion 34 (the end portion on the exhaust upstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion 34) and on the lower side of the branch pipe portion 32, the direct catalytic converter 40 having a large weight is disposed in the vicinity of the engine 1, and therefore, compared to when the direct catalytic converter 40 is disposed away from the engine 1, the vibration of the upstream exhaust device 48 caused by the vibration of the engine 1 can be reduced. In addition, in the present embodiment, since the direct catalytic converter 40 is supported by the surface on the vehicle rear side of the engine 1, the upstream exhaust device 48 can be stably supported, and the vibration of the upstream exhaust device 48 caused by the vibration of the engine 1 can be further reduced.
Further, since the exhaust upstream side end portions of the first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b are arranged to be displaced from each other in the vehicle width direction, the branch pipe portion 32 may not be present above these end portions. Further, since the exhaust upstream end portion of the single exhaust pipe portion 34 (the junction of the first intermediate merged pipe portion 33a and the second intermediate merged pipe portion 33b) is also disposed offset in the vehicle width direction with respect to the exhaust upstream end portions of the first and second intermediate merged pipe portions 33a and 33b, no component of the exhaust apparatus E is present above all of these end portions. Therefore, all of the branch pipe portions 32 and the intermediate junction pipe portion 33 can be welded at once, and the intermediate junction pipe portion 33 and the single exhaust pipe portion 34 can be welded at once, so that productivity can be improved.
(embodiment mode 2)
Fig. 6 to 8 show embodiment 2 of the present invention, and the positional relationship of the exhaust upstream side end portions of the first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b (the junction of the first branch pipe portion 32a and the fourth branch pipe portion 32d, and the junction of the second branch pipe portion 32b and the third branch pipe portion 32 c) is different from that of embodiment 1.
That is, in the present embodiment, the exhaust upstream side end portions of the first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b are both disposed at substantially the same position as the third joint portion 37c in the vehicle width direction and are disposed at a position shifted from each other in the vertical direction. Specifically, the method of joining the first branch pipe portion 32a and the fourth branch pipe portion 32d is the same as in embodiment 1 described above, but the second branch pipe portion 32b and the third branch pipe portion 32c extend from the vehicle rear side surface of the engine 1 toward the vehicle rear side, approach each other, and join at substantially the same position as the third joint portion 37c in the vehicle width direction. The exhaust upstream end of the first intermediate collecting pipe portion 33a is positioned directly below the exhaust upstream end of the second intermediate collecting pipe portion 33b, and overlaps with each other in a plan view. The height position of the exhaust upstream end of the first intermediate merged pipe portion 33a is lower than the third joint portion 37c, as in embodiment 1, but the height position of the exhaust upstream end of the second intermediate merged pipe portion 33b is higher than the third joint portion 37 c. Accordingly, as shown in fig. 8, the third joint portion 37c of the flange portion 36 can be positioned so as not to overlap with each branch pipe portion 32 and each intermediate junction pipe portion 33 when viewed from the vehicle rear side, and the connection operation at the third joint portion 37c can be performed from the vehicle rear side. However, since the portion of the flange portion 36 immediately above the position of the third joint portion 37c overlaps the third branch pipe portion 32c when viewed from the vehicle rear side, it is difficult to perform the operation of disposing the connection member from the upper side of the engine 1 to the position of the third joint portion 37c, and the connection operability is slightly inferior to that of embodiment 1. On the other hand, when viewed from the vehicle rear side, since the positions of the joint portions 37(37a, b, d, e) of the flange portion 36 other than the third joint portion 37c and the portions immediately above the joint portions do not overlap with the branch pipe portions 32 and the intermediate junction pipe portions 33, the joint portions 37 other than the third joint portion 37c can be connected with the same operability as that of embodiment 1.
The first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b are curved so as to converge with each other in a state where the exhaust downstream sides of the first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b are directed toward one side in the vehicle width direction (the vehicle left side, that is, the transmission 11 side) in a plan view. That is, the first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b extend from the end portions on the exhaust upstream side toward the vehicle rear side in a state of being overlapped with each other in plan view, and then curve toward the vehicle left side and extend toward the vehicle left side. The first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b are joined to each other at substantially the same position as the fourth cylinder 2d in the vehicle width direction, and a single exhaust pipe portion 34 is formed on the exhaust downstream side of the joint portion.
The power plant 12, the single exhaust pipe portion 34, the direct catalytic converter 40, and the downstream exhaust pipe 51 are configured and arranged in the same manner as in embodiment 1. In the present embodiment, the housing 41 (gas flow path) is not inclined toward the vehicle rear left side as in embodiment 1. This is because the maximum amount of extension of the single exhaust pipe portion 34 in the vehicle width direction with respect to the exhaust upstream side end surface 43a of the catalyst placement portion 43 is larger than the corresponding maximum amount of extension of embodiment 1, and therefore the gas entry angle with respect to the exhaust upstream side end surface 43a of the catalyst placement portion 43 can be made close to 90 ° even without inclining the housing 41 toward the vehicle left side toward the vehicle rear side.
As described above, in the present embodiment, similarly to embodiment 1, the branch pipe portion 32, the intermediate junction pipe portion 33, the single exhaust pipe portion 34, and the direct type catalytic converter 40 that constitute the upstream side exhaust device 48 of the exhaust device E are configured in a ring shape in plan view, and the intermediate junction pipe portion 33 is curved in a state in which the exhaust downstream side thereof approaches the transmission 11 in plan view, that is, in a vehicle width direction side (vehicle left side), so that the same operational effects as those of embodiment 1 can be obtained.
Further, since the exhaust upstream side end portions of the first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b overlap each other in plan view, the space in the vertical direction can be effectively utilized, and the radii of curvature of the first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b can be made substantially the same and relatively large.
(embodiment mode 3)
Fig. 9 to 11 show embodiment 3 of the present invention, in which the positional relationship of the exhaust upstream side end portions of the first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b (the junction of the first branch pipe portion 32a and the fourth branch pipe portion 32d, and the junction of the second branch pipe portion 32b and the third branch pipe portion 32 c) is further different.
That is, in the present embodiment, the exhaust upstream side end portions of the first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a, 33b are arranged at substantially the same positions as the third joint portion 37c in the vehicle width direction as in the above-described embodiment 2, but the exhaust upstream side end portions of the first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a, 33b do not overlap each other in a plan view and are displaced from each other in the vehicle front-rear direction. Specifically, the vehicle longitudinal direction lengths of the second and third branch pipe portions 32b, 32c are longer than the vehicle longitudinal direction lengths of the first and fourth branch pipe portions 32a, 32d, and the exhaust upstream end portion of the second intermediate junction pipe portion 33b (the junction of the second branch pipe portion 32b and the third branch pipe portion 32 c) is located on the vehicle rear side of the exhaust upstream end portion of the first intermediate junction pipe portion 33a (the junction of the first branch pipe portion 32a and the fourth branch pipe portion 32 d). The height position of the exhaust upstream end of the second intermediate merged pipe portion 33b is substantially the same as the height position of the exhaust upstream end of the first intermediate merged pipe portion 33a, and is lower than the third joint portion 37 c. Accordingly, as shown in fig. 11, the position of the third joint portion 37c of the flange portion 36 and the portion immediately above the third joint portion do not overlap with the branch pipe portions 32 and the intermediate junction pipe portions 33, as with the other joint portions 37(37a, b, d, e), when viewed from the vehicle rear side.
The height position of the exhaust upstream end of the second intermediate collecting pipe portion 33b may be set to the same height position as that of embodiment 2, that is, a position higher than the third joint portion 37 c. At this time, since the position of the exhaust upstream side end portion of the second intermediate junction pipe portion 33b is located on the vehicle rear side compared to embodiment 2, there is a possibility that the operation of disposing the connection member from the upper side of the engine 1 to the position of the third joint portion 37c is easily performed, but basically, when the height position of the exhaust upstream side end portion of the second intermediate junction pipe portion 33b is made lower than the position of the third joint portion 37, the connection operability becomes higher.
The first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b are curved so as to converge with each other in a state where the exhaust downstream sides of the first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b are directed toward one side in the vehicle width direction (the vehicle left side, that is, the transmission 11 side) in a plan view. That is, the first intermediate junction pipe portion 33a extends rearward of the vehicle from the exhaust upstream end thereof, and then curves toward the left side of the vehicle at a position below the exhaust upstream end of the second intermediate junction pipe portion 33b to extend toward the left side of the vehicle; the second intermediate collecting pipe portion 33b is bent from the end portion on the exhaust upstream side thereof directly toward the vehicle left side, passes through the vehicle rear side of the first intermediate collecting pipe portion 33a, and extends toward the vehicle left side. The first and second intermediate collecting pipe portions 33a and 33b are joined together at substantially the same position as the fourth cylinder 2d in the vehicle width direction to form a single exhaust pipe portion 34.
The power plant 12, the single exhaust pipe portion 34, and the direct catalytic converter 40 have the same configurations and arrangements as those of embodiment 1 or 2.
In the present embodiment, the downstream exhaust pipe 51 is bent toward the vehicle rear side at the end portion on the exhaust upstream side thereof in a plan view, and then extends obliquely toward the vehicle rear left side (the vehicle width direction center side of the engine room 19), and enters the tunnel portion 25a while maintaining the oblique state. The downstream exhaust pipe 51 is disposed in a state where it passes through the vehicle right side portion of the tunnel portion 25 a. Further, the support member 55 and the elastic member 56 may be provided only on the vehicle right side of the downstream exhaust pipe 51. This is because, although the vehicle is a front-mounted front-drive vehicle, a space (a space on the left side of the vehicle) through which the rear-wheel drive shaft passes is reserved in the tunnel portion 25a so that the vehicle can be easily changed to a 4-wheel drive vehicle. By doing so, in the case of changing to a 4-wheel drive vehicle, the drive shaft can be provided without changing the downstream exhaust pipe 51, the support member 55, and the like.
In the present embodiment, the divided pipe 52 at the most upstream portion of the downstream exhaust pipe 51 has two flexible joints 53 provided in series at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the downstream exhaust pipe 51 (the divided pipe 52) midway therebetween. The flexible joint 53 on the exhaust downstream side is disposed in the tunnel portion 25a, but the flexible joint 53 on the exhaust upstream side is disposed in the engine room 19.
As described above, in the present embodiment, similarly to embodiment 1, the branch pipe portion 32, the intermediate junction pipe portion 33, the single exhaust pipe portion 34, and the direct type catalytic converter 40 that constitute the upstream and downstream exhaust unit 48 of the exhaust unit E are configured in a ring shape in plan view, and the intermediate junction pipe portion 33 is curved in a state in which the exhaust downstream side thereof approaches the transmission 11 in plan view, that is, in a vehicle width direction side (vehicle left side), so that the same operational effects as those of embodiment 1 can be obtained.
(embodiment mode 4)
Fig. 12 to 14 show embodiment 4 of the present invention, and in embodiment 4, the intermediate collecting pipe portion 33 in embodiments 1 to 3 described above is omitted from the exhaust manifold 31, and all the branch pipe portions 32a to 32d are collected into a single exhaust pipe portion 34.
That is, in embodiments 1 to 3, the upstream exhaust device 48 is configured such that the portion on the exhaust upstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion 34 is configured by the branch pipe portion 32 and the intermediate junction pipe portion 33, but in the present embodiment, the portion is configured by only the branch pipe portion 32. The single exhaust pipe portion 34 is formed by merging the four branch pipe portions 32a to 32d with each other, and directly communicates with the branch pipe portions 32 without passing through the intermediate merging pipe portion 33. Each branch pipe portion 32 is curved in a state where the exhaust downstream side of each branch pipe portion 32 is directed to one side in the vehicle width direction (the vehicle left side, i.e., the transmission 11 side) in a plan view. Specifically, the first and second branch pipe portions 32a, 32b extend from the vehicle rear side of the engine 1 toward the vehicle rear side, and then are curved in a state where the exhaust downstream side of the first and second branch pipe portions 32a, 32b is directed toward one side in the vehicle width direction (the vehicle left side, i.e., the transmission 11 side) in a plan view. The third and fourth branch pipe portions 32c and 32d extend obliquely to the vehicle rear right side immediately after extending from the vehicle rear side surface of the engine 1 toward the vehicle rear side, and then curve toward one side in the vehicle width direction (the vehicle left side, that is, the transmission 11 side). The four branch pipe portions 32a to 32d join together at substantially the same vehicle width direction position as the fifth joint portion 37e to form the single exhaust pipe portion 34.
The power plant 12, the single exhaust pipe portion 34, the direct catalytic converter 40, and the downstream exhaust pipe 51 are configured and arranged in the same manner as in embodiment 3.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, similarly to embodiment 1, the branch pipe portion 32, the single exhaust pipe portion 34, and the direct catalytic converter 40 that constitute the upstream exhaust device 48 of the exhaust device E are configured in a ring shape in plan view, and the branch pipe portion 32 is curved in a vehicle width direction side (vehicle left side) that is a direction in which the exhaust downstream side approaches the transmission 11 in plan view, so that the same operational effects as embodiment 1 can be obtained.
In embodiments 1 to 4, the exhaust device E of the inline 4-cylinder engine 1 was described as an example, but the number of cylinders of the engine 1 is not limited to four. For example, when the intermediate collecting pipe portion 33 is not provided, the number of cylinders may be two or more. In the case where the intermediate collecting pipe portion 33 is provided, the number of cylinders may be four or more. In addition, when the intermediate collecting pipe portion 33 is provided, the number of the intermediate collecting pipe portions 33 (i.e., the number of groups of the cylinder groups) may be three or more, and the number of the branch pipe portions 32 that are collected to one intermediate collecting pipe portion 33 (i.e., the number of cylinders included in one cylinder group) may be three or more, depending on the number of cylinders of the engine 1.
Finally, the structure and effects of the present invention disclosed based on the above-described embodiments will be summarized.
The utility model discloses an exhaust apparatus of horizontal engine sets up in the engine, and this engine has a plurality of cylinders that are the form of being listed as and has combined the derailleur and transversely dispose in the anterior engine room of vehicle with the state of cylinder row along the wide direction of car in cylinder row direction one side, and above-mentioned exhaust apparatus has the upstream side exhaust apparatus who is connected with the face of the vehicle rear side of above-mentioned engine and sets up the downstream side blast pipe in the exhaust downstream side of above-mentioned upstream side exhaust apparatus. The upstream exhaust device includes: a plurality of branch pipe portions that communicate with the plurality of cylinders, respectively, and extend from a vehicle rear side surface of the engine to a vehicle rear side; a single exhaust pipe portion provided on an exhaust downstream side of the branch pipe portions so as to communicate with the plurality of branch pipe portions; and an exhaust gas purification device connected to an end portion of the single exhaust pipe portion on the exhaust downstream side. The exhaust gas purification device is disposed on a vehicle rear side of the engine in a state where a gas flow passage inside the exhaust gas purification device extends in a vehicle width direction in a plan view, and a portion of the upstream exhaust device on an exhaust upstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion is curved to one side in the vehicle width direction in a state where an exhaust downstream side of the portion is close to the transmission in a plan view; the single exhaust pipe portion is curved in a state where an exhaust downstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion is directed toward a vehicle front side in a plan view, and the downstream exhaust pipe is connected to an end portion on the exhaust downstream side of the exhaust purification device, and is provided in a state where the downstream exhaust pipe is directed from a connection portion where the downstream exhaust pipe is connected to the exhaust purification device toward a tunnel opening portion formed at a vehicle width direction center portion of a lower end portion of a dash panel of the vehicle.
According to the above configuration, since the portion of the upstream exhaust device from the branch pipe portion to the exhaust gas purification device is formed into a ring shape in plan view, the length of the branch pipe portion (or the branch pipe portion and the intermediate collecting pipe portion) can be increased to improve the exhaust efficiency, and the upstream exhaust device including the exhaust gas purification device can be compactly arranged on the vehicle rear side of the engine. In the upstream exhaust device, a portion (a branch pipe portion or an intermediate junction pipe portion) on the exhaust upstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion is bent toward the vehicle width direction side in a state where the exhaust downstream side is close to the transmission in a plan view. Accordingly, the upstream exhaust device can be disposed apart from an auxiliary mechanism (such as a water pump) normally disposed on the surface of the engine opposite to the transmission side, or a side wall (such as a side member) of the engine room. As a result, favorable spatial arrangement can be achieved while avoiding interference with the auxiliary mechanism, the side member, or the like, and the influence of radiant heat on the side wall of the auxiliary mechanism or the engine room can be suppressed. Even if the length of the branch pipe portion (or the branch pipe portion and the intermediate junction pipe portion) is increased, only a single downstream exhaust pipe needs to be passed through the tunnel portion, and the cross-sectional area of the tunnel portion does not need to be increased.
Here, the upstream exhaust device is formed in a ring shape, and therefore, there is a possibility that it is disadvantageous in terms of exhaust resistance compared to a straight line shape, but in the present invention, by disposing the upstream exhaust device as described above, the diameter of the ring shape can be made large, and therefore, exhaust resistance is hardly a problem, and on the contrary, the exhaust efficiency improvement effect by extending the length of the branch pipe portion (or the branch pipe portion and the intermediate junction pipe portion) can be improved, and the output of the engine can be improved.
Further, since the upstream exhaust device is formed in a ring shape, the extension due to the thermal expansion of the upstream exhaust device can be dispersed over the entire ring, and the deterioration due to the stress concentration of the upstream exhaust device can be prevented.
Further, the exhaust gas purification device can be disposed in the vicinity of the vehicle rear side of the engine, whereby the vehicle-running wind is less likely to blow on the exhaust gas purification device, and the temperature of the catalyst in the exhaust gas purification device can be further increased early when the engine is at a low temperature.
Further, by disposing the exhaust gas purification device having a large weight in the vicinity of the engine, the vibration of the upstream side exhaust device caused by the engine vibration can be reduced as compared with the case where the exhaust gas purification device is disposed away from the engine.
Further, in the present invention, the exhaust gas purifying device may be arranged in a manner including: as in embodiment 2 described above, the gas flow passage inside the exhaust gas purification device is arranged on the vehicle rear side of the engine in a state where it extends in the vehicle width direction in a plan view; and, in order to exhibit the above-described effects, as in embodiment 1, the gas flow passage inside the exhaust gas purification device is disposed on the vehicle rear side of the engine in a state where it extends substantially in the vehicle width direction in a plan view.
As described above, according to the exhaust device of the transverse engine of the present invention, the upstream side exhaust device including the exhaust gas purification device can be compactly disposed in the engine room without sacrificing the cabin space, and the temperature of the catalyst in the exhaust gas purification device can be increased early when the engine is at a low temperature. Further, the extension due to the thermal expansion of the upstream exhaust device can be dispersed, and the vibration of the upstream exhaust device caused by the engine vibration can be reduced. Further, the influence of the radiant heat on the auxiliary mechanism of the engine or the side wall of the engine room can be suppressed.
In the present invention, it is preferable that a cross section of the catalyst installation portion in the gas flow path of the exhaust gas purification apparatus is circular, and a maximum extension amount in the vehicle width direction of the single exhaust pipe portion with respect to the end surface on the exhaust upstream side of the catalyst installation portion is larger than a maximum extension amount in the vehicle width direction of the downstream side exhaust pipe with respect to the end surface on the exhaust downstream side of the catalyst installation portion, so that a gas entrance angle with respect to the end surface on the exhaust upstream side of the catalyst installation portion is larger than a gas exit angle with respect to the end surface on the exhaust downstream side of the catalyst installation portion.
According to this configuration, the exhaust gas entering the end surface on the exhaust upstream side of the catalyst-disposed portion is easily diffused evenly over the entire cross section of the catalyst-disposed portion, and the exhaust gas purification effect of the catalyst in the exhaust gas purification device can be promoted. Further, since the end surface on the exhaust upstream side of the catalyst installation portion (the connection portion connected to the single exhaust pipe portion) is closer to the transmission than the end surface on the exhaust downstream side of the catalyst installation portion, there are fewer components that interfere with the single exhaust pipe portion, and the maximum amount of protrusion of the single exhaust pipe portion in the vehicle width direction with respect to the end surface on the upstream side can be easily increased.
Further, in the present invention, the cross-sectional shape of the catalyst-disposing part includes: is in a circular shape; and a substantially circular shape when the above effects are exhibited.
In the present invention, it is preferable that the exhaust gas purification device is disposed at a position which is located on the lower side of the branch pipe portion and is located on the vehicle front side than the end portion on the exhaust upstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion.
With this configuration, the exhaust gas purification device can be disposed closer to the engine, and the vibration of the upstream exhaust device caused by the vibration of the engine can be further reduced.
In this configuration, it is preferable that the exhaust gas purification device is supported by the engine, and the downstream exhaust pipe has a flexible joint in the middle thereof.
According to this configuration, the upstream exhaust device including the exhaust gas purification device can be stably supported, and the vibration of the upstream exhaust device caused by the engine vibration can be further reduced. Further, although the portion of the exhaust device on the upstream side of the flexible joint vibrates together with the engine, the vibration is absorbed by the flexible joint, and therefore the vibration can be suppressed from being transmitted to the portion of the flexible joint on the exhaust downstream side (normally fixed to the vehicle body of the vehicle).
In the present invention, it is preferable that the upstream side exhaust device has an intermediate collecting pipe portion between the plurality of branch pipe portions and the single exhaust pipe portion, the intermediate collecting pipe portion is formed by dividing all the cylinders into a plurality of cylinder groups each including a plurality of cylinders whose exhaust strokes are discontinuous with each other, and the branch pipe portions communicating with the respective cylinders in the cylinder group are collected with each other for each of the cylinder groups, the single exhaust pipe portion is formed by collecting the plurality of intermediate collecting pipe portions with each other, and the plurality of intermediate collecting pipe portions are bent toward one side of the vehicle width direction in a state where the exhaust downstream side of the intermediate collecting pipe portion approaches the transmission in a plan view.
According to this configuration, an optimum mode can be obtained in terms of improvement of the exhaust efficiency.
In the present invention, it is preferable that a portion of the upstream exhaust device which is located on the exhaust upstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion is formed by the branch pipe portion, the single exhaust pipe portion is formed by joining the plurality of branch pipe portions, and the branch pipe portions are bent toward the vehicle width direction side in a state where the exhaust downstream side of the branch pipe portion is close to the transmission in a plan view.
According to this structure, the intermediate collecting pipe portion is not required, and the cost of the exhaust apparatus can be reduced.

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1. An exhaust apparatus of a transverse engine, characterized in that: is provided in an engine having a plurality of cylinders arranged in a row, a transmission coupled to one side of the cylinder row direction, and arranged in an engine room in a front portion of a vehicle in a state where the cylinder row is in a vehicle width direction,
the exhaust device has an upstream-side exhaust device connected to a vehicle rear-side surface of the engine and a downstream-side exhaust pipe provided on an exhaust downstream side of the upstream-side exhaust device,
the upstream-side exhaust device includes:
a plurality of branch pipe portions that communicate with the plurality of cylinders, respectively, and that extend from a vehicle rear side of the engine toward a vehicle rear side;
a single exhaust pipe portion provided on an exhaust downstream side of the branch pipe portions so as to communicate with the plurality of branch pipe portions;
an exhaust gas purification device connected to an end portion on an exhaust downstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion; wherein,
the exhaust gas purification device is disposed on the vehicle rear side of the engine in a state in which a gas flow passage inside the exhaust gas purification device extends in the vehicle width direction in a plan view,
a portion of the upstream exhaust device on an exhaust upstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion is curved toward one side in a vehicle width direction in a state where an exhaust downstream side of the portion is close to the transmission in a plan view,
the single exhaust pipe portion is curved in a state where an exhaust downstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion is directed toward a vehicle front side in a plan view,
the downstream exhaust pipe is connected to an end portion of the exhaust purification device on the downstream side of the exhaust gas, and is provided from a connection portion where the downstream exhaust pipe is connected to the exhaust purification device toward a tunnel opening portion formed at a vehicle width direction center portion of a lower end portion of a dash panel of the vehicle.
2. The exhaust apparatus of a transverse engine according to claim 1, characterized in that:
the catalyst-disposed portion in the gas flow path of the exhaust gas purification apparatus has a circular cross section,
the single exhaust pipe portion has a maximum amount of extension in the vehicle width direction with respect to an end surface on an exhaust upstream side of the catalyst installation portion that is larger than a maximum amount of extension in the vehicle width direction with respect to an end surface on an exhaust downstream side of the catalyst installation portion that is larger than a maximum amount of extension in the vehicle width direction of the downstream exhaust pipe with respect to the end surface on the exhaust upstream side of the catalyst installation portion such that a gas entrance angle with respect to the end surface on the exhaust upstream side of the catalyst installation portion is larger than a gas discharge angle with respect to the end surface on the exhaust downstream.
3. The exhaust apparatus of a transverse engine according to claim 2, characterized in that:
the exhaust gas purification device is disposed at a position further toward the vehicle front side than an end portion on the exhaust upstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion and below the branch pipe portion.
4. The exhaust apparatus of the transverse engine according to claim 3, characterized in that:
the exhaust gas purification apparatus is supported by the engine,
the downstream side exhaust pipe has a flexible joint in the middle thereof.
5. The exhaust apparatus of a transverse engine according to claim 1, characterized in that:
the exhaust gas purification device is disposed at a position further toward the vehicle front side than an end portion on the exhaust upstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion and below the branch pipe portion.
6. The exhaust apparatus of a transverse engine according to claim 5, characterized in that:
the exhaust gas purification apparatus is supported by the engine,
the downstream side exhaust pipe has a flexible joint in the middle thereof.
7. The exhaust apparatus of the transverse engine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that:
the upstream-side exhaust device has an intermediate confluent pipe portion between the plurality of branch pipe portions and the single exhaust pipe portion,
the intermediate collecting pipe portion is formed by dividing all the cylinders into a plurality of cylinder groups each including a plurality of cylinders whose exhaust strokes are discontinuous with each other, and collecting branch pipe portions communicating with the respective cylinders of the cylinder groups for each of the cylinder groups,
the single exhaust pipe portion is formed by merging the plurality of intermediate merging pipe portions with each other,
the plurality of intermediate collecting pipe portions are curved toward one side in the vehicle width direction in a state where an exhaust downstream side of the intermediate collecting pipe portions is close to the transmission in a plan view.
8. The exhaust apparatus of the transverse engine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that:
a portion of the upstream exhaust device on the exhaust upstream side of the single exhaust pipe portion is constituted by the branch pipe portion,
the single exhaust pipe portion is formed by merging the plurality of branch pipe portions with each other,
the respective branch pipe portions are bent toward one side in the vehicle width direction in a state where the exhaust downstream side of the branch pipe portions is close to the transmission in a plan view.
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