EP0063385A2 - Viertakt-Brennkraftmaschine - Google Patents

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EP0063385A2
EP0063385A2 EP82103323A EP82103323A EP0063385A2 EP 0063385 A2 EP0063385 A2 EP 0063385A2 EP 82103323 A EP82103323 A EP 82103323A EP 82103323 A EP82103323 A EP 82103323A EP 0063385 A2 EP0063385 A2 EP 0063385A2
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Masaaki Yoshikawa
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
    • F01L1/02—Valve drive
    • F01L1/04—Valve drive by means of cams, camshafts, cam discs, eccentrics or the like
    • F01L1/047—Camshafts
    • F01L1/053—Camshafts overhead type
    • F01L1/0532—Camshafts overhead type the cams being directly in contact with the driven valve
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
    • F01L1/26—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear characterised by the provision of two or more valves operated simultaneously by same transmitting-gear; peculiar to machines or engines with more than two lift-valves per cylinder
    • F01L1/265—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear characterised by the provision of two or more valves operated simultaneously by same transmitting-gear; peculiar to machines or engines with more than two lift-valves per cylinder peculiar to machines or engines with three or more intake valves per cylinder
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02F1/00—Cylinders; Cylinder heads 
    • F02F1/24—Cylinder heads
    • F02F1/42—Shape or arrangement of intake or exhaust channels in cylinder heads
    • F02F1/4214—Shape or arrangement of intake or exhaust channels in cylinder heads specially adapted for four or more valves per cylinder
    • F02F1/4221—Shape or arrangement of intake or exhaust channels in cylinder heads specially adapted for four or more valves per cylinder particularly for three or more inlet valves
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L3/00—Lift-valve, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces; Parts or accessories thereof
    • F01L2003/25—Valve configurations in relation to engine
    • F01L2003/251—Large number of valves, e.g. five or more
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B1/00—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression
    • F02B1/02—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression with positive ignition
    • F02B1/04—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression with positive ignition with fuel-air mixture admission into cylinder
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B75/00—Other engines
    • F02B75/02—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke
    • F02B2075/022—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke having less than six strokes per cycle
    • F02B2075/027—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke having less than six strokes per cycle four
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B2275/00—Other engines, components or details, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F02B2275/18—DOHC [Double overhead camshaft]
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02F1/00—Cylinders; Cylinder heads 
    • F02F1/24—Cylinder heads
    • F02F2001/244—Arrangement of valve stems in cylinder heads
    • F02F2001/245—Arrangement of valve stems in cylinder heads the valve stems being orientated at an angle with the cylinder axis

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  • the present invention relates to a four-cycle internal combustion engine.
  • a four-cycle internal combustion engine In order to improve the output performance of a four-cycle internal combustion engine atits high speed running range, it is a current practice to increase the number of intake valves and the number of exhaust valves for each cylinder of the internal combustion engine.
  • valve area the sum of the areas to be occupied in a combustion chamber by the intake and exhaust valves, i.e., the so-called "valve area" is increased to improve the charge and discharge efficiencies in accordance with increases in the intake and exhaust valves and partly because the respective valves themselves can have their sizes and weights reduced so that their followabilities at a high speed can be improved.
  • a valve or valves may occasionally fail to be aligned with the corresponding cam shaft if the valve number is too large.
  • connecting means for connecting the nis- aligned valve or valves and its or their cam shaft is newly required for driving it or them, thus raising another problem that the construction of the valve driving system is complicated.
  • the invention as claimed has been conceived in order to remedy these drawbacks and solves the problem to provide a four-cycle engine which is enabled to have at least three intake valves of the intake and exhaust valve without detrimental interferences in a combustion chamber and to drive the three pairs of valves without rendering their driving system too complicated.
  • Figure 1 is a longitudinal section showing the engine according to the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a section taken along line II - II of Figure 1
  • Figure 3 is a section taken along line III - III of Figure 1
  • Firure 4 is a section taken along line IV - IV of Figure 2.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates one cylinder of a four-cycle engine, in which reference letters a and b indicate a cylinder and a cylinder head, respectively, and reference numerals 1 and 2 indicate an intake passage and an exhaust passage, respectively.
  • Numeral 3 indicates a combustion chamber which is formed below the afore-mentioned cylinder head b and into which the intake and exhaust passages 1 and 2 are opened.
  • Numeral 4 indicates a threaded hole for mounting an ignition plug, which is opened at the center portion of the upper side of the afore-mentioned combustion chamber 3.
  • Nuneral 5 indicates intake valves for opening and closing the afore-mentioned intake passage 1
  • Said intake and exhaust valves 5 and 6 have their respective lower ends facing the combustion chamber 3 to close the open ends of the intake passage 1 and the exhaust passage 2, respectively. Their respective intermediate portions are slidably supported in the wall of the cylinder head b through guides 5a and 6a.
  • Numerals 7 and 8 indicate lifters which are formed to extend from the upper ends of both the afore-mentioned valves 5 and 6 and through which both the valves 5 and 6 are connected to corresponding cam shafts 9 and 10 just thereabove so that they are driven by said shafts 9 and 10.
  • Numerals 11 and 12 indicate springe which. are made operative to bias the intake and exhaust valves 5 and 6 in their closing directions.
  • cam shafts 9 and 10 are rotatably supported above the cylinder head b through a cam carrier 13 and cam caps 14 and 15.
  • Numeral 16 indicates a cover which covers the afore-mentioned cam shafts 9 and 10 and the cam caps 14 and 15 and which is formed to extend from the upper end of the cam carrier 13.
  • the four-cycle engine thus constructed is equipped, so as to improve its output performance, with a plurality of intake values 5 and a plurality of exhaust valves 6 for each cylinder, of which at least the intake valves 5 are three in number.
  • the afore-mentioned three intake valves 5 are arranged and constructed such that the intermediate one 5' faces the combustion chamber 3 at a smaller angle of inclination with respect to the axis l 1 of the cylinder a than that of the remaining two outer intake valves 5,5.
  • the afore-mentioned intake valves 5 are further arranged and constructed such that all their respective axes l2 extend through the center O1 of the cam shaft 9.
  • the afore-mentioned intake valves 5 are arranged, as shown in Figure 2, such that the intermediate one 5' is more offset to the outside with respect to the center line l3, which divides the conbustion chamber 3 into intake and exhaust portions, than the two intake valves 5,5 at both sides, whereby the entirety of intake valves 5 does not interfere with one another.
  • the exhaust valves 6 provided are two in number and are arranged in the combustion chamber 3 on a plane l4 which is parallel to the afore-mentioned center line l3.
  • the exhaust valves 6 are arranged to have their respective axes l 5 extending through the center 0 2 of the cam shaft 10 and are set with an equal angle of inclination l3 with respect to the axis l1 of the cylinder a.
  • the intake valves 5 provided in the embodiment thus far described are three in number, three exhaust valves 6 may be provided if they adopt the arrangement and construction similar to those of the intake valves 5.
  • the intermediate intake valve 5' is arranged to face the combustion chamber at a smaller angle ⁇ 1 of inclination with respect to the axis l1 of the cylinder than that of the remaining two intake valves 5 when the three intake valves are to be provided.
  • the intermediate intake valve 5' is more offset to the outside than the intake valves at both sides so that said three intake valves can be arranged in the combustion chamber without any interference among them.
  • said three intake valves are so arranged that their respective axes extend through the center O 1 of their can shaft 9.
  • the positional relationship between the respective valves and their cam shaft is not changed from that of the prior art, and no new one is required as the means for connecting the respective valves with their cam shaft so that the valve driving system is not necessarily made complicated.

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EP19820103323 1981-04-22 1982-04-20 Viertakt-Brennkraftmaschine Expired EP0063385B1 (de)

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JP6184381A JPS57176311A (en) 1981-04-22 1981-04-22 Four-cycle engine

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EP0144179A2 (de) * 1983-11-25 1985-06-12 Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Mehrventilbrennkraftmaschine
GB2166799A (en) * 1984-11-13 1986-05-14 Bothwell P W I.c. engine overhead valve gear
EP0245550A1 (de) * 1986-05-14 1987-11-19 BOTHWELL, Peter William Zylinderkopf für eine Brennkraftmaschine
EP0262250A1 (de) * 1986-10-02 1988-04-06 Audi Ag Viertakt-Brennkraftmaschine
EP0265282A1 (de) * 1986-10-23 1988-04-27 Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Ventilantriebsvorrichtung in einer Brennkraftmaschine
DE3708675A1 (de) * 1987-03-17 1988-09-29 Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag Ventilbetaetigungsanordnung fuer brennkraftmaschinen mit mehreren gleichartigen ventilen fuer jeden zylinder
EP0324092A1 (de) * 1988-01-11 1989-07-19 Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha Ventilsteuervorrichtung für Mehrventil-Brennkraftmaschine
US4858573A (en) * 1984-11-13 1989-08-22 Bothwell Peter W Internal combustion engines
WO1990003498A1 (de) * 1988-09-17 1990-04-05 Audi Ag Ventilgesteuerte hubkolben-brennkraftmaschine
EP0408079A1 (de) * 1989-07-14 1991-01-16 Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha Ventiltriebeinrichtung für Brennkraftmaschine
FR2652384A1 (fr) * 1989-09-28 1991-03-29 Daimler Benz Ag Moteur a combustion interne a distribution par soupapes.
EP0483109A2 (de) * 1989-02-14 1992-04-29 Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha Nockenwellenanordnung für eine Mehrventil-Brennkraftmaschine
US5515827A (en) * 1993-09-22 1996-05-14 Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Ag Multicylinder, four-stroke internal-combustion engine having three intake valves and one exhaust valve per cylinder

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JPS615305U (ja) * 1984-06-18 1986-01-13 日産自動車株式会社 エンジンのシリンダヘツド
JPS6149113A (ja) * 1984-08-15 1986-03-11 Yamaha Motor Co Ltd 内燃機関の動弁装置
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GB242919A (en) * 1925-07-10 1925-11-19 Napier & Son Ltd Improvements in or relating to valve operating mechanism for internal combustion engines
GB687528A (en) * 1950-09-09 1953-02-18 Karl Maybach Improvements in the liquid cooling of cylinder heads for internal combustion engines
US3211137A (en) * 1963-03-12 1965-10-12 Love John Input valve systems for internal combustion engines

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EP0144179B1 (de) * 1983-11-25 1988-02-10 Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Mehrventilbrennkraftmaschine
EP0144179A2 (de) * 1983-11-25 1985-06-12 Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Mehrventilbrennkraftmaschine
US4858573A (en) * 1984-11-13 1989-08-22 Bothwell Peter W Internal combustion engines
GB2166799A (en) * 1984-11-13 1986-05-14 Bothwell P W I.c. engine overhead valve gear
GB2166799B (en) * 1984-11-13 1989-06-07 Bothwell P W Improvements relating to internal combustion engines
EP0245550A1 (de) * 1986-05-14 1987-11-19 BOTHWELL, Peter William Zylinderkopf für eine Brennkraftmaschine
EP0262250A1 (de) * 1986-10-02 1988-04-06 Audi Ag Viertakt-Brennkraftmaschine
EP0265282A1 (de) * 1986-10-23 1988-04-27 Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Ventilantriebsvorrichtung in einer Brennkraftmaschine
DE3708675A1 (de) * 1987-03-17 1988-09-29 Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag Ventilbetaetigungsanordnung fuer brennkraftmaschinen mit mehreren gleichartigen ventilen fuer jeden zylinder
EP0324092A1 (de) * 1988-01-11 1989-07-19 Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha Ventilsteuervorrichtung für Mehrventil-Brennkraftmaschine
US4915065A (en) * 1988-01-11 1990-04-10 Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha Valve actuation device for multi-valve type engine
WO1990003498A1 (de) * 1988-09-17 1990-04-05 Audi Ag Ventilgesteuerte hubkolben-brennkraftmaschine
EP0483109A2 (de) * 1989-02-14 1992-04-29 Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha Nockenwellenanordnung für eine Mehrventil-Brennkraftmaschine
EP0483109B1 (de) * 1989-02-14 1996-05-15 Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha Nockenwellenanordnung für eine Mehrventil-Brennkraftmaschine
EP0408079A1 (de) * 1989-07-14 1991-01-16 Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha Ventiltriebeinrichtung für Brennkraftmaschine
FR2652384A1 (fr) * 1989-09-28 1991-03-29 Daimler Benz Ag Moteur a combustion interne a distribution par soupapes.
US5515827A (en) * 1993-09-22 1996-05-14 Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Ag Multicylinder, four-stroke internal-combustion engine having three intake valves and one exhaust valve per cylinder

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JPS57176311A (en) 1982-10-29
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DE3265030D1 (en) 1985-09-05
DE63385T1 (de) 1983-04-14
EP0063385B1 (de) 1985-07-31

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