EP1090223A1 - Manifold housing system - Google Patents
Manifold housing systemInfo
- Publication number
- EP1090223A1 EP1090223A1 EP99928949A EP99928949A EP1090223A1 EP 1090223 A1 EP1090223 A1 EP 1090223A1 EP 99928949 A EP99928949 A EP 99928949A EP 99928949 A EP99928949 A EP 99928949A EP 1090223 A1 EP1090223 A1 EP 1090223A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- air
- housing
- flange
- aperture
- fuel
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M35/00—Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
- F02M35/10—Air intakes; Induction systems
- F02M35/10091—Air intakes; Induction systems characterised by details of intake ducts: shapes; connections; arrangements
- F02M35/10144—Connections of intake ducts to each other or to another device
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- 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
- F02B75/16—Engines characterised by number of cylinders, e.g. single-cylinder engines
- F02B75/18—Multi-cylinder engines
- F02B75/22—Multi-cylinder engines with cylinders in V, fan, or star arrangement
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M35/00—Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
- F02M35/02—Air cleaners
- F02M35/04—Air cleaners specially arranged with respect to engine, to intake system or specially adapted to vehicle; Mounting thereon ; Combinations with other devices
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M35/00—Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
- F02M35/10—Air intakes; Induction systems
- F02M35/10006—Air intakes; Induction systems characterised by the position of elements of the air intake system in direction of the air intake flow, i.e. between ambient air inlet and supply to the combustion chamber
- F02M35/10026—Plenum chambers
- F02M35/10052—Plenum chambers special shapes or arrangements of plenum chambers; Constructional details
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M35/00—Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
- F02M35/10—Air intakes; Induction systems
- F02M35/10091—Air intakes; Induction systems characterised by details of intake ducts: shapes; connections; arrangements
- F02M35/10111—Substantially V-, C- or U-shaped ducts in direction of the flow path
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M35/00—Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
- F02M35/10—Air intakes; Induction systems
- F02M35/10209—Fluid connections to the air intake system; their arrangement of pipes, valves or the like
- F02M35/10216—Fuel injectors; Fuel pipes or rails; Fuel pumps or pressure regulators
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M35/00—Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
- F02M35/10—Air intakes; Induction systems
- F02M35/1034—Manufacturing and assembling intake systems
- F02M35/10347—Moulding, casting or the like
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M35/00—Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
- F02M35/10—Air intakes; Induction systems
- F02M35/1034—Manufacturing and assembling intake systems
- F02M35/10354—Joining multiple sections together
- F02M35/1036—Joining multiple sections together by welding, bonding or the like
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M35/00—Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
- F02M35/10—Air intakes; Induction systems
- F02M35/104—Intake manifolds
- F02M35/112—Intake manifolds for engines with cylinders all in one line
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M35/00—Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
- F02M35/10—Air intakes; Induction systems
- F02M35/10314—Materials for intake systems
- F02M35/10321—Plastics; Composites; Rubbers
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M35/00—Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
- F02M35/10—Air intakes; Induction systems
- F02M35/10314—Materials for intake systems
- F02M35/10327—Metals; Alloys
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
- F05C—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO MATERIALS, MATERIAL PROPERTIES OR MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR MACHINES, ENGINES OR PUMPS OTHER THAN NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F05C2201/00—Metals
- F05C2201/02—Light metals
- F05C2201/021—Aluminium
Definitions
- the present invention relates generally to a manifold for motor vehicles
- the present invention relates to a manifold system to provide combustion air and combustion fuel to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine
- Such known air cleaners typically include a filter disposed in a housing An air exhaust of the air cleaner typically leads to the separate intake manifold
- Such known air cleaners provide for the intake of raw air, the purification of the raw air and the routing of the purified air to the air exhaust, such known intake manifolds provide for the routing of the purified air and the combustion fuel to the cylinder head of the engine
- the present invention relates to a field replaceable unitary manifold housing for providing combustion air and combustion fuel to an internal combustion engine
- the housing includes an air purification cavity having a spaced apart air intake and air discharge
- the housing also includes a filter for purifying air disposed in the air purification cavity intermediate the air intake and the air discharge
- the housing also includes a hollow elongate member having a first end coupled to the filter and a second end coupled to a plenum chamber for directing the air, the plenum chamber being integral with the air purification cavity
- the housing also includes a plurality of channels, each channel integral with the housing and having a first end integral with the plenum chamber and a second end coupled to a cylinder head of the engine
- the air intake induces air into the air purification cavity, the induced air is purified by the filter, the hollow elongate member directs the air from the filter to the plenum chamber, and the plurality of channels direct the air from the plenum chamber to the cylinder head
- the present invention further relates to a field replaceable unitary manifold housing for providing combustion air and combustion fuel to an internal combustion engine of an automobile
- the housing includes an air purification cavity having a spaced apart intake means for inducing air into the air purification cavity and a discharge means for venting air from the housing
- the housing also includes means for purifying the induced air being disposed in the air purification cavity intermediate the air intake means and the air discharge means
- the housing also includes means for directing air from the air purification cavity to a plenum means for directing the air, the plenum means being integral with the air purification cavity
- the housing also includes means for providing fuel to the channel means
- the housing also includes channel means for directing air from the plenum means to a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine
- the present invention further relates to a method for coupling a first molded flange of a manifold for providing combustion air and combustion fuel to a cylinder of a vehicular internal combustion engine to a second molded flange of an extension of the manifold
- the method includes molding the first flange of the manifold and the second flange of the extension
- the method also includes molding an alignment member integral with the second flange
- the method also includes forming a first aperture in the first flange
- the method also includes forming a second aperture in the alignment member
- the method also includes positioning the first flange and the second flange such that the first aperture is generally aligned with the second aperture
- the method also includes inserting a threaded insert in the first aperture and at least partially in the second aperture
- the method also includes inserting a threaded fastener into the threaded insert such that the fastener is circumscribed by the insert and extends into the first flange and at least partially into the second flange
- FIGURE 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a manifold system in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary section view of the system of FIGURE 1 along line 2— 2 of FIGURE 1,
- FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary section view of the system of FIGURE 1 along line
- FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of a lower plenum and manifold assembly
- FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary exploded perspective view of a lower plenum and manifold assembly
- FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary section view of the lower plenum and manifold assembly of FIGURE 5 along line 6—6 of FIGURE 5
- FIGURE 1 shows a manifold or housing system 10 for providing a mixture of combustion fuel 134 and purified combustion air 42 to a cylinder head 180 of an internal combustion engine (not shown) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- System 10 includes an air induction system 20 mounted to a manifold assembly 100
- Air induction system 20 purifies raw air (e.g , atmospheric, ambient, unpurified, dirty air, etc ) and includes an air intake or air induction tube (shown as a dirty air tube 12) partially disposed within a housing 16
- An air filter assembly 30 is provided within the interior of housing 16
- a hose (shown as an airflow tube 70) is mounted to a filter assembly 30 and serves to direct purified air 42 from filter assembly 30 to a throttle assembly 80
- Purified air 42 flows through throttle assembly 80 to a reservoir or plenum chamber (shown as a cavity 22)
- a system of hollow tubes or channels (shown as manifold runners 122) direct purified air 42 from housing 16 through manifold assembly 100 and
- Filter assembly 30 is disposed within cavity 18 of housing 16 and may be supported by wall 26
- Filter assembly 30 includes a generally circular-shaped air filter element (shown as a canister 32)
- Canister 32 includes an air receiving surface (shown as an outer wall 36) and an air-emitting surface (shown as an inner wall 46)
- Raw air stored in cavity 18 enters canister 32 through outer wall 36 and is directed through a filter media (not shown) such as a pretreated or pleated corrugated paper
- a filter media such as a pretreated or pleated corrugated paper
- impurities e g , debris, particulates, gasses, dirt, pollution, etc
- Purified air 42 exits the filter media through inner wall 46 of canister 32
- a covering (shown as an end cap 34) circumscribes and surrounds a lower end 28 of canister 32
- End cap 34 promotes the entry of raw air through outer wall 36 by covering or blocking lower end 28 of canister 32
- a generally flexible, compressible seal 44 is mounted
- Throttle assembly 80 regulates the amount of purified air 42 directed from air induction system 20 to cylinder head 180 of the engine
- a fastener (shown as a capture clamp 88) mounts a throttle valve 90 of throttle assembly 80 to an outlet 76 of airflow tube 70 (The diameter of outlet 76 is greater than the diameter of throttle valve 90 such that throttle valve 90 may be inserted into outlet 76 and secured by a capture clamp 88 )
- Throttle assembly 80 includes a choke assembly 82 providing a flap 84 controlled by a lever 86 to regulate the amount of purified air 42 that passes through choke assembly 82 After passing through throttle assembly 80, purified air 42 is directed into cavity 22 of housing 16, and ultimately to cylinder head 180 of the engine According to an alternative embodiment, the flap of the choke assembly may be controlled by a computer system
- manifold assembly 100 includes a service plenum 1 14 mounted to a manifold extension 160 by a fastener assembly 170 (see FIGURE 6)
- Manifold assembly 100 includes runners 122 to direct purified air 42 from cavity 22 to cylinder head 180 of the engine Runners 122 span manifold assembly 100 and manifold extension 160
- the manifold system may contain any number of channels or runners in any configuration (e.g , a manifold system adapted to provide combustion air and combustion fuel to the cylinder head of a V-8 or straight-6 internal combustion engine as is known in the automotive arts)
- Manifold assembly 100 is selectively removable from manifold extension 160 such that manifold system 10 may be easily accessed for repair or replacement
- manifold assembly 100 includes upper plenum 112, service plenum 114 having a service flange 124 and a common fuel source or fuel conduit (shown as a fuel rail 130)
- a weld joint (shown as a flange 24) integrally connects the upper end of upper plenum 112 to housing 16.
- the lower end of upper plenum 112 is integrally connected to the upper end of service plenum 1 14 by a weld joint (shown as a flange 116).
- the weld joint between the upper plenum and the service plenum is flared outwardly such that the interior of the runner is generally smooth for optimum airflow through the runner.
- fastener assembly 170 connects service flange 124 of service plenum 1 14 to a service flange 162 of manifold extension 160.
- an aperture shown as a bore 198
- a protrusion or alignment pin shown as a post 1748
- An aperture shown as an inner bore 196 having a slight outward flare is provided within the interior of post 178 and extends into the interior of service flange 162.
- a spacer (shown as a generally circular- shaped, hollow, threaded insert 176) is inserted into bore 198 of service flange 124 and extends into bore 196 of post 178 such that threaded insert 176 is generally flush with the surface of service flange 124.
- a fastener (shown as a threaded, hexagonal-headed, machine screw 172), the head of which is circumscribed by a spacer (shown as a washer 174), is inserted into threaded insert 176.
- a seal (shown as an O-ring 168) is provided in a groove 166 of service flange 162 to inhibit purified air 42 from leaking from manifold system 10.
- the protrusions may be molded to the service flange by any known method such as blow molding, vibration welding, friction welding, etc. Any known method such as boring, drilling, molding, etc. may form the apertures.
- the inner bore of the service flange is a "blind" bore such that the aperture of the bore does not extend all the way through the service flange of the manifold assembly.
- a suitable fastener mounts fuel rail 130 to service plenum 114.
- a fastener (shown as a capture clamp 138) connects fuel rail 130 to a duct (shown as a hose 136) of a fuel source 132 (see FIGURE 4).
- a control device (shown as a fuel regulator 140) controls the amount of fuel 134 provided to fuel rail 130.
- fuel regulator 140 may be a returnless fuel regulator (as is known in the automotive arts) that inhibits the "back flow" of fuel 134 from fuel rail 130 back into to fuel source 132.
- An aperture 142 provides a passage for fuel 134 to be directed from fuel rail 130 to a conduit (as shown best in FIGURE 4 as a top feed fuel injector 150).
- fuel 134 is directed from fuel rail 130, through aperture 142 and to an inlet 152 of injector 150
- Fuel 134 flows from inlet 152 to a passageway 154 of injector 150, and end exits injector 150 through an outlet 156 to an injector bore 158 of manifold extension 160
- Fuel 134 is dispersed from injector bore 158 as a fuel spray 128
- fuel spray 128 and purified air 42 are mixed at cylinder head 180
- a fastener shown as a hexagonal-headed machine screw 194
- a seal e g., O-ring
- a locking mechanism selectively connects filter assembly 30 to airflow tube 70 such that filter assembly 30 may be readily removed from cavity 18 of housing 16
- airflow tube 70 is rotated about ninety degrees
- Twist lock system 50 includes a tube connector system 52 and a housing connector system 60
- Housing connector system 60 includes a number of outwardly extending protrusions (shown as a finger 62) and a number of inwardly extending indentations (shown as finger 64) spaced generally evenly about the periphery of an aperture 184 of cavity 18
- Tube connector system 52 includes reciprocal outwardly extending protrusions (shown as a finger 54) and inwardly extending indentations (not shown) spaced generally evenly about the periphery of a flange 56 of airflow tube 70
- a compressive force is applied to airflow tube 70 to compress seal 44 (which may be
- a locking mechanism 92 may connect throttle assembly 80 to cavity 22 housing 16
- a locking assembly 94 may connect throttle assembly 80 to cavity 22 of housing 16
- Locking assembly 94 includes an aperture 148 circumscribed by a flexible tapered portion 96 and adapted to receive throttle valve 90
- a flexible seal 98 may be positioned between cavity 22 and throttle assembly 80 to inhibit purified air 42 from leaking from throttle assembly 80 to the exterior of housing 16
- the air induction tube may be connected to the housing by a locking mechanism similar to twist lock system 50 shown in FIGURE 2
- the manifold system purifies raw air before the raw air is routed to the cylinders of an automotive or vehicular engine
- the air induction housing, the plenum assembly, the manifold assembly and the fuel rail are preferably constructed of plastic
- the plenum assembly is vibration welded to the housing, and the upper plenum is vibration welded to the service plenum
- the vibration welding operation is conducted at about 120 hertz
- the fuel rail is molded to the upper plenum and has a diameter of about one inch
- the filter element holds about one quart of purified air and the filter media is preferably constructed of paper folded in a zigzag configuration
- the cover of the filter assembly is preferably constructed of aluminum metal and is encapsulated in urethane
- the seal of the filter assembly is preferably generally "V-shaped and constructed of urethane rubber
- the height of each of the protrusions of the fastener assembly is substantially identical to the thickness of the service flange of the manifold assembly
- the fuel rail may be molded or integral with the service flange of the manifold assembly
- the fuel rail may be mounted to either the upper plenum or to the manifold assembly
- the regulator of the fuel rail may be positioned within the housing Any suitable fastening device (e g , welding, ultrasonic welding, vibration welding, molding, glue, screws, rivets, clamps or other conventional methods) may attach the housing to the plenum assembly and may attach the upper plenum to the service plenum
- the filter element may be disposable
- the filter material may be constructed of a porous material (e g , cardboard, corrugated paper, carbon block, etc ) or a natural or synthetic fibrous material (e g , spun polyethylene, glass wool, microbial filter, etc )
- the effective closure or seal between the tube connector system and the housing connector system may be formed by any known connection system (such as a bayonet connector system, a threaded connection, a clamp, etc ) and may be maintained by any locking mechanism (e g , a detent, a tumbler lock, a tacky adhesive, etc )
- the seal of the filter assembly may be round-shaped, V-shaped, diamond- shaped or any other shape or configuration
- the seal of the filter assembly may be mounted to the housing, fixed to a rigid or semi-rigid framework that also extends about the periphery of the filter element, or detached from both the housing and the filter element
- the seal of the filter assembly may be positioned between the filter element and the airflow
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- Supplying Secondary Fuel Or The Like To Fuel, Air Or Fuel-Air Mixtures (AREA)
- Lubrication Details And Ventilation Of Internal Combustion Engines (AREA)
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EP02001234A EP1195513A3 (en) | 1998-06-24 | 1999-06-25 | Manifold housing system |
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