US20070022997A1 - Gasket for a valve of an internal combustion engine - Google Patents

Gasket for a valve of an internal combustion engine Download PDF

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US20070022997A1
US20070022997A1 US11/460,489 US46048906A US2007022997A1 US 20070022997 A1 US20070022997 A1 US 20070022997A1 US 46048906 A US46048906 A US 46048906A US 2007022997 A1 US2007022997 A1 US 2007022997A1
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Flavio Lantelme
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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
    • 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
    • F01L3/08—Valves guides; Sealing of valve stem, e.g. sealing by lubricant

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  • the present invention relates to a gasket for a valve of an internal combustion engine.
  • a head defining a plurality of combustion chambers and of respective cylinders, inside which is performed an engine cycle adapted to transform the chemical energy present in a mixture of combustible gas and air into mechanical energy. Furthermore, the head defines a feeding unit adapted to bring forward inside the combustion chambers the mixture of combustible gas and air, and an exhaust unit adapted to carry away the burnt gas and the air from the combustion chambers.
  • the feeding unit comprises a plurality of suction pipes adapted to feed respective combustion chambers with the combustible gas and combustion air, and a plurality of suction valves interfering, via a respective shutter section and according to predetermined time laws, with respective suction pipes for regulating the flow of the combustible gas and the combustion air towards each combustion chamber.
  • the exhaust unit comprises a plurality of pipes adapted to carry away the burnt gas and air from respective combustion chambers towards an environment external to the engine, and a plurality of exhaust valves interfering, via a respective shutter section and according to predetermined time laws, with the respective exhaust pipes for regulating the flow of burnt gas and combustion air towards the exhaust pipes themselves.
  • each suction/exhaust valve comprises, in general, a guiding element fastened inside a cavity made in the head and a stem slidingly mobile in opposite directions within a through seat defined by the guiding element.
  • Such gaskets define, towards the combustion chambers, firstly a dynamic type seal for allowing only a minimum flow of oil needed to lubricate the coupling between the stem and the guiding element and, then, a static type seal to prevent a second flow path of the oil to the combustion chamber.
  • the gaskets normally include an elastomeric portion pressed on the stem and on the guiding element to achieve the aforementioned sealing functions, and a supporting element fitted on the elastomeric portion to press the same onto the stem and onto the guiding element.
  • a first fraction of an internal surface of the elastomeric portion cooperates directly with the stem so as to allow the minimum flow of oil needed to lubricate the coupling between stem and guiding element (dynamic seal), and a second fraction of the above-mentioned internal surface, arranged between the first fraction and the combustion chamber, cooperates with the guiding element preventing the leakage of lubricant oil towards the combustion chambers (static seal).
  • FIG. 1 is a partial sectional view of an internal combustion engine provided with a gasket for a valve made according to the dictates of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is an axial section in magnified scale of the valve and the seal in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 1 it is indicated as a whole with 1 an internal combustion engine adapted to transform the chemical energy contained in a fuel into mechanical energy and shown only in that is necessary for understanding the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 it is shown the engine 1 limitedly to a head 2 extending symmetrically with respect to an axis A and shown only partially.
  • the head 2 defines a combustion chamber 3 (only partially shown) inside which a combustible gas is oxidized in the presence of combustion air so as to transform the chemical energy contained in the combustible gas into pressure energy, and a cylinder 4 (also only partially shown) of axis A is fluidically connected to the combustion chamber 3 and adapted to transform the aforementioned pressure energy into mechanical energy.
  • the head 2 moreover, accommodates a feeding unit (not shown) adapted to bring forward, into the combustion chamber 3 , a mixture comprising the combustible gas and the combustion air, and an exhaust unit 5 adapted to carry away the burnt gas and air from the combustion chamber 3 itself towards an environment external to the engine 1 .
  • a feeding unit (not shown) adapted to bring forward, into the combustion chamber 3 , a mixture comprising the combustible gas and the combustion air
  • an exhaust unit 5 adapted to carry away the burnt gas and air from the combustion chamber 3 itself towards an environment external to the engine 1 .
  • the cylinder 4 comprises a liner 6 and a piston 7 , which is sliding under the action of the pressure of the fuel inside the liner 6 itself according to an alternating motion directed along the axis A and is operatively connected in a way not shown to an engine member to transform the pressure energy into mechanical energy.
  • the combustion chamber 3 is axially delimited by an end wall 8 and is open, on axially opposite part with respect to the end wall 8 , towards the cylinder 4 .
  • the end wall 8 of the combustion chamber 3 presents a pair of circular and through openings, only one of which is shown and indicated with 9 , and arranged symmetrically with respect to the axis A. More in particular, the opening not shown is adapted to allow the passage of the mixture comprising the combustible gas and the combustion air coming from the feeding unit to the inside of the combustion chamber 3 ; the opening 9 is adapted to allow the passage of burnt gas and air from the combustion chamber 3 to the exhaust unit 5 .
  • the exhaust unit 5 and the feeding unit are entirely similar; the present description makes reference, for simplicity, to the exhaust unit 5 only.
  • the exhaust unit 5 comprises an exhaust pipe 11 extending from opening 9 towards the environment external to the engine 1 , and an exhaust valve 12 adapted to engage, according to predetermined time laws, the opening 9 so as to adjust the flow of burnt gas and air from the combustion chamber 3 to the exhaust pipe 11 .
  • the valve 12 shown in detail in FIG. 2 , is accommodated in a seat 14 , which is made on the head 2 and normally contains lubricant oil.
  • the seat 14 is extended 15 symmetrically with respect to an axis B, transversal with respect to the axis A, and is open, at its own axial terminal portion 15 with respect to the exhaust pipe 11 .
  • valve 12 comprises a tubular guiding element 16 interferencely fitted inside the terminal portion 15 of the seat 14 , one stem 17 slidingly mobile in opposite directions along the axis B within the guiding element 16 , and a gasket 18 coaxially surrounding the stem 17 and the guiding element 16 so as to prevent the flow of oil from the seat 14 towards the combustion chamber 3 .
  • the stem 17 protrudes on opposite sides from the guiding element 16 .
  • the stem 17 moreover, comprises at its opposite axial ends, a shutter section 20 intended to fluidtightly engage the opening 9 and a section 19 adapted to receive an actuating force via a control mechanism 21 , in the case shown of the cam and tappet type.
  • the valve 12 moreover, comprises a spring 22 , in the case shown of the helical type, which is fastened, at its mutually opposite axial ends, to a delimitation 10 wall of the seat 14 and the section 19 , and is adapted to generate an elastic return force on the stem 17 during the alternating motion of the stem 17 itself.
  • the gasket 18 presents an annular conformation according to an axis 15 coinciding, in assembly conditions, with the axis B.
  • the gasket 18 comprises an annular shaped elastomeric element 25 , and a supporting element 26 coaxially fastened onto the elastomeric element 25 to press the elastomeric element 25 itself, in the radial 20 direction with respect to the axis B, onto the stem 17 and onto the guiding element 16 .
  • the elastomeric element 25 defines, proceeding along the axis B towards the combustion chamber 3 , firstly a seal of the dynamic type adapted to allow the 25 passage of a minimum flow of oil needed to lubricate the coupling between the stem 17 and the guiding element 16 , and then a seal of the static type to prevent a second flow of oil towards the combustion chamber 3 .
  • the elastomeric element 25 comprises two mutually opposite discoid and axial end sections 27 , 28 , an internal circumferential surface 29 adapted to cooperate in part with the stem 17 and in part with the guiding element 16 to make the above-mentioned seals, and an external circumferential surface 30 adapted to couple with the supporting element 26 and with an annular collar 31 so as to press the internal circumferential surface 29 onto the stem 17 and onto the guiding element 16 .
  • the section 27 in assembly conditions, is facing towards the control mechanism 21 and is crossed by the stem 17 ; the section 28 , in assembly conditions, is facing towards the combustion chamber 3 , and is crossed by both the stem 17 and the guiding element 16 .
  • the internal circumferential surface 29 of the elastomeric element 25 comprises a section 33 of minimum diameter, arranged next to the section 27 and adapted to be radially pressed by the collar 31 against the stem 17 to define a circumferential sealing line of the dynamic type, which allows, thanks to the sliding coupling between the stem 17 and the section 27 , the leakage of a minimum flow of oil.
  • the internal circumferential surface 29 of the elastomeric element 25 further comprises an essentially cylindrical portion 32 , arranged next to the section 28 and adapted to be radially pressed by the supporting element 26 against the fluidtightly guiding element 16 so as to define a cylindrical sealing area of the static type.
  • the circumferential external surface 30 of the elastomeric element 25 presents, in the proximity of the section 27 , a recess 36 (whose function will be explained below), which splits the external circumferential surface 30 itself into an accommodation seat 34 of the collar 31 , and an elongated portion 35 extending towards the section 28 and adapted to couple with the supporting element 26 .
  • the supporting element 26 comprises a portion 42 extending transversally to the axis B and adapted to receive an action with component parallel to the axis B to facilitate the assembly of the gasket 18 on the valve 12 , and a portion 41 elongated towards the axis B starting from the portion 42 and in turn comprising a segment 45 having increasing radial 20 dimensions towards the portion 42 itself so as to reduce the volume of the elastomeric element 25 .
  • the portion 41 is adapted to cooperate with the segment 35 of the elastomeric element 25 , and comprises a segment 43 and a segment 44 , having a radial dimension higher than that of the segment 43 , which define opposite axial ends of the portion 41 itself.
  • the segments 43 and 44 present cylindrical conformation and are both connected to the segment 45 , which presents conical conformation.
  • segment 43 and the segment 44 present higher extensions than the segment 45 in the direction of the axis B.
  • segment 43 presents a free axial end 46 bent back towards the axis B so as to axially withhold the elastomeric element 25 .
  • the portion 42 has a discoid shape, and comprises a fraction 50 accommodated inside the recess 36 to fasten the supporting element 26 to the elastomeric element 25 ; the portion 42 also comprising a fraction 51 , radially more external with respect to the fraction 50 , adapted to cooperate axially with the elastomeric element 25 on the side of the section 28 and to remain free, on the axially opposite part, to allow the application of the action directed along the axis B in assembly conditions.
  • the gasket 18 permits to obtain a two-fold advantage: the amount of elastomeric material required is lower inasmuch the segment 45 presents 25 decreasing radial dimensions towards the portion 42 , and the assembly of the gasket 18 itself on the valve 12 is facilitated inasmuch as it is possible to apply an action directed parallelly to the axis B on the fraction 51 , once the supporting element 26 is fitted onto the elastomeric element 25 .
  • gasket 18 allows to contain the elastomeric element 25 in the correct assembly position because the end 46 is bent back towards the axis B.
  • gasket 18 could be used, in an entirely similar way, on the feeding unit suction valves.
  • portion 42 of the supporting element 26 might also be entirely free from one or both the axial segments 43 and 44 and therefore have, in the latter case, an entirely tapered pattern with respect to the axis B.

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