EP0312162B1 - Two-stroke internal combustion engine - Google Patents
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- EP0312162B1 EP0312162B1 EP19880202227 EP88202227A EP0312162B1 EP 0312162 B1 EP0312162 B1 EP 0312162B1 EP 19880202227 EP19880202227 EP 19880202227 EP 88202227 A EP88202227 A EP 88202227A EP 0312162 B1 EP0312162 B1 EP 0312162B1
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- 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
- F02F3/00—Pistons
- F02F3/24—Pistons having means for guiding gases in cylinders, e.g. for guiding scavenging charge in two-stroke engines
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- 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
- F02F1/18—Other cylinders
- F02F1/22—Other cylinders characterised by having ports in cylinder wall for scavenging or charging
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- 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
- F02F3/00—Pistons
- F02F3/16—Pistons having cooling means
- F02F3/20—Pistons having cooling means the means being a fluid flowing through or along piston
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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
- F02B75/02—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
- F02B2075/025—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke having less than six strokes per cycle two
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- the present invention relates to pistons and particularly to pistons for two-stroke engines.
- FR-A-545 665 shows an aperture cut into the conventional skirt wall of a piston for a two stroke engine.
- GB-A-308506 is directed to a cooling arrangement for a piston for a two-stroke engine, the piston having a full skirt except for an aperture formed therein for the cooling arrangement.
- WO-A-8601858 shows each thrust face of a piston for a four-stroke diesel engine comprising two axially spaced lands, the piston being symmetrical in relation to the skirt. Each land is supported by struts extending from the gudgeon pin bosses.
- DE-A-3523438 describes a piston for a four-stroke engine having a small skirt portion depending from the lower end of the piston ring groove band and, on the opposite side, a skirt position, spaced apart from the crown and of much greater circumferential extent. The proportions of this piston preclude it from application in two-stroke engines.
- a piston for a two-stroke internal combustion engine having an exhaust port and at least one transfer port in a cylinder
- the piston having a crown member and a skirt
- the skirt comprising an axially extending, uninterrupted, circumferentially-limited skirt portion depending from the crown member and a skirt land portion which is circumferentially spaced apart from the uninterrupted skirt portion, is axially spaced apart from the crown member and is supported on struts extending from gudgeon pin bosses characterised in that in use the axially extending, uninterrupted skirt portion traverses the exhaust port of the cooperating cylinder to maintain that exhaust port closed during the induction compression stroke of the piston and the skirt land portion traverses the at least one transfer port of the cooperating cylinder.
- the spaced-apart skirt portion may allow charge circulation around all the transfer ports, if the engine has more than one, or around only a proportion of the transfer ports.
- the spaced-apart skirt portion may be formed by forming an aperture in the skirt of a conventional full skirted piston.
- the spaced-apart skirt portion comprises a skirt land supported on struts depending from the gudgeon pin bosses. This has been found to provide a stronger piston than that produced by opening up of a conventional full-skirted piston.
- Pistons according to the present invention may also be lighter and have lower friction in operation.
- the uninterrupted skirt portion may depend from the crown and may be additionally supported by the gudgeon pin bosses from ribs or webs etc. extending therebetween.
- a further advantage conferred by a piston according to the invention is that increased turbulence in the fresh charge may enhance mixing of the fuel, oil and air components producing enhanced combustion.
- Figures 1 and 2 show a piston.
- the piston comprises a crown member 11 having one or more piston ring grooves and piston rings 12. Gudgeon-pin bosses 13 depend generally from the crown member 11. Depending from the bosses 13 is a skirt land 14 supported by strut members 15 therebetween. On the opposite side of the piston the skirt is an axially extending, uninterrupted portion 16 depending from the crown 11 and further supported by the gudgeon pin bosses 13.
- the piston is connected to a crankshaft 17 by a connecting rod 18 (shown in part).
- Axially extending between the skirt land 14 and the crown member is a clear space 20 which in radial extent encompasses the cylinder transfer parts as will be shown below.
- Figures 3, 4 and 5 show the piston 10 in a cylinder 22 having transfer passages 23 with ports 24 opening into the cylinder volume 25 and an exhaust port and passage 26.
- the incoming charge 28 of fuel, air and oil enters the engine crankcase region 29 from a suitable carburettor (not shown) and porting 30.
- the charge 28 is drawn into the crankcase 29 and due to the piston clear space 20 is able to circulate within the crankcase 29, the transfer passages 23 and in the space below the crown 11.
- Arrows and curved lines 32 indicate circulation of charge.
- the effect of charge circulation under the crown 11 is to improve cooling of the crown and lubrication of the small-end bearing. Enhanced turbulence may also improve mixing of the charge constituents.
- the skirt portion 16 maintains the exhaust port 26 closed to the crankcase whilst the piston is on the induction and compression stroke.
- the piston behaves in the normal manner of a two-stroke engine to compress the fuel charge in the crankcase 29 and expel it into the combustion volume via the ports 24 as they are uncovered by the piston. Firing and exhaust functions are as in a conventional two-stroke engine.
- the piston shown in Figure 6 has the gudgeon pin bosses 13 depending from the crown 11 and the skirt portion 16 is largely self-supporting.
- the piston above has a clear space 20 which allows charge circulation through all the transfer ports on the induction stroke, the clear space in other pistons may only extend to uncover part of the total transfer port area.
- the engine inlet porting could be by reed valve, disc valve or piston controlled induction, for example.
- the piston of the present invention may be used with fuel injection, only air being admitted via the induction and transfer porting.
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Description
- The present invention relates to pistons and particularly to pistons for two-stroke engines.
- Particular problems associated with pistons in two-stroke engines are those of achieving adequate cooling of the piston undercrown region and of providing adequate lubrication of the connecting-rod small-end bearing.
- With a piston having a conventional skirt the gas charge in the internal cavity tends to stagnate without circulation.
- FR-A-545 665 shows an aperture cut into the conventional skirt wall of a piston for a two stroke engine.
- US-A-2066 613 and FR-A-1489 476, each discloses a piston symmetrical in relation to the skirt, with two diametrically opposite sections being supported by struts extending from the gudgeon pin bosses.
- GB-A-308506 is directed to a cooling arrangement for a piston for a two-stroke engine, the piston having a full skirt except for an aperture formed therein for the cooling arrangement.
- WO-A-8601858 shows each thrust face of a piston for a four-stroke diesel engine comprising two axially spaced lands, the piston being symmetrical in relation to the skirt. Each land is supported by struts extending from the gudgeon pin bosses.
- DE-A-3523438 describes a piston for a four-stroke engine having a small skirt portion depending from the lower end of the piston ring groove band and, on the opposite side, a skirt position, spaced apart from the crown and of much greater circumferential extent. The proportions of this piston preclude it from application in two-stroke engines.
- It is an objective of the present invention to provide a piston having enhanced undercrown cooling and small-end lubrication due to improved circulation of the incoming fresh mixture charge.
- According to the present invention there is provided a piston for a two-stroke internal combustion engine having an exhaust port and at least one transfer port in a cylinder, the piston having a crown member and a skirt, the skirt comprising an axially extending, uninterrupted, circumferentially-limited skirt portion depending from the crown member and a skirt land portion which is circumferentially spaced apart from the uninterrupted skirt portion, is axially spaced apart from the crown member and is supported on struts extending from gudgeon pin bosses characterised in that in use the axially extending, uninterrupted skirt portion traverses the exhaust port of the cooperating cylinder to maintain that exhaust port closed during the induction compression stroke of the piston and the skirt land portion traverses the at least one transfer port of the cooperating cylinder.
- By having at least part of the skirt on the transfer side of the piston axially spaced apart from the crown it allows circulation of fresh incoming charge around the crown underside and also brings oil-bearing charge into proximity with the small-end. In some engines which currently employ a needle roller bearing small-end this may allow the use of a plain bearing.
- If it is desired the spaced-apart skirt portion may allow charge circulation around all the transfer ports, if the engine has more than one, or around only a proportion of the transfer ports.
- The spaced-apart skirt portion may be formed by forming an aperture in the skirt of a conventional full skirted piston. In a preferred embodiment, however, the spaced-apart skirt portion comprises a skirt land supported on struts depending from the gudgeon pin bosses. This has been found to provide a stronger piston than that produced by opening up of a conventional full-skirted piston.
- Pistons according to the present invention may also be lighter and have lower friction in operation.
- The uninterrupted skirt portion may depend from the crown and may be additionally supported by the gudgeon pin bosses from ribs or webs etc. extending therebetween.
- A further advantage conferred by a piston according to the invention is that increased turbulence in the fresh charge may enhance mixing of the fuel, oil and air components producing enhanced combustion.
- In order that the present invention may be more fully understood an example will now be described by way of illustration only with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:
- Figure 1 shows a view in elevation of a piston according to the present invention parallel to the gudgeon pin axis;
- Figure 2 shows the piston of Figure 1 turned through 90° and viewed from direction A;
- Figure 3 shows a schematic view of the piston of Figures 1 and 2 in a two-stroke engine cylinder;
- Figure 4 shows a schematic perspective line drawing of a two-stroke engine on the induction/compression stroke;
- Figure 5 shows the engine of Figure 4 on the firing/exhaust stroke; and
- Figure 6 which shows an alternative piston to that shown in Figure 1.
- Referring now to the drawings and where the same or similar features are denoted by common reference numerals.
- Figures 1 and 2 show a piston. The piston comprises a
crown member 11 having one or more piston ring grooves andpiston rings 12. Gudgeon-pin bosses 13 depend generally from thecrown member 11. Depending from thebosses 13 is askirt land 14 supported bystrut members 15 therebetween. On the opposite side of the piston the skirt is an axially extending,uninterrupted portion 16 depending from thecrown 11 and further supported by thegudgeon pin bosses 13. The piston is connected to a crankshaft 17 by a connecting rod 18 (shown in part). Axially extending between theskirt land 14 and the crown member is aclear space 20 which in radial extent encompasses the cylinder transfer parts as will be shown below. - Figures 3, 4 and 5 show the
piston 10 in acylinder 22 havingtransfer passages 23 withports 24 opening into thecylinder volume 25 and an exhaust port andpassage 26. Theincoming charge 28 of fuel, air and oil enters theengine crankcase region 29 from a suitable carburettor (not shown) and porting 30. On the induction and compression stroke of the piston (Figures 3 and 4) thecharge 28 is drawn into thecrankcase 29 and due to the pistonclear space 20 is able to circulate within thecrankcase 29, thetransfer passages 23 and in the space below thecrown 11. Arrows andcurved lines 32 indicate circulation of charge. The effect of charge circulation under thecrown 11 is to improve cooling of the crown and lubrication of the small-end bearing. Enhanced turbulence may also improve mixing of the charge constituents. Theskirt portion 16 maintains theexhaust port 26 closed to the crankcase whilst the piston is on the induction and compression stroke. On the firing and exhaust stroke (Figure 5) the piston behaves in the normal manner of a two-stroke engine to compress the fuel charge in thecrankcase 29 and expel it into the combustion volume via theports 24 as they are uncovered by the piston. Firing and exhaust functions are as in a conventional two-stroke engine. - The piston shown in Figure 6 has the
gudgeon pin bosses 13 depending from thecrown 11 and theskirt portion 16 is largely self-supporting. - Although the piston above has a
clear space 20 which allows charge circulation through all the transfer ports on the induction stroke, the clear space in other pistons may only extend to uncover part of the total transfer port area. - The engine inlet porting could be by reed valve, disc valve or piston controlled induction, for example. Furthermore, the piston of the present invention may be used with fuel injection, only air being admitted via the induction and transfer porting.
Claims (3)
- A two-stroke internal combustion engine, the engine having an exhaust port (26) and at least one transfer port (24) in a cylinder (22), a piston having a crown member (11) and a skirt, the skirt comprising an axially extending, uninterrupted, circumferentially-limited skirt portion (16) depending from the crown member and a skirt land portion (14) which is circumferentially spaced apart from the uninterrupted skirt portion, is axially spaced apart (20) from the crown member and is supported on struts (15) extending from gudgeon pin bosses (13) characterised in that the axially extending, uninterrupted skirt portion (16) traverses the exhaust port (26) of the cooperating cylinder (22) to maintain that exhaust port closed during the induction and compression stroke of the piston and the skirt land portion (14) traverses the at least one transfer port (24) of the cooperating cylinder (22).
- A two-stroke engine according to claim 1 characterised in that the circumferential extent of the axially extending, uninterrupted skirt portion (16) of the piston (10) is similar or greater than the circumferential extent of the axially spaced-apart skirt land portion (14).
- A two-stroke engine according to either claim 1 or claim 2 characterised in that the axially extending, uninterrupted skirt portion (16) of the piston (10) is additionally supported by ribs or webs from the gudgeon pin bosses (13).
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Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB878724026A GB8724026D0 (en) | 1987-10-13 | 1987-10-13 | Pistons |
GB8724026 | 1987-10-13 |
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EP0312162A2 EP0312162A2 (en) | 1989-04-19 |
EP0312162A3 EP0312162A3 (en) | 1989-08-30 |
EP0312162B1 true EP0312162B1 (en) | 1992-04-01 |
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EP19880202227 Expired EP0312162B1 (en) | 1987-10-13 | 1988-10-06 | Two-stroke internal combustion engine |
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GB (2) | GB8724026D0 (en) |
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DE19538407A1 (en) * | 1995-10-16 | 1997-04-17 | Mahle Gmbh | Cast alloy pistons for a 2-stroke engine |
SE517923C2 (en) * | 1997-12-30 | 2002-08-06 | Volvo Car Corp | Internal combustion engine |
DE10312092B4 (en) * | 2002-05-24 | 2013-10-10 | Andreas Stihl Ag & Co. Kg | Two-stroke engine |
JP2013503300A (en) * | 2009-08-27 | 2013-01-31 | フェデラル−モーグル コーポレイション | Monoblock piston with low friction skirt |
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FR545665A (en) * | 1922-01-06 | 1922-10-18 | Piston for two-stroke internal combustion engines | |
GB308506A (en) * | 1928-05-02 | 1929-03-28 | Butterfields Ltd | Improvements in the manufacture of pistons |
FR1489476A (en) * | 1966-08-12 | 1967-07-21 | Trw Inc | Quiet running wavy skirt motor piston |
BE758114A (en) * | 1969-10-29 | 1971-04-01 | Emmaboda Glasverk Ab | PREFECTIONING FOR SCREW PLIERS FOR PACKAGING GLASS SHEETS |
GB8423050D0 (en) * | 1984-09-12 | 1984-10-17 | Ae Plc | Pistons |
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- 1987-10-13 GB GB878724026A patent/GB8724026D0/en active Pending
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- 1988-10-06 DE DE8888202227T patent/DE3869725D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1988-10-06 GB GB8823517A patent/GB2210951B/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1988-10-06 EP EP19880202227 patent/EP0312162B1/en not_active Expired
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GB2210951A (en) | 1989-06-21 |
EP0312162A2 (en) | 1989-04-19 |
DE3869725D1 (en) | 1992-05-07 |
GB2210951B (en) | 1992-01-29 |
GB8823517D0 (en) | 1988-11-16 |
GB8724026D0 (en) | 1987-11-18 |
EP0312162A3 (en) | 1989-08-30 |
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