EP0525284B1 - Dispositif hydraulique de rattrapage de jeu aux soupapes pour moteur à combustion interne - Google Patents

Dispositif hydraulique de rattrapage de jeu aux soupapes pour moteur à combustion interne Download PDF

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EP0525284B1
EP0525284B1 EP92103236A EP92103236A EP0525284B1 EP 0525284 B1 EP0525284 B1 EP 0525284B1 EP 92103236 A EP92103236 A EP 92103236A EP 92103236 A EP92103236 A EP 92103236A EP 0525284 B1 EP0525284 B1 EP 0525284B1
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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
    • F01L1/20—Adjusting or compensating clearance
    • F01L1/22—Adjusting or compensating clearance automatically, e.g. mechanically
    • F01L1/24—Adjusting or compensating clearance automatically, e.g. mechanically by fluid means, e.g. hydraulically
    • F01L1/245—Hydraulic tappets
    • F01L1/25—Hydraulic tappets between cam and valve stem

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  • the invention relates to a hydraulic valve lash adjuster for an internal combustion engine, in which a lash adjuster in a cylindrical guide can be moved up and down in the axial direction, comprising a first and a second hollow cylinder, which are sealed against one another and axially elastically supported on one another by a compression spring and by one essentially cup-shaped housing with a flat bottom and with at least one circumferentially arranged lubricant passage opening are concentrically enclosed, the first hollow cylinder and the lubricant passage opening being connected in a liquid-conducting manner, and wherein the lubricant passage opening on the side facing the hollow cylinders is assigned a first check valve that the lubricant passage through the opening releases in the direction of the first hollow cylinder and blocks the backflow from the first hollow cylinder through the opening.
  • valve lash adjuster is known from DE-OS 31 50 083.
  • a flexible rubber seal then forms a first check valve for sealing the reservoir for a hydraulic pressure medium.
  • the valve tappet contains the amount of pressure medium required for correct operation because the return flow of the pressure medium from the tank is blocked by the flexible rubber check valve. It should be noted, however, that the valve tappet is supplied with a lubricant from the lubricant circuit through a feed hole Internal combustion engine is filled. Such a configuration requires a high production outlay due to the bores arranged in the cylinder head and is therefore unsatisfactory in economic terms.
  • the invention has for its object to further develop a device of the type mentioned in such a way that the first hollow cylinder is always filled with pressure medium, even if the valves are kept in the open position when the internal combustion engine is at a long standstill, and that no oil supply holes specially provided for this purpose are used to fill the play compensation element is provided in the cylinder head.
  • the housing has an outer diameter in at least one partial area, which is reduced in size from the opening area to the bottom, the partial area of the housing and the guide delimiting a wedge-shaped gap in the axial direction, which in the Level of the floor is open.
  • the oil used for filling is spray oil that is present in the cylinder head for the lubrication of the camshaft, cam and tappet anyway.
  • the valve When the upward stroke has ended, the valve is in the closed position and the two hollow cylinders have the greatest possible distance from one another in the axial direction, due to the compression spring.
  • the lash adjuster To open the valve, the lash adjuster is moved downwards by a cam. Both the second check valve, which separates the second hollow cylinder from the first hollow cylinder, and the first check valve, which blocks the backflow from the first hollow cylinder through the opening in the direction of the cylinder head, are closed.
  • an almost rigid connection between the camshaft and valve is established in the axial direction, and on the other hand, causes at least the first hollow cylinder to be completely filled with oil in every operating state of the engine, even after a long standstill.
  • the main advantage is the fact that the difficult to manufacture feed holes in the cylinder head, which were previously required to supply the lash adjuster with lubricant, are avoided.
  • the configuration according to the invention is particularly advantageous in economic terms.
  • the housing can have a uniformly reduced outer diameter along a circumferential line in all partial areas.
  • This form of housing can be produced in a particularly simple manner, which gives advantages in terms of economy.
  • the housing has at least one segment-like wedge-shaped section on the circumference, the boundaries of which have the same outer diameter as the housing in the region of the cylindrical guide.
  • the advantage here is that the guide surface of the housing can be supported on a cylinder head over its entire axial extent in a guide bush. The Wear of the guide surface of the housing, caused by the tilting moments when the housing is moved in the axial direction, is thereby reduced comparatively.
  • four segment-like wedge-shaped sections are arranged along the circumference at right angles to one another.
  • the outer diameter can be continuously merging or reduced in steps.
  • the shape of the housing in this area can be particularly well adapted to the particular circumstances of the application. Some of the relevant parameters, on which the gap size between the housing and the guide depends, are formed by the first check valve, the size of the lubricant passage opening and the geometric dimensions of the hollow cylinder.
  • a partition is defined on the inside in the housing, which delimits an annular channel with the bottom, and that the channel is connected to the first hollow cylinder in a liquid-conducting manner.
  • the partition wall which fixes the first check valve, which consists for example of an elastically resilient material, in the radial direction in the region of the lubricant passage opening of the housing, ensures good performance characteristics with compact dimensions of the play compensation element.
  • the partition wall is touched on the side facing away from the bottom in the axial direction by the end face of the first hollow cylinder facing the channel and only by the second hollow cylinder with the greatest possible deflection.
  • the end face of the first hollow cylinder and / or the counter surface of the partition can be a pressure limitation in the first hollow cylinder Have a roughness depth of at least 1 ⁇ m. If a certain pressure in the first hollow cylinder is exceeded, the amount of liquid contained therein can escape in the form of a leak between the first hollow cylinder and the partition. Another leak that occurs during the intended use of the valve lash adjuster arises between the outer peripheral surface of the first hollow cylinder and the inner surface of the second hollow cylinder.
  • the second hollow cylinder can be captively, but axially displaceably arranged in the housing during use as intended.
  • the fastening element ensures simple assembly of the play compensation element in the valve train of an internal combustion engine.
  • the fastening element can, for example, be arranged in a groove along the inner circumferential surface of the housing and, in addition to the second hollow cylinder, can also fix the partition wall with the first check valve arranged therein in its radial direction.
  • this can be provided with recesses in the direction of the combustion chamber.
  • the partition and the fastening element can be formed in one piece and consist of polymeric material. This is advantageous both in terms of a further simplified assembly and in terms of the smallest possible mass of the play compensation element to be accelerated.
  • the fastening element can consist of a material with a particularly low coefficient of friction or can be provided with a surface coating which ensures low friction between the parts moving relative to one another.
  • a valve lash adjuster of the type according to the invention can be used in cylinder heads of internal combustion engines which do not have separate lines for filling the lash adjuster.
  • Fig. 1 two load conditions of the hydraulic valve lash adjuster are shown.
  • the second hollow cylinder 4 delimits the smallest volume of the high-pressure space and, with its end face open in the axial direction, lies against the partition 8.
  • the high-pressure space which is essentially delimited by the second hollow cylinder 4
  • the second hollow cylinder 4 bears in the axial direction with a projection on a stop surface of the fastening element 10.
  • the load state shown in the left part occurs, for example, when the lash adjuster 1 is arranged for a long time with the internal combustion engine switched off under axial load between a cam (not shown here) and an open valve.
  • a load state of the lash adjuster 1 is shown as it results during the operation of the internal combustion engine. Without external loads, i.e. at the top dead center of the game compensation element 1, the compression spring 5 moves the first 3 and second hollow cylinders 4 away from one another until the second hollow cylinder 4, which is relatively movable, comes to bear against the fastening element 10.
  • lubricant which is in the first hollow cylinder and in the channel 9 connected to it in a liquid-conducting manner can flow into the high-pressure chamber via the second check valve 13 and thus fill up with liquid volume displaced by leakage.
  • the play compensation element 1 is filled via a gap 12 which is formed by the housing 6 and the cylindrical guide 2. It is provided that the housing 6 has an outer diameter which is reduced in the area of the opening 6.2 starting in the direction of the bottom 6.1.
  • the function is as follows:
  • the starting point of the functional sequence is the position in which the valve of the internal combustion engine is fully open, ie the cam has brought the entire play compensation element 1 to its bottom dead center.
  • this oil is pressed into the wedge-shaped gap 12 and moved over the lubricant passage openings 6.2 past the first check valve 7 into the channel 9 and the first hollow cylinder 3.
  • the upward movement of the play compensation element 1 comes to a standstill at the top dead center. In this case, the valve of the internal combustion engine is closed.
  • the cam then moves the entire play compensation element 1 downward again to open the valve.
  • the first check valve 7 prevents the oil from flowing back out of the first hollow cylinder 3 and the channel 9 back through the lubricant passage opening 6.2 into the wedge-shaped gap 12.
  • the losses due to leakage in the high-pressure chamber are caused by a subsequent flow of the lubricant the first hollow cylinder 3 and the channel 9 equalized, so that a largely rigid connection between the cam and valve is formed.
  • the first check valve 7 prevents the first hollow cylinder 3 and the channel 9 from running empty with increasing time. This ensures that there is always sufficient oil in the channel 9 and in the first hollow cylinder 3 to supply the high-pressure space within the second hollow cylinder 4.
  • a hydraulic valve lash adjuster is shown, which is very similar to that in Fig. 1. It differs primarily in that the partition 8 and the fastening element 10 are formed in one piece and consist of polymeric material. The mode of operation is similar to that described above.
  • a valve lash adjuster is shown in perspective, in which the reduction of the outer diameter in the direction of the bottom 6.1 of the housing 6 is carried out only in segments.
  • the segment-like sections 12.1 have such an outer diameter in the area of their boundaries that there is a continuously constant outer diameter in the axial direction of the housing between the wedge-shaped sections 12.1.
  • the risk of tilting in a cylinder head (not shown here) during axial movement is significantly reduced by the comparatively large expansion of the housing 6 in the axial direction.
  • the main advantage of the invention can be seen in the oil supply, which takes place automatically during the upward movement of the play compensation element 1 by the pressure arising in the gap 12. This results in a significant simplification in the design and manufacture of the cylinder heads and cylinder blocks of the internal combustion engine.

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  1. Dispositif hydraulique de rattrapage de jeu aux soupapes pour moteur à combustion interne, dans lequel un élément (1) de rattrapage de jeu, mobile, peut monter et descendre, dans le sens axial, dans une glissière de guidage (2) cylindrique, dispositif comprenant un premier (3) et un deuxième (4) cylindre creux, lesquels sont étanches l'un par rapport à l'autre et sont en appui élastique l'un sur l'autre axialement par l'intermédiaire d'un ressort de pression (5), et qui sont entourés de manière concentrique par un carter (6) sensiblement en forme de tasse, pourvu d'un fond (6.1) plat et d'au moins une ouverture (6.2) pour le passage d'un lubrifiant, située sur sa circonférence, le premier cylindre creux (3) et l'ouverture (6.2) pour le passage d'un lubrifiant étant en communication fluide et une première soupape anti-retour (7) étant adjointe, sur le côté tourné vers les cylindres creux (3, 4), à l'ouverture (6.2) pour le passage d'un lubrifiant laquelle soupape libère le passage du lubrifiant par l'ouverture (6.2) en direction du premier cylindre creux (3) et empêche le refluement du lubrifiant hors du premier cylindre creux (3) à travers l'ouverture (6.2), dispositif caractérisé en ce que le carter (6) est pourvu, au moins dans une partie, d'un diamètre extérieur qui est réduit à partir de la région de l'ouverture (6.2) jusqu'au fond (6.1), cette partie du carter (6) et la glissière de guidage (2) définissant une fente (12) en forme de coin dans le sens axial, qui est ouverte au niveau du fond (6.1).
  2. Dispositif de rattrapage de jeu aux soupapes selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le carter (6) peut avoir, dans toutes ses parties, un diamètre extérieur réduit de manière uniforme le long d'une ligne périphérique.
  3. Dispositif de rattrapage de jeu aux soupapes selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le carter (6) présente, sur sa circonférence, au moins une partie (12.1) constituée par un segment en forme de coin, dont les délimitations ont le même diamètre extérieur que le carter (6) dans la région de la glissière cylindrique de guidage.
  4. Dispositif de rattrapage de jeu aux soupapes selon les revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le diamètre extérieur est réduit de manière progressive et continue.
  5. Dispositif de rattrapage de jeu aux soupapes selon les revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le diamètre extérieur est réduit par degrés.
  6. Dispositif de rattrapage de jeu aux soupapes selon les revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce qu'une paroi de séparation (8) est fixée à l'intérieur du carter (6), laquelle délimite avec le fond (6.1) un canal (9) annulaire qui est en communication fluide avec le premier cylindre creux (3).
  7. Dispositif de rattrapage de jeu aux soupapes selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que la paroi de séparation (8), adjacente à la face frontale du premier cylindre creux (3) dirigée vers le canal (9), est en contact avec celle-ci sur sa face éloignée du fond (6.1) dans le sens axial, et elle n'est en contact avec le deuxième cylindre creux (4) que lorsque le ressort est compressé au maximum.
  8. Dispositif de rattrapage de jeu aux soupapes selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que la face frontale du premier cylindre creux (3) et/ou la contre-surface de la paroi de séparation (8) peu(ven)t avoir une profondeur d'aspérité d'au moins 1 µm.
  9. Dispositif de rattrapage de jeu aux soupapes selon les revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que le deuxième cylindre creux (4) peut, pendant l'utilisation conforme aux prescriptions, être fixé dans le carter (6), de manière imperdable mais translatable dans le sens axial, au moyen d'un élément de fixation (10).
  10. Dispositif de rattrapage de jeu aux soupapes selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de fixation (10) peut être pourvu d'au moins un creux (11) en direction de la chambre de combustion.
  11. Dispositif de rattrapage de jeu aux soupapes selon les revendications 6 à 10, caractérisé en ce que la paroi de séparation (8) et l'élément de fixation (10) sont réalisés d'une seule pièce.
  12. Dispositif de rattrapage de jeu aux soupapes selon les revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé en ce qu'il peut être utilisé dans une culasse de cylindre n'ayant pas de conduite séparée pour le remplissage de l'élément (1) de rattrapage de jeu.
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