EP0527683A1 - Einlasssystem für Brennkraftmaschinen - Google Patents

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EP0527683A1
EP0527683A1 EP92402271A EP92402271A EP0527683A1 EP 0527683 A1 EP0527683 A1 EP 0527683A1 EP 92402271 A EP92402271 A EP 92402271A EP 92402271 A EP92402271 A EP 92402271A EP 0527683 A1 EP0527683 A1 EP 0527683A1
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intake circuit
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Robert Pillon
Pierre-Alain Weite
Laurent Polac
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Regie Nationale des Usines Renault
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • F02M35/10124—Ducts with special cross-sections, e.g. non-circular cross-section
    • 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
    • F02M35/10137—Flexible ducts, e.g. bellows or hoses
    • 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
    • F02M35/10242—Devices or means connected to or integrated into air intakes; Air intakes combined with other engine or vehicle parts
    • F02M35/10301—Flexible, resilient, pivotally or movable parts; Membranes
    • 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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  • the present invention relates to an air intake or gas mixture circuit for internal combustion engines, in particular for motor vehicles.
  • an internal combustion engine comprises several combustion chambers each provided with at least one inlet orifice periodically closed by a valve.
  • the combustion air intake circuit supplying the combustion chambers mainly comprises a conduit connecting an inlet mouth to an intake manifold which comprises a distributor or plenum and several arms which respectively conduct part of the gas mass towards said orifice of each of the combustion chambers.
  • the dimensions of the collector, length of the conduits and volume of the plenum, are directly related to the performance of the engine. This results in a part of large size and / or mass, placed in overhang and rigidly connected to the cylinder head for sealing reasons.
  • the intake circuit Due to its function and its location, the intake circuit is the seat of important vibrations. In fact, the excitations of the engine block, combustion noises or distribution shocks, are directly reflected along the intake circuit. Furthermore the circuit is subjected to pulsations of air flow to the valves which propagate along the intake manifold at the speed of sound, to reach the air intake and thus create "mouth noise”. Finally inside the intake circuit, the air stream is the seat of pressure pulsations which vibrate at their frequencies the walls of the ducts.
  • a first solution consists in reinforcing the rigidity of the intake circuit and of the manifold in particular, by ribbing or bending, so as to push the resonant frequencies beyond the operating range of the engine. If it is then possible to get rid of low frequency modes, it is however not possible to have an intake circuit of sufficient rigidity to avoid high frequency vibrations, generating audible noise.
  • a second solution consists in inserting a flexible connection in the intake circuit so as to effect decoupling.
  • the publication Fr 2.315.012 describes in particular a device for flexible mounting of the intake manifold on an internal combustion engine, characterized in that the manifold is sandwiched between at least two thicknesses of elastomer, one between the manifold and the cylinder head, the other between the manifold and each fixing screw, so as to avoid any direct metallic contact between the intake manifold and the cylinder head.
  • Another possibility of decoupling consists in dividing the collector into two parts at the level of the conduits, the first part is rigidly fixed on the cylinder head and the connection with the second part is made for each conduit thanks to a cylindrical sleeve made of deformable material. The decoupling generated by this device turns out to be more or less good depending on the direction of the stresses, the stiffness of the sleeves being very different in shear, bending or even traction.
  • the object of the present invention is to produce an intake circuit which avoids the aforementioned drawbacks, and ensures quieter operation for the engine.
  • the intake circuit for an internal combustion engine comprises a manifold formed by a distributor and a plurality of arms each intended to supply one of the engine cylinders, each arm being formed by two elements of ducts respectively fixed to the plenum and to the cylinder head of the engine.
  • the intake circuit is characterized in that the opposite ends of the duct elements of each of the arms are integral with lateral assembly flanges and in that a flexible seal is interposed between said flanges, said seal acting as a filter to prevent the propagation of vibrations from the engine to the manifold.
  • said flexible seal is formed of a body, made of flexible materials capable of damping vibrations such as elastomer, said body having a passage in accordance with the orifices of the duct elements including it provides the junction.
  • said body is provided with fixing screws projecting from each of the bearing faces, each of these screws being able to be inserted in a bore carried by the opposite assembly flange.
  • said body comprising, in the vicinity of its bearing faces, metal reinforcements.
  • said screws are fixed to said reinforcements.
  • said frames have bosses at the level of the screws which are flush with the bearing faces of said body.
  • said body has at the outlet of the passage) extra thicknesses or lips intended to ensure sealing during the tightening of said body between the flanges.
  • the section of said passages evolves along the thickness of said body.
  • a single seal is interposed between the duct elements of the set of arms, said seal then being formed by a one-piece body having as many passages as there are arms.
  • all of the various duct elements fixed to the plenum are integral with the same lateral assembly flange.
  • all of the various duct elements fixed to the cylinder head of the engine are integral with the same lateral assembly flange.
  • FIG. 1 the intake circuit of an internal combustion engine 1, consisting of a four-cylinder engine, diesel or spark ignition.
  • Each of the four combustion chambers has an inlet adapted to be closed by a valve.
  • the intake circuit connects an air inlet mouth, not shown, to the intake orifice of each of the chambers, and is made up for this purpose in particular of a manifold comprising a distributor or plenum 2 extended by four separate arms 3 each supplying one of the cylinders.
  • Each arm 3 is formed by two conduit elements 3a and 3b respectively fixed to the plenum 2 and to the cylinder head of the engine block 1.
  • the opposite ends of the conduit elements 3a and 3b are assembled with the interposition of a flexible joint 4 acting as a filter to prevent the propagation of vibrations from the motor to the collector.
  • the opposite ends of the duct elements 3a and 3b are integral with lateral flat assembly flanges 31a and 31b respectively. Between the two substantially rectangular flat flanges 31a and 31b is interposed the flexible seal 4.
  • the flexible seal mainly consists of a one-piece plate or body 41 of shape substantially identical to the flat flanges 31a and 31b.
  • the body 41 has four passages 42 aligned along the longitudinal axis, these passages 42 being arranged in accordance with the orifices 32a and 32b of the duct elements 3a and 3b forming the arms 3 of the manifold.
  • the body 41 is provided with fixing screws 45 projecting from the two bearing faces 4a and 4b.
  • the assembly flanges 31a and 31b have holes, respectively 35a and 35b, for the passage of the screws 45. The clamping of the flanges is then carried out by means of the nuts 25.
  • Figure 3 specifies the embodiment of the seal 4.
  • the body 41 is made of molded elastomer, or bonded, on two separate plates of stamped sheet steel, 43a and 43b, each extending in the vicinity of a side face support, respectively 4a and 4b.
  • the plates 43a, 43b also ensure the anchoring of the fixing screws 45, to do this each screw is inserted into a calibrated orifice carried by the receiving plate, the threaded end projecting outwards, until the screw heads be in contact with the plates, the screw heads are then welded to the latter.
  • the air passages 42 formed through the body 41, have an inlet and outlet section perfectly suited to the upstream 3a and downstream 3b conduits, of which they provide the junction.
  • the illustrated rectangular section can thus also be circular or elliptical, it is also possible to vary the section in the very thickness of the plate 41, for example to form a convergent.
  • the body 41 has, at the outlet of each orifice 42, an additional thickness or lip 44 intended to ensure sealing during tightening. These sealing lips 44 make it possible to reduce the requirements of flatness and surface condition of the flat flanges 31a and 31b integral with the duct elements.
  • the presence of the reinforcements 43 inside the plate 41 reinforces the rigidity and the flatness of the bearing surfaces, which makes it possible to use only a limited number of fixing screws.
  • the plates have bosses 47, obtained by stamping, which are flush with the bearing faces. The function of these bosses 47 is to control the tightening torque and to prevent any risk of loosening by creep of the elastomer; moreover thanks to these bosses, only the sealing lips 44 are crushed during the assembly of the flanges, the body 41 of the joint not being deformed.
  • the flexible seal integral with one of the two flat flanges of the manifold, on which it is glued or molded.
  • the flexible plate then comprises only a single sheet metal frame embedded in the elastomer in the vicinity of the single free surface.

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  • Cylinder Crankcases Of Internal Combustion Engines (AREA)
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EP19920402271 1991-08-13 1992-08-12 Einlasssystem für Brennkraftmaschinen Expired - Lifetime EP0527683B1 (de)

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FR9110267 1991-08-13
FR9110267A FR2680388B1 (fr) 1991-08-13 1991-08-13 Circuit d'admission pour moteur a combustion interne.

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EP1195513A3 (de) * 1998-06-24 2002-05-15 Siemens Canada Limited Gehäusesystem für eine Saugrohranlage
WO2005031133A1 (de) * 2003-10-02 2005-04-07 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Luftansaugmodul für eine brennkraftmaschine mit impulsaufladung
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