EP0535031B1 - Dispositif pour la distribution d'huile dans un arbre a cames - Google Patents

Dispositif pour la distribution d'huile dans un arbre a cames Download PDF

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EP0535031B1
EP0535031B1 EP91910773A EP91910773A EP0535031B1 EP 0535031 B1 EP0535031 B1 EP 0535031B1 EP 91910773 A EP91910773 A EP 91910773A EP 91910773 A EP91910773 A EP 91910773A EP 0535031 B1 EP0535031 B1 EP 0535031B1
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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
    • F01L1/02—Valve drive
    • F01L1/04—Valve drive by means of cams, camshafts, cam discs, eccentrics or the like
    • F01L1/047—Camshafts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01M—LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING
    • F01M11/00—Component parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01M1/00 - F01M9/00
    • F01M11/02—Arrangements of lubricant conduits
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01M—LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING
    • F01M9/00—Lubrication means having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01M1/00 - F01M7/00
    • F01M9/10—Lubrication of valve gear or auxiliaries
    • F01M9/101—Lubrication of valve gear or auxiliaries of cam surfaces
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01M—LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING
    • F01M9/00—Lubrication means having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01M1/00 - F01M7/00
    • F01M9/10—Lubrication of valve gear or auxiliaries
    • F01M9/102—Lubrication of valve gear or auxiliaries of camshaft bearings
    • 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
    • F01L1/02—Valve drive
    • F01L1/04—Valve drive by means of cams, camshafts, cam discs, eccentrics or the like
    • F01L1/047—Camshafts
    • F01L2001/0475—Hollow camshafts
    • 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
    • F01L2810/00—Arrangements solving specific problems in relation with valve gears
    • F01L2810/02—Lubrication
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/21—Elements
    • Y10T74/2101—Cams

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  • the invention relates to an internal combustion engine according to the preamble of claim 1, as known for example from FR-A-54 24 94.
  • one and the same oil flow within the oil channel, which runs centrally in an insert arranged in the camshaft, can be routed to distant lubrication points and within the cavity, which exists between the insert and the camshaft, to nearby lubrication points.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device for distributing oil in a camshaft, which makes it possible to conduct several oil flows independently of one another within the camshaft.
  • This device for distributing oil enables the targeted guidance of a first and a second oil flow within a camshaft.
  • the oil flows are completely separated from one another and can therefore have different pressures, mass flows, flow directions, etc.
  • the oil channel arranged centrally in the insert is connected to an oil circuit via a first, radially running channel and leads a first oil flow, for example from one end of the camshaft to one or more bearing points.
  • the oil channel is coaxially enclosed at least in sections by an annular cavity which is located between the coaxially enclosed annular cavity which extends between the insert and the camshaft.
  • a second oil flow is conducted in this cavity and is connected to the oil circuit via a second channel.
  • the insert has a first sealing section which axially delimits the cavity on one side and separates the oil flows from one another.
  • the device is advantageously suitable for various applications.
  • two oil flows can be fed into the oil channel or the cavity from one end of the camshaft in order to ensure the lubrication of bearing points via the first channel, while hydraulically activatable and deactivatable cams are actuated with the aid of the second channel.
  • the device can be used to actuate a hydraulically actuated phase converter.
  • the phase converter changes the relative rotational position between the intake and exhaust camshafts of an internal combustion engine by axially displacing an actuating piston in two end positions.
  • a pressure oil flow is fed through one of the channels into the camshaft, while the unpressurized oil volume displaced by the control piston is discharged via the second channel.
  • the insert is lightweight, cost-saving and tolerance-insensitive to manufacture from plastic and is pressed into the camshaft with a slight oversize. To avoid transverse vibrations of the insert in the camshaft, it is provided in the region of the cavity with ribs arranged between the oil channel and the inner surface of the camshaft, which divides the cavity into several oil grooves.
  • the first sealing section consists of several radially acting sealing elements, which effectively separate the oil flows from one another and prevent vibrations of the insert in this area.
  • a hollow, built-up camshaft 1 of an internal combustion engine, not shown, has cams 2 for actuating lift valves, also not shown, and is held in several bearing points 3.
  • an axially extending insert 4 is provided within the camshaft 1, in which a central oil passage 5 is arranged, which extends from an open end 6 of the camshaft 1 to close to the opposite end of the section E. From the end 6, the oil channel 5 is coaxially surrounded along a section H by a cavity 7 which is formed between the oil channel 5 and the inner surface 8 of the camshaft 1.
  • the insert 4 has a first sealing section 9, which consists of a plurality of axially spaced, radially acting sealing elements 10.
  • the oil channel 5 is connected via a radial first channel 15 to a first bearing 3, which is connected to an oil circuit, not shown, of the internal combustion engine.
  • the cavity 7 is connected to the sealing section 9 via a radially extending, second channel 16 with a second bearing 3a, which is also connected to the oil circuit.
  • the insert 4 has a cover 18 which closes the oil channel 5 and which together with the adjoining one Part of the insert 4 forms a second sealing section 19.
  • the sealing sections 9 and 19 are designed adjacent to the first channel 15 such that an annular gap 20 coaxially surrounding the oil channel 5 remains between them and the inner surface 8.
  • Radially protruding ribs 21 are arranged along the section H from the oil channel 5 and support the insert 4 in the region of the cavity 7 against the surface 8 and thus avoid vibrations of the insert 4 in the camshaft 1. 2, the ribs 21 subdivide the cavity 7 into axially extending oil grooves 22.
  • the first sealing section 9 and the cavity 7 are designed adjacent to the second channel 16 in such a way that between them and the inner surface 8 there is another, coaxially enclosing the oil channel 5 Annular gap 20 remains.
  • a bush 23 is pressed in oil-tightly, which receives the oil channel 5 and delimits the cavity 7 so that the oil flowing in it from a bore 24 of the camshaft 1 according to FIG Phase converter 25 arrives.
  • the sealing elements 10 of the sealing section 9 are designed in the manner of a truncated cone in accordance with FIG. 1, but can also be shaped like a bead in accordance with a second embodiment (FIG. 3) from cylindrical rings 30 or in accordance with a third embodiment (FIG. 4).
  • the sealing element 10 adjacent to the second channel 16 is cylindrical.
  • the second sealing section 19 and the part of the oil channel 5 supported in the bush 23 have circumferential sealing lips 31.
  • the insert 4 can be produced in a simple manner from a filled plastic, for example PA66 GF35, the cover 18 being applied by means of ultrasonic welding. During assembly, the complete insert 4 is pushed into the camshaft 1 in such a way that the oil channel 5 is flush with the camshaft 1 at the end 6, then the bushing 23 is pressed in.

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Abstract

Un dispositif pour la distribution d'huile dans un arbre à cames d'un moteur à combustion interne comporte un insert cylindrique (4) s'étendant axialement dans l'arbre à cames (1) et lequel conduit deux flux d'huile séparés dans l'arbre à cames (1). L'insert (4) présente un canal d'huile (5) disposé de manière centrale pour un flux d'huile, ainsi qu'un creux (7) ménagé entre l'insert (4) et l'arbre à cames (1) et constituant une partie du dispositif pour un autre flux d'huile. Les deux flux d'huile sont amenés à travers des canaux radiaux (15, 16) à l'arbre, ou bien en sont évacués.

Claims (3)

  1. Moteur a combustion interne avec un arbre a cames qui comporte des points d'appui raccordés à un circuit d'huile et une garniture cylindrique (4), s'étendant axialement a l'intérieur de l'arbre à cames, laquelle garniture délimite une cavité entre l'arbre à cames et la garniture (4) et comporte un canal d'huile (5) central, qui guide un premier courant d'huile et qui communique avec le circuit d'huile par un premier canal (15) dans un premier point d'appui (3), dans lequel la garniture (4) est entourée axialement, au moins en partie, par la cavité (7) guidant un second courant d'huile, laquelle cavité est raccordée par un second canal (16) au circuit d'huile, et dans lequel la garniture (4) comporte, entre le premier canal (15) et le second canal (16), une partie d'étanchéité (9) délimitant axialement la cavité (7), agissant radialement, caractérisé en ce que la partie d'étanchéité est pourvue de plusieurs éléments d'étanchéité (10) espacés axialement, la garniture (4) comportant sur chacun des deux côtés de la partie d'étanchéité (9), une fente annulaire (20) entourant coaxialement le canal d'huile (5), guidant le premier courant d'huile, à proximité des canaux (15, 16) et en ce que le second canal (16) communique avec le circuit d'huile, par un second point d'appui (3a).
  2. Moteur à combustion interne selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la garniture (4) comporte, dans la zone de la cavité (7), des nervures (21) faisant saillie radialement, soutenant la graniture (4) dans l'arbre à cames (1).
  3. Moteur à combustion interne selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la garniture (4) comporte, à proximité du premier canal (15), une seconde partie d'étanchéité (19), agissant radialement.
EP91910773A 1990-06-21 1991-06-15 Dispositif pour la distribution d'huile dans un arbre a cames Expired - Lifetime EP0535031B1 (fr)

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DE4019766A DE4019766A1 (de) 1990-06-21 1990-06-21 Vorrichtung zur verteilung von oel in einer nockenwelle
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PCT/EP1991/001112 WO1991019887A1 (fr) 1990-06-21 1991-06-15 Dispositif pour la distribution d'huile dans un arbre a cames

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