EP0615057B1 - Commande de distribution à géométrie variable pour moteur à combustion interne - Google Patents

Commande de distribution à géométrie variable pour moteur à combustion interne Download PDF

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EP0615057B1
EP0615057B1 EP93119186A EP93119186A EP0615057B1 EP 0615057 B1 EP0615057 B1 EP 0615057B1 EP 93119186 A EP93119186 A EP 93119186A EP 93119186 A EP93119186 A EP 93119186A EP 0615057 B1 EP0615057 B1 EP 0615057B1
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rocking lever
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Giorgio Roffina
Franco Battistino
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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
    • F01L13/00—Modifications of valve-gear to facilitate reversing, braking, starting, changing compression ratio, or other specific operations
    • F01L13/0015—Modifications of valve-gear to facilitate reversing, braking, starting, changing compression ratio, or other specific operations for optimising engine performances by modifying valve lift according to various working parameters, e.g. rotational speed, load, torque
    • F01L13/0036—Modifications of valve-gear to facilitate reversing, braking, starting, changing compression ratio, or other specific operations for optimising engine performances by modifying valve lift according to various working parameters, e.g. rotational speed, load, torque the valves being driven by two or more cams with different shape, size or timing or a single cam profiled in axial and radial direction
    • F01L13/0042—Modifications of valve-gear to facilitate reversing, braking, starting, changing compression ratio, or other specific operations for optimising engine performances by modifying valve lift according to various working parameters, e.g. rotational speed, load, torque the valves being driven by two or more cams with different shape, size or timing or a single cam profiled in axial and radial direction with cams being profiled in axial and radial direction
    • 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
    • F01L1/12—Transmitting gear between valve drive and valve
    • F01L1/18—Rocking arms or levers
    • F01L1/185—Overhead end-pivot rocking arms
    • 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
    • F01L1/26—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear characterised by the provision of two or more valves operated simultaneously by same transmitting-gear; peculiar to machines or engines with more than two lift-valves per cylinder
    • 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
    • F02B2275/00—Other engines, components or details, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F02B2275/18—DOHC [Double overhead camshaft]
    • 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 
    • F02F1/24—Cylinder heads
    • F02F1/42—Shape or arrangement of intake or exhaust channels in cylinder heads
    • F02F1/4214—Shape or arrangement of intake or exhaust channels in cylinder heads specially adapted for four or more valves per cylinder
    • 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 
    • F02F1/24—Cylinder heads
    • F02F2001/244—Arrangement of valve stems in cylinder heads
    • F02F2001/245—Arrangement of valve stems in cylinder heads the valve stems being orientated at an angle with the cylinder axis

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  • the present invention refers to a device for distribution valve control for an internal combustion engine, having at least two compliant valves per cylinder and a camshaft with variable profile cams.
  • variable profile cams the so-called “splined" cams
  • the distribution controls using the variable profile cams are employed to optimize the efficiency, the consumption and the emission levels of the engine by varying, among other things, the lift and the opening times of the valves as a function of the revolution speed.
  • the contact line between tappet and cam lies on a plane which is never vertical to the axis of the tappet itself, as in traditional cam types, but which forms an angle which continually changes according to the position of the cam to the tappet.
  • a further problem of the control in question concerns the fact that when the cam is moved longitudinally along its axis it creates a force in the tappet which tends to displace it sideways in the direction in which the cam is moving. This force, like the one before, must also be efficiently countered in order to obtain good working performance from all the distribution unit.
  • EP-A-0 263 794 shows a distribution control for an internal combustion engine with at least two compliant valves per cylinder driven by a single "splined" cam.
  • the distribution control comprises, furthermore, a guide shoe in contact with the cam and a guide shoe seating provided with a cylindrical guide appendix, which is inserted into a seating in the cylinder head, in order to keep it in the required position thus countering the abovementioned forces.
  • EP-A-0 570 963 priort art according to Art. 54(3) EPC
  • DE-A-4 117 566 are also present in EP-A-0 570 963 (priort art according to Art. 54(3) EPC) and in DE-A-4 117 566.
  • the aim of the present invention is to overcome said problems by realizing a command device which is both simple and light.
  • (1) indicates an internal combustion engine cylinder head provided with a camshaft (2) (phantom line in figure 1) of the type with variable profile cams (3) for the control of valves (4).
  • the camshaft (2) is linked to a known device suitable to move it along its axis and which is of a predetermined size (not shown).
  • a rectangular shaped guide shoe (6) is placed in contact with the surface (5) of the cam (3), with a flat contact surface between shoe guide and cam (3) and a lower semicircular section projection (7) along the longer axis of the guide shoe.
  • a substantially triangular plan rocking lever (9) is provided with a seating (10), also having a semicircular section, (phantom line), which can receive the projection (7) in a slidable manner.
  • This coupling allows the guide shoe to rotate along its longitudinal axis so that it can follow the subsequent inclination angles of the "splined" cam.
  • the rocking lever (9) is therefore free to rotate around the shaft (19), while both the rotary and lateral forces on it are completely unloaded onto the side walls (20) of the seatings (18) through the projection (16) and also onto the shaft (19) through walls (17) of the bore.
  • Such embodiment of the rocking lever is sufficiently light, robust, comprises an easy to manufactture seating on the cylinder head, and has extremely contained dimensions which allow an easier setup of the whole distribution system.
  • the rocking lever (9) is H shaped, the extremities of which H are occupied by two seatings for the hydraulic tappets (22 and 23), and by two through bores (24 and 25) (phantom line) for abutment on the cam shaft (19).
  • the seating (18) (phantom line) formed on the cylinder head, is inserted between the two through bores at the extremities of the H.

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Claims (3)

  1. Culasse (1) de moteur à combustion interne, comportant un arbre à cames (2) avec des cames à profil variable, et des moyens pour déplacer cet arbre à cames (2) le long de son axe longitudinal, et au moins deux soupapes (4) conjuguées, pour chaque cylindre, qui sont entraînées par un levier basculant (9) comprenant un sabot de guidage (6) en contact avec la surface (5) de la came, et un siège (10) pour le sabot de guidage, caractérisée en ce que le levier basculant (9) est connecté à la culasse (1) du moteur d'une manière telle qu'il puisse tourner par rapport à cette dernière, au moyen d'un arbre (19) inséré dans des sièges moulés qui sont formés sur la culasse elle-même et qui comportent des parois latérales (20) recevant avec précision une extrémité (15) du levier basculant (9).
  2. Culasse de moteur à combustion interne selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le levier basculant (9) a une forme sensiblement triangulaire et en ce que des sièges pour des poussoirs hydrauliques (12, 13) sont formés à deux de ses extrémités, tandis que la troisième extrémité consiste en une saillie (16) rectangulaire qui est munie d'un trou traversant (17) pour la connexion à la culasse (1) du moteur.
  3. Culasse de moteur à combustion interne selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le levier basculant (9) a sensiblement une forme en H, et en ce que deux extrémités parallèles comportent des sièges pour des poussoirs hydrauliques (22, 23), tandis que les deux autres extrémités sont rectangulaires et comportent des trous traversants (26, 27) pour la connexion à la culasse (1) du moteur.
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ITTO930079 1993-02-10
ITTO930079A IT1270443B (it) 1993-02-10 1993-02-10 Comando di distribuzione a geometria variabile per un motore a combustione interna.

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