EP0881365B1 - Brennkraftmaschinenkonstruktion - Google Patents

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EP0881365B1
EP0881365B1 EP98830316A EP98830316A EP0881365B1 EP 0881365 B1 EP0881365 B1 EP 0881365B1 EP 98830316 A EP98830316 A EP 98830316A EP 98830316 A EP98830316 A EP 98830316A EP 0881365 B1 EP0881365 B1 EP 0881365B1
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Vilmo Ferioli
Mario Mingozzi
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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
    • F02B67/00—Engines characterised by the arrangement of auxiliary apparatus not being otherwise provided for, e.g. the apparatus having different functions; Driving auxiliary apparatus from engines, not otherwise provided for
    • F02B67/04—Engines characterised by the arrangement of auxiliary apparatus not being otherwise provided for, e.g. the apparatus having different functions; Driving auxiliary apparatus from engines, not otherwise provided for of mechanically-driven auxiliary apparatus
    • 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
    • F01M1/00—Pressure lubrication
    • F01M1/02—Pressure lubrication using lubricating pumps

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  • the present invention relates to an engine structure for internal combustion engines.
  • engine structure is used to mean the assembly consisting of the engine block and crankcase and the built-in auxiliary services driven by the engine, in particular, the lubricating pump and the suction unit, that is, a device designed to continuously generate a vacuum in a chamber connected to the auxiliary services which require negative pressure for their operation, such as, for example, the brake system of modern cars.
  • auxiliary services are separate from the engine block and are driven through transmission belts.
  • the lubricating arrangement attached end face at the engine housing of a reciprocating piston engine is surrounded by an oil pump housing which is composed of two housing parts cast of magnesium.
  • the lubricating oil pumps are preassemblable in the oil pump housing.
  • the lubricating arrangement comprises a pressure pump by means of which lubricating oil is fed to the bearing places of a V-engine, and a further gear pump which serves as suction pump for sucking lubricating oil out of the turbochargers.
  • a tandem pump arrangement comprising a first pump having two meshing gears of different pitch diameter, the drive thereby of the gear having the smaller pitch diameter is at a higher speed.
  • a second pump has an input connected to be driven by the gear with the smaller pitch diameter with the result that the second pump is driven through the first pump at increased speed with an overdrive ratio determined by the ratio of the pitch diameters of the gears.
  • One aspect of the present invention is to provide an engine structure that comprises an engine block, a crankshaft with at least one first gear wheel keyed to it, means for creating suction and means for distributing lubricating fluid under pressure and where the first gear wheel meshes with a second gear wheel that directly drives the means for creating suction and with a third gear wheel that drives the means for distributing lubricating fluid under pressure.
  • Another aspect of the present invention is to provide an engine structure that comprises an engine block, a crankshaft with at least one first gear wheel keyed to it and auxiliary means for creating suction or for distributing lubricating fluid under pressure and where the engine block has at least one hollow to house said auxiliary means.
  • a further aspect of the present invention is to provide an engine structure that comprises an engine block, a crankshaft with at least one first gear wheel keyed to it, means for creating suction and means for distributing lubricating fluid under pressure through suitable supply and delivery ducts and where at least one of these ducts lies mainly outside the engine block.
  • Yet another aspect of the present invention is to provide an engine structure that comprises an engine block, a crankshaft with at least one first gear wheel keyed to it and consisting of a cup gear which provides enough space for an oil seal without increasing the overall dimensions.
  • the numeral 1 indicates an internal combustion engine block from which the end of a crankshaft 2 protrudes, the latter having keyed to it a first cup-shaped gear wheel 3, that is to say, a gear wheel whose teeth 4 lie in a plane that is axially offset with respect to the wheel hub 5 (see Figure 2) in such a way as to create the space necessary for the ideal positioning of an oil seal 40 without increasing the overall dimensions of the gear.
  • the first gear wheel 3 (not illustrated in this Figure) meshes with a second gear wheel 6 keyed to the shaft 7 of a rotor 8 of a suction unit 9 designed to generate a vacuum, for example for the brake system of a motor vehicle.
  • the suction unit 9 is mounted inside a first box-shaped element 11, located in a first hollow 10, preferably blind, made in the engine block 1.
  • the end wall 12 of the first hollow 10 is used as a reference for locating the box-shaped element 11 in which the suction unit 9 is fitted. In this way, the clearance between the rotor 8 of the suction unit and the end wall 12 of the first hollow 10 is reduced to a minimum, depending solely on the tolerances T of the first box-shaped element 11 and that of the rotor 8 (since the first box-shaped element 11 is always in contact with the end wall 12 of the hollow 10, as can be seen in Figure 4).
  • the first gear wheel 3 also meshes with a third gear wheel 13 (see Figure 2) keyed to the shaft 14 of the rotor 19 of a lubricating pump 15.
  • the pump 15 is mounted inside a second box-shaped element 17 located in a second blind hollow 16 made in the engine block 1.
  • the end wall 18 of the second hollow 16 is used as a reference for locating the box-shaped element 17 in which the pump 15 is fitted.
  • the clearance between the rotor 19 of the pump 15 and the end wall 18 of the second hollow 16 is reduced to a minimum, depending, in this case too, solely on the tolerances between the depth of the second box-shaped element 17 and that of the rotor 19.
  • the second box-shaped element 17 comprises a cover 21 that protrudes from said second hollow 16 and that has made in it a first chamber 22 into which the supply duct 23 of the pump 15 leads, in the direction of the arrows F (a part of the supply duct is illustrated in Figures 1 and 2) and a second chamber 24 from which the delivery duct 25 of the pump 15 branches (the connecting port of the delivery duct is illustrated in Figure 1).
  • first chamber 22 and the second chamber 24 are made around the bearing S of a shaft which mounts the third gear wheel 13 and have the same width as the bearing so as not to increase the overall dimensions of the unit.
  • the supply duct 23 and the delivery duct 25 of the engine block 1 communicate with the cover 21 of the box-shaped element 17 through corresponding connecting ducts 23' and 25' (partly illustrated in Figure 1) which lie mainly on the outside of the engine block 1, thus eliminating the need to make the ducts entirely in the engine block 1 using complicated and costly processes.
  • the connecting ducts 23' and 25' connect with corresponding ports (not illustrated) made in the engine block 1 and which, after the second box-shaped element 17 has been fitted, lead into the corresponding first and second chambers 22 and 24 in the second box shaped element 17 itself.
  • the engine block 1 has made in it the first and second hollows 12 and 16 to house the corresponding box shaped elements 11 and 17 each of which has its own fluid supply and delivery ducts.
  • the suction unit 9 is supplied with oil from the engine sump (not illustrated) so that the rotor 8 can be lubricated through a first duct 41 that leads into the area labelled 41' in Figure 3.
  • the rotor 8 creates a vacuum in a second suction duct 42 which communicates with the related service tank.
  • the delivery of the rotor 8, which consists of air mixed with oil, is in turn supplied to a third duct 43 made in the front wall of the first box-shaped element 11 and from here, the mixture is fed back into the engine sump and recycled.
  • the three ducts 41, 42 and 43 of the suction unit 9 are made in and lie entirely inside the engine block 1 which, once these elements have been assembled, is closed by a simple guard, labelled C in the accompanying drawings, without necessitating special machine processes or sealing elements and thereby also reducing the axial dimensions of the engine block 1 as a whole.
  • the valve 26 is designed to enable a part of the fluid delivered by the pump 15 to the delivery duct 25 to be diverted directly into the supply duct 23 through the bypass duct 27 when the delivery pressure of the pump 15 exceeds a preset value.
  • the regulating valve 26 consists of a shutter element 30, preferably cylindrical, fitted in a first section 28 of the bypass duct 27. At a first end of it, the shutter element 30 communicates with the delivery duct 25 of the pump 15 and, close to a second end, it has a plurality of radial holes 31.
  • the second end of the cylindrical element 30 has a shutting element 32 pushed by a spring 33 that is preloaded by a preset, adjustable value, the spring having one end resting against the shutting element 32 and the other end resting against a stop element 34.
  • the spring 33 and the shutting element 32 are positioned inside a second section 29 of the bypass duct that is larger in diameter than the first section 28 and that communicates with the suction duct 23 of the pump 15.

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  • Lubrication Of Internal Combustion Engines (AREA)
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  1. Brennkraftmaschinenkonstruktion, enthaltend einen Motorblock (1), eine Kurbelwelle (2) mit wenigstens einem ersten Zahnrad (3) aufgezogen, sowie Hilfsmittel, enthaltend Mittel (9) zum Erzeugen eines Unterdruckes und Mittel (15) zum Verteilen einer unter Druck stehenden Schmierflüssigkeit, wobei das erste Zahnrad (3) in ein zweites Zahnrad (6) greift, das direkt die genannten Mittel (9) antreibt, und in ein drittes Zahnrad (13), das die Mittel (15) zum Verteilen der unter Druck stehenden Schmierflüssigkeit antreibt, wobei die genannte Struktur dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass die ersten Mittel (9) Mittel zum kontinuierlichen Erzeugen eines Unterdruckes in einer Kammer sind, die an die Hilfseinrichtungen angeschlossen ist, welche für ihren Betrieb einen Unterdruck erfordern und im Inneren eines ersten, kastenförmigen Elementes (11) montiert sind, angeordnet in einem Hohlraum (10) des Motorblockes (1), wobei eine Endwand (12) des Hohlraumes (10) als Bezugsebene zum Anordnen des kastenförmigen Elementes (11) in dem Hohlraum (10) benutzt wird.
  2. Brennkraftmaschinenkonstruktion nach Patentanspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Motorblock (1) einen weiteren Hohlraum (16) enthält, dazu bestimmt, die Mittel (15) zum Verteilen der unter Druck stehenden Flüssigkeit aufzunehmen.
  3. Brennkraftmaschinenkonstruktion nach Patentanspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel (15) zum Verteilen der unter Druck stehenden Schmierflüssigkeit an eine Zuführleitung (23) und an eine Ablassleitung (25) für die genannte Schmierflüssigkeit angeschlossen sind, von welchen wenigstens eine vorwiegend ausserhalb des Motorblocks (1) verläuft.
  4. Brennkraftmaschinenkonstruktion nach einem beliebigen der vorstehenden Patentansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel (9) zum Erzeugen eines Unterdruckes an Saugleitungen (41, 42) und Ablassleitungen (25, 43) angeschlossen sind, welche vorwiegend ausserhalb des Motorblocks (1) verlaufen.
  5. Brennkraftmaschinenkonstruktion nach einem beliebigen der Patentansprüche 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das genannte erste Zahnrad (3) ein Tellerrad ist, dazu bestimmt, einen Raum zu bilden, in welchen ein Dichtungsring (40) für die Schmierflüssigkeit des Motorblocks (1) eingesetzt werden kann.
  6. Brennkraftmaschinenkonstruktion nach einem beliebigen der Patentansprüche von 2 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel (15) zum Verteilen der unter Druck stehenden Schmierflüssigkeit im Inneren eines zweiten kastenförmigen Elementes (17) montiert sind, letzteres angeordnet in dem zweiten Hohlraum (16), wobei eine Endwand (18) des zweiten Hohlraumes (16) als Bezugsebene zum Anordnen des kastenförmigen Elementes (17) in dem Hohlraum (16) benutzt wird.
  7. Brennkraftmaschinenkonstruktion nach den Patentansprüchen 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel (15) zum Verteilen der unter Druck stehenden Schmierflüssigkeit mit einem Deckel (21) versehen sind, der von dem Motorblock (1) hervorsteht, und in den eine erste Kammer (22) eingearbeitet ist, in welche die Zuführleitung (23) mündet, sowie eine zweite Kammer (24), von welcher aus die Ablassleitung (25) abzweigt; wobei die genannten ersten und zweiten Kammern (22, 24) um ein Lager (S) einer Welle angeordnet sind, welche das dritte Zahnrad (13) trägt und die gleiche Abmessung wie das Lager aufweist.
  8. Brennkraftmaschinenkonstruktion nach Patentanspruch 7, bei welcher die Zuführleitung (23) und die Ablassleitung (25) durch entsprechende Öffnungen in einen Bereich dicht an den Verteilermitteln (15) führen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die genannte Zuführleitung und die genannte Ablassleitung mit den entsprechenden ersten und zweiten Kammern (22, 24) in Verbindung stehen, und zwar durch Verbindungsleitungen (23', 25'), die ausserhalb des Motorblocks (1) verlaufen und in entsprechende, in den Motorblock (1) eingearbeitete Öffnungen führen, welche wiederum mit den ersten und zweiten Kammern (22, 24) in Verbindung stehen, wenn die Verteilermittel (15) montiert sind.
  9. Brennkraftmaschinenkonstruktion nach Patentanspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die genannte Zuführleitung (23) und die genannte Ablassleitung (25) durch eine Umgehungsleitung (27) miteinander verbunden sind, die durch ein Ventil (26) reguliert wird.
  10. Brennkraftmaschinenkonstruktion nach Patentanspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Umgehungsleitung (27) einen ersten Abschnitt (28) enthält, der mit der Ablassleitung (25) in Verbindung steht, und einen zweiten, anschliessenden Abschnitt (29), der mit der Saugleitung (23) in Verbindung steht, wobei der genannte zweite Abschnitt (29) grösser im Durchmesser ist als der genannte erste Abschnitt (28).
  11. Brennkraftmaschinenkonstruktion nach Patentanspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Regulierventil (26) ein Verschlusselement (30) enthält, welches durch Gleiten in den ersten Abschnitt (28) der Umgehungsleitung (27) eingesetzt ist, wobei das genannte Verschlusselement (30) mit seinem ersten Ende mit der Ablassleitung (25) verbunden ist und dicht an seinem zweiten Ende eine Anzahl von radialen Bohrungen (31) aufweist.
  12. Brennkraftmaschinenkonstruktion nach Patentanspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das zweite Ende des Verschlusselementes (30) ein Absperrelement (32) aufweist, betätigt durch ein vorgespanntes Federmittel (33), dessen eines Ende an dem Absperrelement (32) und das andere Ende an einem Anschlagelement (34) anliegt.
  13. Brennkraftmaschinenkonstruktion nach Patentanspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Verschlusselement (30) entgegen der Wirkung des Federmittels (33) im Inneren des zweiten Abschnittes (29) der Umgehungsleitung (27) gleitet.
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