EP1092849A2 - Moteur à combustion interne - Google Patents

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EP1092849A2
EP1092849A2 EP00122171A EP00122171A EP1092849A2 EP 1092849 A2 EP1092849 A2 EP 1092849A2 EP 00122171 A EP00122171 A EP 00122171A EP 00122171 A EP00122171 A EP 00122171A EP 1092849 A2 EP1092849 A2 EP 1092849A2
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Eiichiro Tsujii
Kazuyuki Kitajima
Kentaro Kameoka
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Yamaha Marine Co Ltd
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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
    • F02B61/00—Adaptations of engines for driving vehicles or for driving propellers; Combinations of engines with gearing
    • F02B61/04—Adaptations of engines for driving vehicles or for driving propellers; Combinations of engines with gearing for driving propellers
    • F02B61/045—Adaptations of engines for driving vehicles or for driving propellers; Combinations of engines with gearing for driving propellers for marine engines
    • 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
    • F02B75/00—Other engines
    • F02B75/16—Engines characterised by number of cylinders, e.g. single-cylinder engines
    • 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
    • F02F7/00—Casings, e.g. crankcases or frames
    • F02F7/0002—Cylinder arrangements
    • F02F7/0019—Cylinders and crankshaft not in one plane (deaxation)
    • 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
    • F02B75/00—Other engines
    • F02B75/02—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke
    • F02B2075/022—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke having less than six strokes per cycle
    • F02B2075/027—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke having less than six strokes per cycle four
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05C—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO MATERIALS, MATERIAL PROPERTIES OR MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR MACHINES, ENGINES OR PUMPS OTHER THAN NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F05C2201/00—Metals
    • F05C2201/02—Light metals
    • F05C2201/021—Aluminium

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  • This invention relates to an internal combustion engine, in particular four-stroke cycle engine, as mentioned in the introductory part of claim 1.
  • the above method has problems: Since the engine as a whole is displaced with respect to the drive shaft by the use of gears, the weight of the engine increases. Moreover, since the rotating direction of the engine is changed by the use of gears, the engine must be modified to cope with the reverse rotation as by providing gears also on the rotating component side. Moreover, since the entire engine is displaced, the center of gravity is also displaced and the problem of vibration is aggravated.
  • an objective of the present invention to provide an internal combustion engine capable of solving the above problems and rendering the engine compact without increasing weight and vibration, and without changing the direction of rotation.
  • said objective is performed by an internal combustion engine having the features of claim 1.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of a four-stroke cycle engine in which the invention is embodied and which is mounted in an outboard motor as an example.
  • the outboard motor 1 is provided with; a clamp bracket 3 removably attached to the rear part of a hull 2, a swivel bracket 6 supported for up and down swinging about a tilt shaft 5 on the clamp bracket 3, and a propulsion unit 7 supported for horizontal swiveling on the swivel bracket 6.
  • the propulsion unit 7 has an upper case 9 supported for rotation with the swivel bracket 6, and a lower case 10 attached to the lower part of the upper case 9.
  • the upper and lower cases 9 and 10 constitute a single casing as a whole.
  • a propeller 11 is attached to the lower case 10.
  • a bottom cowling 12 is attached to the top of the upper case 9.
  • a top cowling 13 is removably attached to the bottom cowling 12.
  • An engine 14 is mounted on the upper case 9.
  • the engine 14 is, for example, of the single cylinder, overhead valve, four-stroke cycle type.
  • An engine body comprises; a head cover 15, a cylinder head 16, a cylinder body 17, and a crankcase 19 serving also as an oil pan.
  • a cylinder 20 and a piston 21 are disposed horizontally, and a crankshaft 22 is disposed vertically.
  • the cylinder head 16 is provided with an intake valve 23, an exhaust valve 24, and an exhaust port 25.
  • a recoil starter 26 is attached to the top of the crankshaft 22.
  • the numeral 18 denotes a drive shaft connected to the crankshaft 22, and the numeral 27 denotes a fuel tank disposed in front of the cylinder body 17.
  • FIG. 2(A) shows a cross section of the swivel bracket 6 and its vicinity in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 2(B) shows the cross section B-B in FIG. 2(A).
  • An upper tube 8 for supporting the engine 14 is formed in tubular shape with an internal exhaust passage 8a. In the exhaust passage 8a are disposed: the drive shaft 18, a shift rod 62, and a cooling water pipe 61 in the vertical direction.
  • An oil pan connecting portion 8b flaring like a dish is formed in the upper part of the upper tube 8.
  • a small diameter tubular portion 8c is formed in the lower part of the upper tube 8.
  • the swivel bracket 6 is formed in tubular shape and its inside circumference is formed with support flanges 6a extending horizontally in two, upper and lower positions.
  • mounts 28 made of an elastic material such as rubber are disposed between the tubular portion 8c of the upper tube 8 and the support flanges 6a of the swivel bracket 6 in two, upper and lower positions.
  • a full pivot type of outboard motor that enables the boat to go forward and backward is constituted in which the upper tube 8 is supported for 360 degree rotation on the swivel bracket 6 through the mounts 28.
  • a bush 28a is interposed between the upper tube 8 and the mounts 28.
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view as seen in the direction of arrows X-X in FIG. 1. Incidentally, the same parts are provided with the same reference numerals and their explanations are sometimes omitted in the following description.
  • the crankshaft 22 is provided with a crank pin 29 and counterweights 30.
  • the crank pin 29 is connected through a connecting rod 31 to the piston 21.
  • a camshaft 32 is disposed in the cylinder body 17 parallel to the crankshaft 22 so that the rotation of the crankshaft 22 is transmitted to the camshaft 32 through gears 33 and 34.
  • a carburetor 43 and an ignition plug 44 is shown in the drawing.
  • a valve drive chamber 35 is formed in the cylinder head 16 and the head cover 15.
  • the exhaust valve 24 (also the intake valve 23) extends through the cylinder head 16 into the valve drive chamber 35 and comes into contact with one end of a rocker arm 39 through a valve spring 36 and a retainer 37.
  • a lifter 40 is slidably disposed in the cylinder body 17. One end of the lifter 40 is in contact with a cam of the camshaft 32. The other end of the lifter 40 is in contact with the other end of the rocker arm 39 through a push rod 41.
  • the plunger of a fuel pump 42 is also in contact with the cam of the camshaft 32.
  • FIG. 4 shows a cross section of an essential part of FIG. 3 in a larger scale.
  • One end of the connecting rod 31 is rotatably connected to the crank pin 29 using bolts 46.
  • the other end of the connecting rod 31 is connected to the piston 21 through a piston pin 45.
  • the axis L2 of the cylinder 20 is displaced by a distance D1 in the direction opposite the direction of the lateral component F of the thrust acting on the piston 21 with respect to the line L1 that is parallel to the cylinder 20 and passes the axis of the crankshaft 22.
  • the axis of the piston pin 45 is displaced by a distance D2 in the direction of the lateral component of the thrust with respect to the axis L2 of the cylinder 20.
  • FIGs. 5 and 6 show a four-stroke cycle engine as another embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a side view partially in cross section of the engine applied to an outboard motor as an example.
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view as seen in the direction of arrows X-X in FIG. 5.
  • the same parts as those in the previous embodiment are provided with the same reference numerals and their explanations are omitted.
  • the axis L2 of the cylinder 20 is displaced by the distance D1 in the direction opposite the thrust component direction with respect to the line L1 that is parallel to the cylinder 20 and passes the axis of the crankshaft 22.
  • a silencer 47 is shown in FIG. 5.
  • FIG. 7 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of still another embodiment of the invention.
  • This embodiment shows an example of a double overhead camshaft type of multicylinder four-stroke cycle engine, with an intake cam 49 and an exhaust cam 50.
  • the axis L2 of the cylinder 20 is displaced by the distance D1 in the direction opposite the thrust component direction with respect to the line L1 that is parallel to the cylinder 20 and passes the axis of the crankshaft 22.
  • the invention makes it possible to improve operation efficiency and durability by reducing the lateral component of the thrust acting on the piston, to make the engine compact without increasing weight and without changing the direction of rotation. And since the crankshaft made of a heavy iron-based material is not shifted, the amount of vibration is held to a minimum as the amount of center of gravity shift is reduced. As a result, since the lateral component of the thrust acting on the cylinder is reduced, an iron-made sleeve can be disused, an aluminium-made cylinder can be used, resulting in the reduction in weight and cost.
  • the invention makes it possible to dispose the engine components in the space produced by shifting the cylinder and the cylinder head with respect to the crankshaft.
  • the invention makes it possible to hold down the vibration and reduce the size of the engine especially effectively when the invention is applied to the outboard motor that is used at high revolutions and subject to wide variation in the revolution.
  • the invention makes it possible to further reduce vibration.

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