EP2388464A1 - Moteurs à combustion interne et coiffe de tête de cylindre - Google Patents

Moteurs à combustion interne et coiffe de tête de cylindre Download PDF

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EP2388464A1
EP2388464A1 EP11165945A EP11165945A EP2388464A1 EP 2388464 A1 EP2388464 A1 EP 2388464A1 EP 11165945 A EP11165945 A EP 11165945A EP 11165945 A EP11165945 A EP 11165945A EP 2388464 A1 EP2388464 A1 EP 2388464A1
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cylinder head
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Ulrich Hütter
Jan Scheffel
Daniel Wirbel
Julian Cojocaru
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    • 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
    • F02F7/006—Camshaft or pushrod housings
    • 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
    • F02M51/00—Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by being operated electrically
    • F02M51/005—Arrangement of electrical wires and connections, e.g. wire harness, sockets, plugs; Arrangement of electronic control circuits in or on fuel injection apparatus

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  • the present invention relates to an internal combustion engine, in particular a motor vehicle.
  • the invention also relates to a cylinder head cover for such an internal combustion engine.
  • An internal combustion engine designed as a piston engine usually has a cylinder head with a cylinder head interior, which is open at a cylinder head side. To cover the cylinder head interior on the open cylinder head side, a cylinder head cover can be mounted on the cylinder head. In the cylinder head interior, an internal wiring can be laid, with the help of electrical components of the engine, such. B. the fuel injectors, ignition devices for spark-ignition engines or heaters for self-igniting engines or electromagnetic gas exchange valves can be supplied with electrical energy or electrically controlled.
  • the problem now is to electrically connect the inner wiring through the cylinder head cover with an external wiring.
  • a cylinder head cover on the outside of which a plurality of electrical interfaces are integrally formed. Furthermore, electrical lines can be integrated in the wall of the cylinder head cover.
  • a cylinder head cover which has on its inside facing the cylinder head interior power receptacle connectors and power supply connection terminals, such that they aligned when mounting the cylinder head cover to contact terminals of ignition coils are so that automatically results in an electrical contact when mounting the cylinder head cover.
  • the present invention is concerned with the problem of providing for an internal combustion engine or for an associated cylinder head cover an improved embodiment, which is characterized in particular by a simplified assembly. As a result, in particular a maintenance in which the cylinder head cover is removed from the cylinder head to be simplified.
  • the invention is based on the general idea of equipping the cylinder head cover with at least one connecting bridge having an inner connection interface and an outer connection interface electrically connected thereto.
  • the inner connection interface of the connection bridge is designed to be complementary to an internal interface, which is arranged in the cylinder head interior stationary on the cylinder head, which is electrically connected to the internal wiring.
  • the outer connection interface of the connection bridge is configured complementary to an external interface, which is arranged outside of the cylinder head interior, which is arranged stationary relative to the cylinder head and which is electrically connected to an external wiring.
  • the arrangement and configuration of the interfaces and the connection interfaces can now be selectively selected according to an advantageous embodiment so that the mutually complementary interfaces are automatically electrically connected to each other when mounting the cylinder head cover on the cylinder head and automatically disconnected from each other when disassembling the cylinder head cover from the cylinder head.
  • the connecting bridge By integrating the connecting bridge in the cylinder head cover on the one hand ensures that operation of the internal combustion engine without cylinder head cover is not possible. Because if the cylinder head cover is missing, missing the connecting bridge, so that the external wiring is not electrically coupled to the internal wiring.
  • the connecting bridge can be easily integrated into the cylinder head cover such that when the cylinder head cover is mounted, the inner connection interface is arranged in the cylinder head interior, while the outer connection interface is arranged outside of the cylinder head interior. In particular, this makes it possible to realize a sealed separation between the cylinder head interior and surroundings despite the electrical connection of the internal wiring through the cylinder head cover to the external wiring.
  • the interfaces and the connection interfaces can each form an electrical plug connection, wherein the two plug connections have mutually parallel plug-in directions.
  • the parallel plug-in directions facilitate the assembly and disassembly of the cylinder head cover.
  • the hood-side connection interfaces of the connecting bridge can be designed as a plug, while the interfaces of the wiring are then designed as a socket or socket.
  • a reverse construction is possible in which the interfaces of the wiring form the plug and the connection interfaces the connecting bridge form the sockets or sockets.
  • a mixed construction is conceivable in which the one hood-side connection interface forms a plug, while the other hood-side quick connect interface forms a socket or a socket.
  • the interfaces of the cabling are then designed complementary as a plug or socket.
  • a hood seal which extends between the interfaces, so that the internal interface is disposed within the hood seal, while the external interface is disposed outside of the hood seal.
  • an inner interface seal enclosing the internal interface may be provided between the cylinder head and the cylinder head cover.
  • an external interface seal enclosing the external interface can be provided between the cylinder head and the cylinder head cover.
  • Such an interface seal can be provided in addition to the aforementioned hood seal to seal the respective interface taken by itself. This creates an additional protection of the electrical contacts that are located within the respective interface.
  • the respective interface seal can basically represent a separate component with respect to the hood seal.
  • an embodiment is particularly advantageous wherein at least one of these interface seals is integrally formed on the hood seal. This simplifies assembly, since only one component, namely the hood seal with the respective integrated interface seal must be mounted on the cylinder head cover or on the cylinder head.
  • the connecting bridge with respect to the cylinder head cover may be a separate component which is mounted on the cylinder head cover.
  • the connecting bridge can be fixedly or detachably attached to the cylinder head cover.
  • connection bridge may have a body in which an electrical contact comprising a plurality of electrical contacts is embedded, which electrically connects the connection interfaces to one another.
  • This body of the connecting bridge can now be mounted on the cylinder head cover, fixed or detachable, or be formed by an integral part of the cylinder head cover.
  • the present invention relates not only to the internal combustion engine equipped with such a cylinder head cover and associated dedicated internal and external wiring, but also to a cylinder head cover having at least one connection bridge of the type described above suitable for use in such an internal combustion engine.
  • the cylinder head cover may have an inner through opening through which the internal interface is electrically connectable to the inner connection interface. Additionally or alternatively, the cylinder head cover may have an outer passage opening, through which the external interface with the outer connection interface is electrically contacted.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 includes an internal combustion engine 1, which is preferably designed as a piston engine and which may be arranged in particular in a motor vehicle, a cylinder head 2 and a cylinder head cover 3.
  • the cylinder head 2 has a cylinder head interior 4, which is open at a cylinder head side.
  • the open cylinder head side is usually at the top.
  • the cylinder head interior 4 is closed or covered with the aid of the cylinder head cover 3 on the open cylinder head side.
  • the cylinder head cover 3 is mounted on the cylinder head 2.
  • Cylinder head 2 a plurality of screws 5 can be used.
  • an internal wiring 6 is laid, with the aid of which electrical components, not shown here, can be supplied with electrical energy and / or electrically controlled. Such components are, for example, fuel injectors and ignition devices or heaters. Likewise, modern internal combustion engines 1 are known which have electromagnetically actuated gas exchange valves.
  • This internal wiring 6 has at least one electrical internal interface 7, z. B. in the form of a multi-pin plug or in the form of a multi-pin socket or socket.
  • This internal interface 7 is also arranged in the cylinder head interior 4 stationary on the cylinder head 2. For this purpose, the internal interface 7 can be detachably or non-detachably connected to the cylinder head 2, in particular adhesively bonded, clamped or screwed.
  • an external wiring 8 is provided which, for example, is connected to an electrical network of the internal combustion engine 1 or forms such an electrical network of the internal combustion engine 1. In a motor vehicle it is at the external wiring 8, for example, to a branch of an electrical system.
  • the external wiring 8 has at least one electrical external interface 9, z. B. in the form of a multi-pin plug or in the form of a multi-pin socket or socket.
  • This external interface 9 is arranged stationary relative to the cylinder head 2.
  • the external interface 9 can also be detachably or non-detachably connected to the cylinder head 2, in particular adhesively bonded, clamped or screwed. Besides, she is outside of
  • Cylinder head interior 4 arranged.
  • the cylinder head cover 3 is now equipped with at least one connecting bridge 10, which has an internal connection interface 11 and an external connection interface 12 and connects to each other electrically.
  • the internal connection interface 11 is designed to be complementary to the internal interface 7, for example as a multi-pole socket or socket or as a multipolar plug.
  • the external connection interface 12 is designed to be complementary to the external interface 9, for example as a multi-pole socket or socket or as a multipolar plug.
  • the interfaces 7, 9 with the associated connection interfaces 11, 12 each form an electrical plug connection whose plug-in directions are in Fig. 1 each indicated by a double arrow 13 and 14, respectively.
  • these plug-in directions 13,14 of the two connectors 7-11 and 9-12 are parallel to each other.
  • the connecting bridge 10 has a body 15, in which an electrical contact 16 is embedded, which consists in particular of several electrical wires or wires. With the help of this contact 16, the connection interfaces 11 and 12 of the connecting bridge 10 are electrically connected to each other, so that when mounted connection bridge 10 on each other interacting interfaces 7,9,11,12 the internal wiring 6 is connected to the external wiring 8.
  • the connecting bridge 10 may be a separate component with respect to the cylinder head cover 3.
  • the connecting bridge 10 can then be mounted after mounting the cylinder head cover 3. It can also be fixed or releasably attached to the cylinder head cover 3, so that at the same time with the mounting of the cylinder head cover 3, the connecting bridge 10 is mounted.
  • an integral formation of the connecting bridge 10 on the cylinder head cover 3 is particularly advantageous.
  • the body 15 of the connecting bridge 10 is then an integral part of the cylinder head cover 3.
  • the cylinder head cover 3 is injection molded with the connecting bridge 10 in a common injection molding tool in one piece.
  • the electrical contact 16 forms an insert into the respective injection mold, which is injection-molded by the plastic of the cylinder head cover 3 during injection molding.
  • an embodiment in which the interfaces 7, 9 and the connection interfaces 11, 12 and the connection bridge 10 are configured and arranged and matched to one another is such that when mounting the cylinder head cover 3 on the cylinder head 2, the interfaces 7, 9 with the connection interfaces 11 , 12 are automatically electrically connected to each other, while these electrical connections between the interfaces 7,9,11,12 are automatically disconnected electrically when disassembling the cylinder head cover 3.
  • a hood seal 17 is arranged between the interfaces 7, 9, such that the internal interface 7 is arranged inside the hood seal 17, that is to say on a side facing the cylinder head interior 4, while the external interface 9 is outside the hood seal 17, that is, at one from the cylinder head interior 4 opposite side is arranged.
  • an inner interface seal 18 is also provided which encloses the internal interface 7 and is likewise arranged between the cylinder head 2 and the cylinder head cover 3.
  • the cylinder head cover 3 has a suitable receiving groove 19 into which the inner interface seal 18 is inserted.
  • an outer interface seal 20 is provided which surrounds the external interface 9 and which is inserted here into a further receiving groove 21 which is formed on the cylinder head cover 3.
  • the interface seals 18, 20 are based, for example, axially on an annular collar 22 or 23, which encloses the internal interface 7 or the external interface 9.
  • the hood seal 17 and the interface seals 18,20 are designed as axially acting seals.
  • the interface seals 18,20 are suitably designed annular.
  • FIG. 1 In the area of the connecting bridge 10 is in Fig. 1 in each case a connecting web 24 or 25 recognizable, which connects the hood seal 17 with the respective interface seal 18,20.
  • the cylinder head cover 3 forms a separate component, regardless of whether the separate connecting bridge 10 fixed or detachably attached to the cylinder head cover 3 is that the cylinder head cover 3 in the region of the connecting bridge 10 has a web 26 which extends between the internal interface 7 and the external interface 9 and which receives the hood seal 17 in this area. If the connecting bridge 10 is missing, a completely sealed cylinder head interior 4 thus results when the cylinder head cover 3 is mounted, apart from an inner passage opening 27 through which the plug connection between the internal interface 7 and the inner connection interface 11 is realized. However, this inner through hole 27 is sealed by the inner interface seal 18 to the outside. Furthermore, the cylinder head cover 3 has an outer passage opening 28, through which the plug connection between the external interface 9 and the external connection interface 12 is realized. Again, there is an effective seal using the outer interface seal 20th
  • the connecting bridge 10 is a respect.
  • the cylinder head cover 3 separate component. So it is also possible, the connecting bridge 10 according to Fig. 3 to assemble to connect the internal wiring 6 to the external wiring 8, even if the cylinder head cover 3 is missing. This can be advantageous for certain investigations of the internal combustion engine 1.
  • the cylinder head cover 3 can, as shown in the figures, via other functional units, such as. an oil filler neck 29 with a lid 30 or a crankcase ventilation 31 or their connections 32, have.

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