EP2543846B1 - Compresseur volumétrique pour véhicule industriel avec caractéristiques de connexion améliorées sur le circuit de refroidissement et véhicule industriel comportant un tel compresseur volumétrique - Google Patents

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EP2543846B1
EP2543846B1 EP11172550.3A EP11172550A EP2543846B1 EP 2543846 B1 EP2543846 B1 EP 2543846B1 EP 11172550 A EP11172550 A EP 11172550A EP 2543846 B1 EP2543846 B1 EP 2543846B1
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Georg Leoka
Massimo Bezze
Gabriele Marcon
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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
    • F02B39/00—Component parts, details, or accessories relating to, driven charging or scavenging pumps, not provided for in groups F02B33/00 - F02B37/00
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  • the present invention belongs to the field of the production of superchargers intended to be used in the automotive field and in particular in the field of the production of industrial and/or commercial vehicles with diesel or gasoline engines.
  • the present invention relates to a supercharger with improved connection characteristics to the hydraulic cooling circuit.
  • the present invention relates also to an industrial vehicle comprising a supercharger according to the present invention.
  • turbo-supercharged engines such supercharger is of the sliding-vane type and comprises a shaft mechanically driven by the shaft of a turbine driven, in its turn, by the exhaust gas produced by the engine.
  • the shaft of the supercharger may be driven also by an electric motor.
  • a supercharger for such applications comprises a supercharger body and a head usually connected to the supercharger body by means of stud bolts.
  • the supercharger body defines a housing for the shaft of the supercharger, for the thrust mechanism connecting rod-crank-piston and for part of the cylinders of the supercharger.
  • the structure of the cylinders is completed by the head which, together with the supercharger body, defines also the input of the air to be compressed, and the output of the compressed air.
  • a supercharger for applications in the automotive field usually comprises a cooling circuit wherein a liquid, usually water, circulates in order to dissipate the heat produced by the compression of the air, and thus in order to extend the life and the integrity of the internal organs.
  • a liquid usually water
  • Such cooling circuit is connected, upstream, to at least a first circulation line of the liquid and, downstream, to a second circulation line of the same liquid.
  • Such circulation lines, arranged on the vehicle, are external to the supercharger.
  • the head of the supercharger usually defines at least an iinput section and at least an output section for the cooling liquid.
  • a first hydraulic port is screwed by one side to the head of the supercharger, in correspondence to the input section.
  • a second side of the first port is connected to a second hydraulic connector which hydraulically connects the cooling circuit to the first circulation line external to the supercharger.
  • Another hydraulic port is screwed in the same way to the output section of the cooling circuit and is connected, by means of another hydraulic connector, to the second circulation line.
  • connection mode of the supercharger cooling circuit to the circulation lines external to the supercharger has a number of drawbacks, the first of which is the complexity of the assembling.
  • the latter in fact, first requires the connection of the ports to the head of the supercharger, and then the connection of other hydraulic connectors to the ports.
  • Such double operation remarkably affects the assembling costs and the overall manufacturing costs.
  • the threads realized on the head for screwing the ports are a critical factor.
  • Another critical factor in terms of costs is represented by the ports themselves which have to be worked inside in order to allow the passage of the liquid: threaded on one side to screw in the head and appropriately shaped on the other side for connecting to the hydraulic connectors.
  • a first aim of the present invention is to provide a supercharger whose cooling circuit can be connected easily and fast to the circulation lines of the cooling liquid external to the supercharger.
  • Another aim of the present invention is to provide a supercharger whose connection between the cooling circuit and the circulation lines external to the supercharger is effective and functional in terms of flow rate of circulating liquid.
  • a further aim of the present invention is to provide a supercharger whose connection between the cooling circuit and the circulation lines external to the supercharger is not a constraint for positioning the supercharger itself in the vehicle.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to provide a supercharger which is reliable and easy to manufacture with competitive costs.
  • connection port for the hydraulic connector is advantageously defined by a portion of the head of the supercharger, namely is defined in a single piece with the head itself. This advantageously reduces connection time and costs, improving the functionality and the effectiveness of the connection.
  • the hydraulic connector is directly connected to the head. This allows to minimize the bulk of the connection of the hydraulic connector, thus facilitating the positioning of the supercharger.
  • the direct connection of the hydraulic connector allows a higher flow rate of circulating liquid in the cooling circuit.
  • EP-A1-1835164 discloses a cooling head for the turbine of a turbo-supercharger and is a prior right of the present invention. It is also known, e.g. from WO-A1-2005113961 , to provide a turbocharger with a cooler.
  • the latter defines a seat for housing the mechanical parts that allow the compression of the air.
  • the supercharger body 5 defines a first side 5' from which a propeller shaft 55 projects.
  • the latter may be driven by an electric motor, or, in the case of a turbo-supercharged engine, by a turbine.
  • the supercharger 1 comprises a cooling circuit which develops at least in part within the head 6 of the supercharger 1.
  • a cooling liquid such as water
  • a cooling liquid is intended to circulate coming from a first circulation line external to the supercharger and addressed to at least a second circulation line external to the supercharger as well.
  • such cooling circuit develops at least in part within the head 6.
  • the latter defines at least an input section and an output section of the cooling liquid (in the following called simply liquid) into/from the cooling circuit (in the following indicated also by internal circuit).
  • the head 6 of the supercharger 1 comprises at least a first portion 11 defining a first connection port 21 (in the following "port") to which a first hydraulic connector 22 can be directly connected.
  • first port 21 defines an input or output section of the cooling liquid from the cooling circuit of the supercharger.
  • the first hydraulic connector 22 allows the communication between the cooling circuit and a first circulation line of the cooling liquid, external to the supercharger 1.
  • the first connection port 21 is thus defined by a portion of the head 6, namely is made in a single piece with the head itself.
  • Such solution allows to connect the cooling circuit of the supercharger 1 to an external circulation line by means of a single operation, namely by just connecting the first connector 22 to the first port 21.
  • the first port 21, made in a single piece with the head 6, allows to minimize the bulk deriving from the assembling of the first hydraulic connector 22 and allows at the same time a higher flow rate of the liquid circulating in the internal circuit.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show perspective views of a supercharger 1 according to the present invention.
  • the head 6 comprises a main surface 6' from which a first side 6'' and a second side 6''' opposite to the first side 6'' develop, a third side 6'''' and a fourth side 6'''' which develop between said first side 6'' and said second side 6''' in a position reciprocally opposed.
  • the head 6 comprises a second portion 12 defining a second port 21' to which a second hydraulic connector 22' can be directly connected.
  • the second portion 12 projects from the main surface 6' of the head 6 according to a direction substantially orthogonal to a lying plane P (indicated in Figure 4 ) defined by the main surface 6' itself.
  • the first portion 11 of the head 6, defining the first port 21, emerges from one side of the head 6 (in particular from the first side 6") developing according to a direction parallel to the lying plane P indicated above.
  • Figures 3 and 4 are respectively a plan view and a side view that allow to observe the arrangement described above of the ports 21 and 21', each one of them defining a section (input or output) of the circuit internally defined in the head 6 of the supercharger 1.
  • the first port 21 may define, for example, the input section of the internal circuit
  • the second port 21' may define the output section of the same internal circuit.
  • the head 6 may advantageously comprise also a third portion 13 and a fourth portion 14 arranged to define a third port and a fourth port (not shown in the figures) to which a third hydraulic connector and a fourth hydraulic connector (not shown in the figures) can be respectively connected.
  • the head 6 comprises a plurality of portions 11, 12, 13, 14 each one of them is arranged to define, if necessary, a connection port to which an hydraulic connector 22, 22' can be connected.
  • Each one of such possible ports may define in its turn an input or an output section of the cooling liquid from the cooling circuit.
  • the number of ports defined by the head 6' may vary according to how the internal circuit of the supercharger 1 must be connected to the circulation lines of the liquid external to the supercharger itself.
  • the first port 21 of the gripping head 6 may define an input section of the cooling circuit, while the second port 21' and a possible third port may define each one an output section of the internal circuit.
  • the liquid coming out from the cooling circuit may be sent, by means of the second port 21' and of the third port to two different external circulation lines downstream of the cooling circuit.
  • the third portion 13 emerges from the main surface 6' according to a direction substantially orthogonal to the lying plane P defined above (see figure 4 ). It can be observed that preferably the third portion 13 is near the first portion 11.
  • the fourth portion 14 emerges preferably from the second side 6''' of the head 6 opposite to the first side 6' from which the second port 21' emerges.
  • alternative arrangement of the portions 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the head 6 are to be considered as included in the scope of the present invention.
  • FIGS 7 and 8 are views that allow to observe in detail a preferred shape of the ports 21, 22 of the head 6 of the supercharger 1 according to the present invention.
  • the first port 21 comprises a cylindrical segment 31' which develops according to a longitudinal direction 101 corresponding to a direction of connection of the first hydraulic connector 22.
  • the cylindrical segment 31' develops from a base surface 4, defined by the first portion 11 of the head 6 and is axially delimited, along the longitudinal direction 101, by a cylindrical end 31'' whose diameter D2 is higher than the diameter D1 of the cylindrical segment 31'.
  • the cylindrical end 31'' defines a stopping shoulder 23 of said first hydraulic connector 22.
  • the cylindrical end 31'' of the first port 21 defines an input 8 or an output section of the cooling liquid from the cooling circuit.
  • the first port 21 defines a cylindrical internal recess 33 within which it is possible to insert an end 22' of the first hydraulic connector 22.
  • Such internal recess 33 is hydraulically communicating with the cooling circuit, in order to allow the passage of the cooling liquid.
  • Figure 7 shows a possible embodiment of the first hydraulic connector 22 that can be directly connected to the first port 21 of the head 6 of the supercharger 1.
  • the first hydraulic connector 22 is substantially "I"-shaped, comprising an elongated hollow body 34 which develops between a first end 42, that can be inserted in the cylindrical recess 33 of the first port 21, and a second end 42' that can be connected to a circulation line of a cooling liquid not shown in the figures.
  • the first hydraulic connector 22 further comprises a grommet 35 for the seal of the cooling liquid, once the first end 42 is inserted in the internal recess 33 of the first port 21.
  • the first hydraulic connector 22 comprises also at least a pair of lateral portions 38 diametrically opposed which develop from the body 34 of the first connector 22 in a parallel way with respect to the axis of the connector itself.
  • Each one of said connecting portions 38 comprises a connection end 38' which develops radially towards the body 34 of the first connector 22.
  • the connection ends 38' are shaped in order to define a coupling of the "snap-fit" type which a stopping shoulder 23 defined by the cylindrical end 31' of the first port 21.
  • Such connection can be easily seen for example from the side perspective view in Figure 5 .
  • Figures 1 , 2 , 3 and 6 also show the embodiment of a second hydraulic connector 22' that can be connected to one of the ports 21,22 defined by the head 6.
  • the second hydraulic connector 22' is connected to the second port 21'.
  • the second hydraulic connector 22' is different from the first hydraulic connector 22 because the body of the connector is substantially "L"-shaped, so that the two ends of the same body develop according to a reciprocally orthogonal direction. It can be observed that such "L"-shape of the connector allows to further reduce the bulk of the supercharger according to the direction orthogonal to the main surface 6' of the head 6.
  • the L-shaped hydraulic connector may be connected to the first port 21.
  • the "I"-shaped hydraulic connector described above may be connected also to the second port 21' if the space available on the sides of the head 6 allows such connection.
  • the present invention relates also to a vehicle comprising a supercharger 1 according to what indicated above.
  • the vehicle according to the invention comprises a first circulation line and a second circulation line of a cooling liquid hydraulically connected upstream and downstream of the cooling circuit of the supercharger 1.
  • the vehicle according to the invention comprises at least a first hydraulic connector 22 connected to a first port 21 defined by a first portion 11 of the head 6 of the supercharger 1.
  • Such first hydraulic connector 22 connects the supercharger cooling circuit 1 to said first circulation line of the cooling liquid, external to the supercharger.
  • the vehicle according to the invention comprises preferably also a second hydraulic connector 22' connected to a second port 21' defined by a first portion of the head itself 6.
  • Such second hydraulic connector 22' connects the cooling circuit 1 to said second cooling line, external to the supercharger 1.
  • the technical solutions adopted for the supercharger according to the invention allow to completely fulfil the task and the purposes set.
  • the supercharger according to the invention can be subjected to numerous variations or modification, without departing from the scope of the invention; moreover all the details may be replaced by others technically equivalent.
  • the material used and also the dimensions and the shapes may be any, according to the needs and to the state of the art.

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  1. Compresseur d'alimentation pour un moteur d'un véhicule industriel ou commercial, ledit compresseur d'alimentation comprenant :
    - un corps de compresseur d'alimentation (5) qui loge des parties pour la compression de l'air et qui définit un côté (5') depuis lequel un arbre de transmission (55) fait saillie ;
    - une tête fermante (6) qui est connectée audit corps de compresseur d'alimentation (5) et qui est réalisée en un unique corps de coulée ;
    - un circuit de refroidissement qui est défini au moins en partie dans ladite tête (6), ledit circuit de refroidissement comprenant au moins une section d'entrée et une section de sortie d'un liquide de refroidissement ;
    dans lequel ladite tête (6) comprend au moins une première partie (11) qui définit un premier orifice de connexion (21), qui est réalisée en une unique pièce avec la tête (6) elle-même, auquel un premier connecteur hydraulique (22) peut être directement connecté afin de connecter ledit circuit de refroidissement à une première ligne de circulation dudit liquide de refroidissement qui est externe par rapport audit compresseur d'alimentation (1), ledit premier orifice (21) définissant l'une desdites sections dudit circuit de refroidissement ; caractérisé en ce que :
    le premier connecteur hydraulique est un connecteur à encliquetage et le premier orifice de connexion (21) est approprié pour ledit connecteur à encliquetage (22).
  2. Compresseur d'alimentation selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ladite tête fermante comprend une surface principale (6') qui définit un plan d'extension (P) et ladite première partie (11) est développée conformément à une direction qui est parallèle audit plan d'extension (P).
  3. Compresseur d'alimentation selon la revendication 2, comprenant une deuxième partie (12) qui fait saillie depuis la surface principale (6') de la tête (6) conformément à une direction qui est sensiblement orthogonale audit plan d'extension (P), qui définit un second orifice (21') auquel un second connecteur hydraulique (22') peut être directement connecté afin de connecter ledit circuit de refroidissement à une seconde ligne de circulation dudit liquide de refroidissement qui est externe par rapport audit compresseur de suralimentation (1), ledit second orifice (21') définissant l'autre desdites sections dudit circuit de refroidissement.
  4. Compresseur d'alimentation selon la revendication 3, dans lequel ledit au moins un premier orifice (21) comprend un segment cylindrique (31') qui est développé conformément à une direction longitudinale (101) qui est parallèle audit plan d'extension (P) connectant ledit premier connecteur hydraulique (22) audit premier orifice (21), ledit segment cylindrique (31') étant délimité suivant ladite direction longitudinale (101) par une extrémité cylindrique (31'') dont le diamètre est plus grand que celui dudit premier segment cylindrique (31') afin de définir un épaulement d'arrêt (23) dudit premier connecteur hydraulique (22).
  5. Compresseur d'alimentation selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 4, dans lequel, depuis ladite surface principale (6') de ladite tête (6), un premier côté (6'') et un deuxième côté (6''') qui est opposé au premier côté (6'') sont développés, un troisième côté (6'''') et un quatrième côté (6''''') étant développés entre ledit premier côté (6'') et ledit deuxième côté (6''') au niveau d'une position opposée de façon réciproque, ladite première partie (11) émergeant de ladite surface principale (6') depuis l'un desdits côtés (6'', 6''', 6'''', 6''''').
  6. Compresseur d'alimentation selon la revendication 3, dans lequel ladite tête (6) comprend une troisième partie qui définit un autre orifice auquel un autre connecteur hydraulique peut être connecté directement afin de connecter ledit circuit de refroidissement à une autre ligne de circulation dudit liquide de refroidissement qui est externe par rapport audit compresseur d'alimentation (1), ledit autre orifice définissant une section d'entrée ou une section de sortie dudit liquide de refroidissement depuis ledit circuit de refroidissement.
  7. Véhicule industriel ou commercial caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un compresseur d'alimentation (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, ledit véhicule comprenant une première ligne de circulation et une seconde ligne de circulation dudit liquide de refroidissement qui sont externes par rapport audit compresseur d'alimentation (1), ledit véhicule comprenant au moins un premier connecteur (22) qui est connecté audit premier orifice (21) et qui est connecté à l'une desdites lignes de circulation dudit liquide de refroidissement.
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ES11172550T ES2706421T3 (es) 2011-07-04 2011-07-04 Supercargador para un vehículo industrial con características de conexión mejoradas al circuito de refrigeración y el vehículo industrial que comprende tal supercargador

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