EP3283753B1 - Sealing system of a head of an internal combustion engine with common rail external to the head - Google Patents
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- the present invention refers to the field of connections of high-pressure pipes for distributing high-pressure fuel to the injectors when the high-pressure rail is external to the head of the internal combustion engine.
- Common rail injection systems comprise a high-pressure fuel pump that supplies a so-called common rail. Smaller pipes branch off from the common rail (or simply rail) pipe to supply each single injector.
- the rail comprises a number of connectors, generally referred to as sleeve nipples, the number of which is the same as the number of injectors to be supplied.
- the same number of high-pressure pipes are connected to these connectors, by means of complementary connectors, preferably screwed, to supply the injectors. Said pipes are normally called injector pipes.
- the rail may be obtained by welding the connectors or by casting or forging the rail in a single piece.
- the pressure inside the tappet compartment is different from the ambient pressure.
- an overpressure is created with respect to the external pressure, and it is therefore necessary to seal the points in the wall of the tappet compartment through which the high-pressure fuel pipes pass.
- Passing-wall are used for that purpose, that is to say, tubular elements that are fixed transversely to a part to be crossed, using connecting means provided with specific sealing gaskets.
- the fittings of the high-pressure pipes used for fuel injection systems are manufactured to withstand extremely high pressures and made of deformable metal material to guarantee the required sealing properties.
- a high-pressure fitting can only be used once. Therefore, when an injector has to be disconnected, the fittings of the pipes that are disconnected, including any so-called "passing-wall", must be replaced.
- the purpose of the present invention is to reduce the components used for the hydraulic connections of a common rail fuel circuit, in which the rail is external to the head and specifically external to the tappet compartment of the internal combustion engine.
- the idea at the basis of the present invention is to use the output connectors of the rail to pass through respective through holes in a wall of the cylinder head to enter the tappet compartment and to use the same output connectors as caps for said through holes.
- the output connectors produced in one piece with the common rail, consist, according to the present invention, in a set of caps joined and integral with one another through the common rail suitable to close corresponding through holes in a wall of the head of the internal combustion engine.
- the fittings are made in one piece with the rail and each fitting comprises an annular base with a flat contact surface complementary to the wall of the head of the engine. Between said complementary surfaces there is a flat annular gasket through which the respective fitting passes.
- Means for fastening the rail to the head of the internal combustion engine keep the rail pressed against said head, to guarantee the necessary uniform compression of the annular gaskets.
- the first solution based on radial gaskets, is particularly advantageous for implementations in which the rail is produced by means of welding, in that it enables the backlash and machining tolerances to be recovered.
- the high-pressure pipes that branch off from the rail can all be the same and interchangeable.
- the second solution based on flat annular gaskets, is particularly advantageous in implementations in which the rail is produced by means of casting or forging, and in particular when the machining tolerances of the rail are such to enable a high degree of precision in the assembly of the head of the engine.
- An object of the present invention is cylinder head of an internal combustion engine provided of a common rail external to the head and a sealing system, as claimed in claim 1.
- Another object of the present invention is a method for sealing a head of an internal combustion engine with common rail external to the head.
- Another object of the present invention is an internal combustion engine provided with said sealing system.
- a further object of the present invention is a vehicle or fixed installation provided with said internal combustion engine.
- second component does not imply the presence of a "first” component. Such terms are simply used for the sake of clarity and should not be considered as limiting the scope of the invention.
- Figures 1 and 2 illustrate a head H of an internal combustion engine E with common rail CR external to the head.
- the common rail has a longitudinal tubular shape, perpendicular to the sheet of the drawings.
- the common rail has two or more output connectors SN in one piece with the common rail and distributed along said common rail and aligned with one another so as to lie on a common plane PL.
- the output pipes in turn, extend axially in a tubular shape that intersects the common rail.
- the axes of extension of the output connectors lie on the same common plane PL.
- the common rail has a circular cross section, the fact that the output connectors SN are aligned with one another so as to lie on a same common plane PL, corresponds to the fact that they intersect the common rail in a same angular position, even though they are distributed along the longitudinal extension of said common rail.
- the head H of the internal combustion engine E comprises a wall HW provided with through holes TH in the same number as said two or more output connectors SN.
- the sealing system is defined by
- the sealing means G consist of a radial gasket, concentrically inserted into the through holes TH so as to at least partially engage a related thickness TK.
- each through hole TH comprises an annular stop tooth TD1 which determines the axial stop of the radial gasket G during insertion of the related output connector SN into the corresponding through hole TH.
- the stop tooth TD1 is therefore implemented so as to prevent the radial seal from falling into the tappet compartment TH.
- the output connectors SN preferably have a tapered shape and define a base area B, in one piece with the common rail, which defines a sort of transition zone between the common rail and the output connector, which defines another stop tooth TD2 suitable to maintain the radial gasket G in the respective through hole TH, when the common rail is operatively associated with the head H of the internal combustion engine E.
- the axial section of the radial seals G defines a sort of W capable of recovering any relevant backlash and tolerances in the distribution of the output connectors along the common rail, which could occur in case of common rails produced by welding.
- the radial gasket G has a substantially cylindrical shape with a knurled outer cylindrical wall GWE to ensure better adherence to the respective seat obtained in the through holes TH - i.e. in the thickness TK of the wall in which the through holes are obtained.
- the face F1 of the gasket G is visible from the outside of the head H of the engine.
- Said face F1 preferably defines an annular stop tooth GTD that cooperates with the stop tooth TD1 to prevent the gasket from falling into the tappet compartment.
- the smaller base of the inner truncated cone shaped wall has a diameter comprised between 10 and 16 mm, with a preferred value of 13.5.
- Said smaller base cooperates with the output connector SN which has, at least in the portion that comes into contact with said gasket G, a cylindrical shape.
- said cylindrical portion has a diameter comprised between 16 and 10 mm, with a preferred value of 13 mm.
- said sealing means consist of a flat annular gasket G1 interposed between the outer face HWE of the wall HW of the head of the engine E and the base B of the output connector SN.
- Both the outer wall HWE and the base B define respective flat surfaces TD1 and TD2 complementary to each other between which the flat annular gasket G1 is interposed.
- the surfaces TD1 in figure 2 are preferably obtained by milling the outer face HWE of the wall HW.
- the radial gaskets G produce a synergistic effect with this method of production of the common rail.
- each one has a first end provided with a connector EJPC1 complementary to an output connector SN of the common rail and a second end opposite the first end provided with a connector EJPC2 complementary to the connector of the injector EJ.
- figure 4 shows a common rail having a shorter extension than that of the head H of the engine.
- a tappet cover closing the top of the compartment TPF in which the valve actuating tappets are housed is not shown, but is implicit.
- the springs VS of the valves are clearly visible.
- FIGS 5 and 6 A further comparison between the common rails is illustrated in figures 5 and 6 .
- the linear sequence 1 - 6 of the common rail is ordered, whereas in figure 6 the numbers 3 and 4 are inverted.
- the solution in figure 5 envisages a far smaller number of fastening points FM than the solution in figure 6 .
- the flat annular gaskets G1 of figures 2 , 4 and 6 require low tolerances between the couplings TD1 and TD2 and a good connection pressure.
- Fastening screws SC clearly visible in figures 1 and 2 , are inserted through the flanges defined by the fastening points, in one piece with the rail.
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Description
- The present invention refers to the field of connections of high-pressure pipes for distributing high-pressure fuel to the injectors when the high-pressure rail is external to the head of the internal combustion engine.
- Common rail injection systems comprise a high-pressure fuel pump that supplies a so-called common rail. Smaller pipes branch off from the common rail (or simply rail) pipe to supply each single injector.
- The rail comprises a number of connectors, generally referred to as sleeve nipples, the number of which is the same as the number of injectors to be supplied. The same number of high-pressure pipes are connected to these connectors, by means of complementary connectors, preferably screwed, to supply the injectors. Said pipes are normally called injector pipes. The rail may be obtained by welding the connectors or by casting or forging the rail in a single piece.
- There are basically two methods of arrangement of the common rail of the high-pressure fuel circuit:
- rail inside the head of the engine, i.e., arranged in the compartment housing the valve actuating tappets, hereinafter the "tappet compartment",
- rail external to the head of the engine, with the single high-pressure pipes branching off from the rail and each one being connected to a respective injector, passing through a wall of the tappet compartment.
- The pressure inside the tappet compartment is different from the ambient pressure. In particular, in diesel engines an overpressure is created with respect to the external pressure, and it is therefore necessary to seal the points in the wall of the tappet compartment through which the high-pressure fuel pipes pass.
- So-called "passing-wall" are used for that purpose, that is to say, tubular elements that are fixed transversely to a part to be crossed, using connecting means provided with specific sealing gaskets.
- An example of such sealing systems is provided in
JP2000257528 - The fittings of the high-pressure pipes used for fuel injection systems are manufactured to withstand extremely high pressures and made of deformable metal material to guarantee the required sealing properties.
- Unlike low-pressure fittings, a high-pressure fitting can only be used once. Therefore, when an injector has to be disconnected, the fittings of the pipes that are disconnected, including any so-called "passing-wall", must be replaced.
- It is clear that using fewer pipes and fittings enables considerable savings to be made in terms of costs and simplifies assembly of the parts.
- The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the components used for the hydraulic connections of a common rail fuel circuit, in which the rail is external to the head and specifically external to the tappet compartment of the internal combustion engine.
- The idea at the basis of the present invention is to use the output connectors of the rail to pass through respective through holes in a wall of the cylinder head to enter the tappet compartment and to use the same output connectors as caps for said through holes.
- Thus the output connectors, produced in one piece with the common rail, consist, according to the present invention, in a set of caps joined and integral with one another through the common rail suitable to close corresponding through holes in a wall of the head of the internal combustion engine.
- The tightness or seal of the tappet compartment towards the outside environment is achieved in two alternative ways. According to a first embodiment of the invention, appropriate seats are obtained in the openings in the wall of the head of the internal combustion engine into which radial gaskets are inserted, preferably with good backlash recovery.
- According to a second preferred embodiment of the invention, the fittings are made in one piece with the rail and each fitting comprises an annular base with a flat contact surface complementary to the wall of the head of the engine. Between said complementary surfaces there is a flat annular gasket through which the respective fitting passes. Means for fastening the rail to the head of the internal combustion engine keep the rail pressed against said head, to guarantee the necessary uniform compression of the annular gaskets.
- The first solution, based on radial gaskets, is particularly advantageous for implementations in which the rail is produced by means of welding, in that it enables the backlash and machining tolerances to be recovered. Advantageously, with a sufficiently long rail, the high-pressure pipes that branch off from the rail can all be the same and interchangeable.
- The second solution, based on flat annular gaskets, is particularly advantageous in implementations in which the rail is produced by means of casting or forging, and in particular when the machining tolerances of the rail are such to enable a high degree of precision in the assembly of the head of the engine.
- An object of the present invention is cylinder head of an internal combustion engine provided of a common rail external to the head and a sealing system, as claimed in claim 1.
- Another object of the present invention is a method for sealing a head of an internal combustion engine with common rail external to the head.
- Another object of the present invention is an internal combustion engine provided with said sealing system.
- A further object of the present invention is a vehicle or fixed installation provided with said internal combustion engine.
- The claims describe preferred embodiments of the invention and form an integral part of the present description.
- Further purposes and advantages of the present invention will become clear from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment (and alternative embodiments) thereof and from the accompanying drawings which are merely illustrative and not limiting, in which:
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figure 1 illustrates a portion of a section perpendicular to a drive shaft of an internal combustion engine, showing a wall of a head of the internal combustion engine, a common rail pipe and a first embodiment of the sealing system according to the present invention, -
figure 2 illustrates a second embodiment of the system in a view similar to that offigure 1 , -
figure 2a illustrates a broader overall view than that shown infigure 2 , -
figures 3 and4 illustrate perspective views of two preferred implementations of the present invention, conforming respectively to the embodiments offigure 1 and2 , -
figures 5 and 6 illustrate two side views perpendicular to one another, respectively, of a common rail pipe produced to implement the embodiment offigures 1 and3 and of a common rail pipe produced to implement the embodiment offigures 2 and4 , -
figure 7 shows an axial cross section of a gasket implemented in the embodiments offigures 1 ,3 and5 . In the figures the same reference numerals and letters indicate the same parts or components. - Within the scope of the present description, the term "second" component does not imply the presence of a "first" component. Such terms are simply used for the sake of clarity and should not be considered as limiting the scope of the invention.
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Figures 1 and2 illustrate a head H of an internal combustion engine E with common rail CR external to the head. The common rail has a longitudinal tubular shape, perpendicular to the sheet of the drawings. The common rail has two or more output connectors SN in one piece with the common rail and distributed along said common rail and aligned with one another so as to lie on a common plane PL. - Generally, the output pipes, in turn, extend axially in a tubular shape that intersects the common rail. Thus, the axes of extension of the output connectors lie on the same common plane PL.
- If the common rail has a circular cross section, the fact that the output connectors SN are aligned with one another so as to lie on a same common plane PL, corresponds to the fact that they intersect the common rail in a same angular position, even though they are distributed along the longitudinal extension of said common rail.
- The head H of the internal combustion engine E comprises a wall HW provided with through holes TH in the same number as said two or more output connectors SN.
- According to the present invention the sealing system is defined by
- the output connectors SN,
- said through holes TH which are distributed so as to be simultaneously engaged by the output connectors SN and
- sealing means G interposed between the wall HW and the output connectors.
- More in detail, according to
figure 1 , the sealing means G consist of a radial gasket, concentrically inserted into the through holes TH so as to at least partially engage a related thickness TK. - Preferably, each through hole TH comprises an annular stop tooth TD1 which determines the axial stop of the radial gasket G during insertion of the related output connector SN into the corresponding through hole TH.
- The stop tooth TD1 is therefore implemented so as to prevent the radial seal from falling into the tappet compartment TH. The output connectors SN preferably have a tapered shape and define a base area B, in one piece with the common rail, which defines a sort of transition zone between the common rail and the output connector, which defines another stop tooth TD2 suitable to maintain the radial gasket G in the respective through hole TH, when the common rail is operatively associated with the head H of the internal combustion engine E.
- As can be seen in
figure 1 , the axial section of the radial seals G defines a sort of W capable of recovering any relevant backlash and tolerances in the distribution of the output connectors along the common rail, which could occur in case of common rails produced by welding. - With reference to
figure 7 , the radial gasket G has a substantially cylindrical shape with a knurled outer cylindrical wall GWE to ensure better adherence to the respective seat obtained in the through holes TH - i.e. in the thickness TK of the wall in which the through holes are obtained. - When the gasket G is operatively inserted into the wall HW of the head of the engine E, the face F1 of the gasket G is visible from the outside of the head H of the engine. Said face F1 preferably defines an annular stop tooth GTD that cooperates with the stop tooth TD1 to prevent the gasket from falling into the tappet compartment. Converging from said surface F1, on the inside of the outer cylindrical wall GWE, is a further wall GW1 having a substantially truncated cone shape, tapering towards the face F2 opposite the face F1.
- Preferably, the smaller base of the inner truncated cone shaped wall has a diameter comprised between 10 and 16 mm, with a preferred value of 13.5.
- Said smaller base, as can be seen in
figure 1 , cooperates with the output connector SN which has, at least in the portion that comes into contact with said gasket G, a cylindrical shape. - Preferably, said cylindrical portion has a diameter comprised between 16 and 10 mm, with a preferred value of 13 mm. According to
figure 2 , instead, said sealing means consist of a flat annular gasket G1 interposed between the outer face HWE of the wall HW of the head of the engine E and the base B of the output connector SN. - Both the outer wall HWE and the base B define respective flat surfaces TD1 and TD2 complementary to each other between which the flat annular gasket G1 is interposed.
- Note that the flat surfaces TD1 and TD2 in
figure 2 and the teeth TD1 and TD2 infigure 1 are indicated by the same reference signs because in both cases they act axially on the gaskets G and G1 according to the insertion of the output connector SN in the respective through hole TH obtained in the wall HW of the head H of the internal combustion engine. It is worth pointing out that instead of using separate flat gaskets G1, a single gasket can be used for the entire extension of the common rail, substantially a single sheet provided with respective holes to enable the output connectors to pass through said gasket. - The surfaces TD1 in
figure 2 are preferably obtained by milling the outer face HWE of the wall HW. - With reference to
figure 3 , note that the longitudinal extension of the common rail CR is very similar to or the same as the extension of the head H of the engine E. - A similar extension, in large displacement internal combustion engines, can currently only be obtained with common rails where the output connectors SN are welded to the tubular longitudinal body.
- Therefore, the radial gaskets G produce a synergistic effect with this method of production of the common rail.
- A further advantage of this solution is that the output connectors can have the same centre distance as the cylinders of the head so that the high-pressure pipes EJP are all the same with clear savings in terms of costs and storage space. In particular, each one has a first end provided with a connector EJPC1 complementary to an output connector SN of the common rail and a second end opposite the first end provided with a connector EJPC2 complementary to the connector of the injector EJ.
- Vice versa,
figure 4 shows a common rail having a shorter extension than that of the head H of the engine. - It is immediately clear that to have at least the high-pressure pipes EJP in groups of three having the same shape, the centre distance between the output connectors SN must be different, with the fourth output connector SN placed before the third output connector SN counting both from one end and from the other end of the common rail.
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figures 3 and4 a tappet cover closing the top of the compartment TPF in which the valve actuating tappets are housed is not shown, but is implicit. The springs VS of the valves are clearly visible. - A further comparison between the common rails is illustrated in
figures 5 and 6 . In particular, infigure 5 the linear sequence 1 - 6 of the common rail is ordered, whereas infigure 6 thenumbers - Moreover, the solution in
figure 5 envisages a far smaller number of fastening points FM than the solution infigure 6 . Indeed, in order to operate efficiently, the flat annular gaskets G1 offigures 2 ,4 and6 require low tolerances between the couplings TD1 and TD2 and a good connection pressure. - On the contrary, the radial seals G of
figures 1 ,3 and5 do not require such conditions and the fastening points must therefore only guarantee that the common rail is held in place with respect to the head H of the engine when the latter is running. - Fastening screws SC, clearly visible in
figures 1 and2 , are inserted through the flanges defined by the fastening points, in one piece with the rail. - Other embodiments of the non-limiting example of the invention described herein may be implemented without departing from the scope of the appended claims.
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- Cylinder head (H) of an internal combustion engine (E) with common rail (CR) external to the head comprising a sealing system, the common rail having a longitudinal tubular shape with two or more output connectors (SN), in one piece with said common rail and distributed along said common rail (CR) and aligned with one another so as to lie on a same common plane (PL), and wherein the head (H) of the internal combustion engine (E) comprises a wall (HW) provided with through holes (TH) in the same number as said two or more output connectors (SN), the sealing system being characterized by- said two or more output connectors (SN),- said through holes (TH), distributed so as to be simultaneously engaged by said two or more output connectors (SN) and- sealing means (G, G1) interposed between said wall (HW) and said two or more output connectors (SN),so that said output connectors act as caps for said through holes.
- Cylinder head according to claim 1, wherein said sealing means (G) consist of a radial gasket, concentrically inserted into the through holes (TH) so as to at least partially engage a related thickness (TK).
- Cylinder head according to claim 2, wherein each through hole (TH) comprises an annular stop tooth (TD1) adapted to define an axial stop of the radial gasket (G) during insertion of the related output connector (SN) into the corresponding through hole (TH).
- Cylinder head according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each of said output connectors (SN) has a tapered shape and defines a base area (B), as transition towards the common rail, defining a further stop tooth (TD2) adapted to maintain the radial gasket (G) in the respective through opening (TH), when the common rail is operatively associated with the head (H) of the internal combustion engine (E).
- Cylinder head according to claim 1, wherein said sealing means consist of a flat annular gasket (G1) interposed between an outer face (HWE) of the wall (HW) of the head (H) of the engine (E) and a base (B) of the output connector (SN) .
- Cylinder head according to claim 5, wherein said outer wall (HWE) and said base (B) define flat surfaces (TD1, TD2) complementary to each other, between which the flat gasket (G1) is adapted to be interposed.
- Cylinder head according to any one of claims 5 or 6, wherein the flat gaskets (G1) related to said two or more output connectors are produced in a suitably perforated single sheet.
- A method for sealing a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine according to any one of claims 1 - 7, the method comprising- a first step (i) of producing through holes (TH) in a wall (HW) of said head (H) of the internal combustion engine (E) in the same number as said two or more output connectors (SN), distributed so as to be simultaneously engaged by said two or more output connectors (SN),- a second step (ii) of associating said common rail with said head (H) so as to insert said two or more output connectors into said through holes and- a third step (iii), intermediate between said first and second step, of interposing sealing means (G, G1) between said wall (HW) and said two or more output connectors (SN).
- The method according to claim 8, wherein said step of producing through holes comprises the fact of producing an appropriate seat (TD1) for said sealing means (G, G1).
- The method according to claim 9, wherein said seat consists of a through hole (TH) having a stop tooth (TD1) or a flat surface (TD1) obtained by milling of an outer face (HWE) of said wall (HW).
- A vehicle or a fixed installation comprising an internal combustion engine with a relating cylinder head (H) according to anyone of the claims 1 to 7.
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