JP2004011523A - Valve system of engine - Google Patents

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JP2004011523A
JP2004011523A JP2002165899A JP2002165899A JP2004011523A JP 2004011523 A JP2004011523 A JP 2004011523A JP 2002165899 A JP2002165899 A JP 2002165899A JP 2002165899 A JP2002165899 A JP 2002165899A JP 2004011523 A JP2004011523 A JP 2004011523A
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Hidetoshi Kageyama
影山 秀年
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01LCYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L13/00Modifications of valve-gear to facilitate reversing, braking, starting, changing compression ratio, or other specific operations
    • F01L13/0015Modifications of valve-gear to facilitate reversing, braking, starting, changing compression ratio, or other specific operations for optimising engine performances by modifying valve lift according to various working parameters, e.g. rotational speed, load, torque
    • F01L13/0063Modifications of valve-gear to facilitate reversing, braking, starting, changing compression ratio, or other specific operations for optimising engine performances by modifying valve lift according to various working parameters, e.g. rotational speed, load, torque by modification of cam contact point by displacing an intermediate lever or wedge-shaped intermediate element, e.g. Tourtelot
    • F01L2013/0068Modifications of valve-gear to facilitate reversing, braking, starting, changing compression ratio, or other specific operations for optimising engine performances by modifying valve lift according to various working parameters, e.g. rotational speed, load, torque by modification of cam contact point by displacing an intermediate lever or wedge-shaped intermediate element, e.g. Tourtelot with an oscillating cam acting on the valve of the "BMW-Valvetronic" type

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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a valve system of an engine for adequately opening/closing a valve without any special correction mechanism. <P>SOLUTION: In a valve system 7 of an engine to drive a valve to open/close a valve opening 2b of a combustion chamber 2a via a rocker arm disposed in an oscillating manner by a cam shaft 8 rotatably fixed orthogonal to a shaft, an oscillating member 9 to be oscillated by the cam shaft 8 is disposed, an oscillating cam face 9b in rolling contact with a rocker roller disposed on the rocker arm is formed on one end part of the oscillating member 9, an oscillating member inclining means to move the other end part of the oscillating member 9 in an oscillating manner around the axis of oscillation and along an arc with an axis b of the rocker roller as a center is provided, and a base circle part 9e of the oscillation cam face 9b forms an arc with the axis (a) of oscillation of the oscillating member. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、バルブの開期間及びリフト量を連続的に制御可能としたエンジンの動弁装置に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
バルブの開期間及びリフト量を連続的に制御可能としたエンジンの動弁装置が実用化されている。この種の動弁装置として、従来例えば特開平7−63023号公報に記載されているものがある。これはカム軸によりロッカアームを介して吸気バルブ,排気バルブを開閉駆動するように構成する場合に、上記カム軸と平行な揺動軸回りに揺動可能に支持され該カム軸で揺動駆動される揺動部材を設け、該揺動部材の一端に上記ロッカアームを押圧駆動する揺動カム面を形成し、上記揺動部材の他端部を移動させる別のカム軸を配設した構成となっており、上記揺動部材の揺動中心を移動させることによりバルブの開期間及びリフト量を連続的に変化させることができる。
【0003】
【発明が解決すようとする課題】
ところで上述の揺動部材の揺動中心を移動させることによりバルブの開期間やリフト量を連続可変制御する構造の場合、上記揺動中心の移動軌跡をどのように設定するかが重要である。例えば上記移動軌跡が適正でないとバルブ閉止時にバルブが完全に閉じなくなり、この問題を回避するために例えばロッカアームに何らかの補正機構、例えばラッシュアジャスターのリークダウン量を大きくする機構を追加する必要が生じる。しかし上記従来公報にはこのような観点に立った場合の揺動中心の移動軌跡に関する教示は存在しない。
【0004】
本発明は、上記従来の状況に鑑みてなされたものであり、特別な補正機構を必要とすることなくバルブ開閉動作を適正に行なうことのできるエンジンの動弁装置を提供することを課題としている。
【0005】
【課題を解決するための手段】
請求項1の発明は、回転自在にかつ軸直角方向に固定して配置されたカム軸により揺動自在に配置されたロッカアームを介して燃焼室のバルブ開口を開閉するバルブを開閉駆動するようにしたエンジンの動弁装置において、上記カム軸により揺動駆動される揺動部材を配設し、該揺動部材の一端部に上記ロッカアームに配設されたロッカローラと転接する揺動カム面を形成し、上記揺動部材の他端部を揺動軸回りに揺動可能にかつ上記ロッカローラの軸線を中心とする円弧に沿って移動させる揺動部材傾斜手段を設け、上記揺動カム面のベース円部を上記揺動部材の揺動軸を中心とする円弧をなすように形成したことを特徴としている。
【0006】
請求項2の発明は、請求項1において、上記揺動部材傾斜手段は、上記揺動部材の他端部にガイドローラをカム軸と平行な軸線回りに回転可能に設け、該ガイドローラを上記ロッカローラの軸線を中心とする円弧に沿って移動するように案内するガイド部材を設け、上記ガイドローラを揺動カム軸により移動させるよう構成されていることを特徴としている。
【0007】
【発明の作用効果】
請求項1の発明によれば、上記カム軸により揺動部材揺動させると、該揺動部材の揺動カム面がロッカローラを介してロッカアームを揺動させ、これによりバルブがバルブ開口を開閉する。この場合に、揺動部材傾斜手段により、揺動部材のバルブ閉止状態での傾斜角度が変化し、これによりロッカアームのロッカローラと揺動カム面との接点が移動し、バルブの開度及びリフト量を連続的に変化させることができる。
【0008】
上記揺動部材を傾斜させるに当たり、揺動部材の他端部がロッカローラを中心とする円弧上を移動するように構成し、かつ揺動カム面のベース円部を揺動部材の揺動軸を中心とする円弧をなすように構成したので、バルブ閉止状態において揺動部材を揺動させた際にバルブが開いてしまうといった問題を回避できる。
【0009】
請求項2の発明では、揺動部材の他端部にガイドローラを設け、該ガイドローラを揺動カム軸で移動させるとともに、ガイド部材によりガイドローラをロッカローラの回転軸を中心とする円弧に沿って移動させるように形成し、また揺動カム面のベース円部を上記ガイドローラの回転中心を中心とする円弧に一致させたので、バルブ閉止状態において揺動部材を揺動させた際にバルブが開いてしまうといった問題を回避できるという請求項1における作用効果を実現できる具体的構成を提供できる。
【0010】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下、本発明の実施の形態を添付図面に基づいて説明する。
図1〜図4は本発明の一実施形態を説明するための図であり、図1は本実施形態によるエンジンの動弁装置を模式的に示す断面側面図、図2,図3はその動作を説明するための模式図、図4はカム角−リフト特性図である。
【0011】
図1において、1は燃焼室に開口するバルブ開口を開閉する弁装置であり、以下の構造を有している。シリンダヘッド2にはエンジンの燃焼室の天壁側部分を構成するように燃焼凹部2aが凹設され、該燃焼凹部2aには左右の吸気バルブ開口2b,及び排気バルブ開口2dが形成されており、該吸気バルブ開口2b,排気バルブ開口2dは吸気ポート2c,排気ポート2eによりエンジン壁の外部接続開口に導出されている。そして上記吸気バルブ開口2bは吸気バルブ3のバルブヘッド3aにより開閉され、また排気バルブ開口2dは排気バルブ4のバルブヘッド4aにより開閉されるようになっている。吸気バルブ3,排気バルブ4は、これのバルブ軸3b,4bの上端部に装着されたリテーナ5aとシリンダヘッド2の座面に載置されたばね座5bとの間に介在された弁ばね6により閉方向に常時付勢されている。
【0012】
上記吸気バルブ3,排気バルブ4の上方には吸気側動弁装置7a,排気側動弁装置7bが配置されている。以下吸気側動弁装置7aについて詳述するが、排気側動弁装置7bも同様の構造となっている。
【0013】
上記吸気側動弁装置7aは、揺動部材9を揺動軸a回りに揺動可能に、かつ該揺動軸aが移動可能となるように配置し、該揺動部材9をカム軸8により揺動させ、該揺動部材9の揺動によりロッカアーム11を揺動させ、該ロッカアーム11の揺動により吸気バルブ3を軸方向に進退させ、もって上記吸気バルブ開口2bを開閉するように構成されている。
【0014】
上記カム軸8はクランク軸(図示せず)と平行に配置され、シリンダヘッド2に形成されたカムジャーナル受部及び該ジャーナル受部の上合面に装着されたカムキャップにより回転自在に、かつ軸直角方向に移動不能に支持されている。そして上記吸気カム軸8には、一定の外径を有するベース円部8aと、所定のカムプロフィールを有するリフト部8bとからなるカムノーズ8cが形成されている。
【0015】
上記ロッカアーム11の基部11aはバルブ軸3bと平行に配置されたラッシュアジャスタ14の上端部により揺動自在に、かつ該ラッシュアジャスタ14の軸方向に弾性を持つように支持されており、その先端部11bの下面には吸気バルブ3の上端を押圧するバルブ押圧面が形成されている。またロッカアーム11の長さ方向略中心部にはロッカローラ11cがカム軸8と平行の軸回りに回転自在に装着されている。
【0016】
上記揺動部材9は、帯板状の揺動アーム部9aの上端にガイドローラ10を上記カム軸8と平行の軸線a回りに回転自在に配置し、該揺動アーム部9aの下端に揺動カム面9bを形成し、該揺動アーム部9aの上記ガイドローラ10と揺動カム面9bとの間の部分に揺動ローラ9cを上記ガイドローラ10と平行の軸回りに回転自在に配置したものである。
【0017】
上記揺動カム面9bは、ベース円部9eとリフト部9fとを連続面をなす波形状をなすように形成したものである。上記揺動部材9はリフト部9fが上記カム軸8側、換言すれはロッカアーム11のカム軸側寄りに、上記ベース円部9eが気筒中心側、換言すれば吸気バルブ3側寄りに位置するように配設されている。上記ベース円部9eはガイドローラ10の軸線aを中心とする半径R1の円弧状をなしており、そのためベース円部9eがロッカアーム11を押圧している期間においては揺動部材9の揺動角度が増加しても吸気バルブ3は全閉位置にありリフトされない。一方、上記リフト部9fは、吸気カム軸8のリフト部8bの頂部に近い部分が揺動ローラ9cを押圧するほど、つまり揺動部材9の揺動角度が大きくなるほど吸気バルブ3を大きくリフトさせる。
【0018】
また上記揺動アーム部9aの上側には上記ガイドローラ10を転接させてこれの移動を所定方向に案内するガイド部材15が配設されている。このガイド部材15のガイド面15aは、上記吸気バルブ3が閉止状態にある場合において、上記ロッカローラ11cの軸線bを中心とする半径R2の円弧に一致するように形成されている。
【0019】
また上記揺動部材9を挟んでカム軸8の反対側上端部に揺動カム軸16が上記ガイド面15aとで上記ガイドローラ10の位置を規制するように配設されている。上記揺動カム軸16には揺動カム面16aが形成されており、該揺動カム面16aは、この揺動カム軸16を図示反時計回りに回動させるほど上記ガイドローラ10をカム軸8側に揺動させる。
【0020】
また上記揺動カム軸16の外端部には、エンジンの運転状態に応じて該揺動カム軸16の角度位置を制御する駆動モータが接続されている。例えば、アクセルペダルの踏込み量が大きいほど上記揺動部材9をガイドローラ10がカム軸8側に移動するように揺動させる。
【0021】
このようにして、揺動カム軸16の角度位置を調整することにより、揺動部材9の上記ロッカローラ11cの軸線を中心とする半径R2の円弧(ガイド面)15aに沿って移動させ、もって揺動カム面9bのロッカローラ11cとの接点cの位置を可変制御する揺動部材傾斜手段が構成されている。
【0022】
また上記揺動カム軸16にはコイルスプリングからなるバランスばね13が装着されている。このバランスばね13の一端13aは上記揺動アーム部9aの下端に係止し、他端13bはシリンダヘッド2に係止されている。このバランスばね13は揺動部材9をこれの揺動ローラ9cがカム軸8のカムノーズ8cに当接するように付勢している。
【0023】
次に本実施形態装置の動作及び作用効果について説明する。
低負荷の運転域、例えばエンジン回転数がアイドリング回転数でスロットルペダルの踏込み量がゼロ付近であり、アイドルスピードコントロールバルブが徐開,徐閉を繰り返すアイドル運転領域では、図2(a)に示すように、揺動カム軸16は時計回りのストッパ位置に回動しており、そのため揺動カム16aのベース円部がガイドローラ10に当接し、カム軸8のベース円部8aが揺動ローラ9cに接している状態で、その揺動カム面9bのベース円部9eの最もリフト部9fから離れた部分がロッカローラ11cに転接している。即ち、ロッカローラ11cと揺動カム面9bとの接点cはリフト部9fから最も離れた位置にある。
【0024】
従ってカム軸8の回転により揺動部材9の揺動角度が増加しても揺動カム面9bのベース円部9eがロッカローラ11cに転接する範囲が大きく(図2(b)参照)、その結果バルブの開角度及びリフト量h1も僅かであり、そのリフトカーブは図4の曲線C1となる。
【0025】
一方、高負荷の運転域、例えばスロットルペダルの踏込み量が最大の運転領域では、図3(a)に示すように、揺動カム軸16は最大リフト点付近に回動しており、そのため揺動カム16aの最大リフト部がガイドローラ10に当接し、カム軸8のベース円部8aが揺動ローラ9cに接している状態で、その揺動カム面9bのベース円部9eのリフト部9fに近い部分がロッカローラ11cに転接している。即ちロッカローラ11cの揺動カム面9bとの接点cはリフト部9fに近い位置にある。
【0026】
従ってカム軸8の回転により揺動部材9の揺動角度が増加すると揺動カム面9bのリフト部9fが直ちにロッカローラ11cに転接することとなり、その結果バルブの開角度及びリフト量h2は最大となり、そのリフトカーブは図4の曲線C11となる。上記図2の状態から図3の状態に移行するにつれてリフトカーブは図4の曲線C1からC11まで連続的に変化する。
【0027】
このように本実施形態装置では、上記カム軸8の回転に伴って揺動部材9が揺動し、該揺動部材9の揺動に伴ってこれの揺動カム面9bがロッカアーム11を揺動駆動し、該ロッカアーム11が吸気バルブ3を開閉駆動する。
【0028】
そして揺動カム軸16を回動させることにより揺動部材9が揺動し、バルブ閉止状態、即ちカム軸8のベース円部8aが揺動ローラ9cに接している状態におけるロッカローラ11cの揺動カム面9bとの接点cが連続的に移動し、これによりバルブの開期間及び最大リフト量を連続的に制御できる。
【0029】
また、バルブ閉止状態でカム軸方向に見た時、ガイド部材15のガイド面15aをロッカローラ11cの軸線bを中心とする半径R2の円弧に一致させ、かつ揺動カム面9bのベース円部9eを揺動部材9の軸線aを中心とする半径R1の円弧と一致させたので、揺動部材9の揺動角度を変化させることによりバルブが開いてしまうといった問題を、特別な吸収機構を備えることなく回避できる。
【0030】
またロッカローラ11の基端部11aをラッシュアジャスタ14により、揺動可能に支持したので、熱膨張や経年変化によるバルブクリアランス変化を自動補正し、低リフト時の吸入空気気筒間ばらつきを最小限に保つ事ができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明の一実施形態によるエンジンの動弁装置の断面側面図である。
【図2】上記実施形態装置の動作説明図である。
【図3】上記実施形態装置の動作説明図である。
【図4】上記実施形態装置のバルブ開度−リフト特性図である。
【符号の説明】
2a 燃焼室
2b バルブ開口
3 吸気バルブ
7 動弁装置
8 カム軸
9 揺動部材
9b 揺動カム面
9e ベース円部
10 ガイドローラ
11 ロッカアーム
11c ロッカローラ
15 ガイド部材
a 揺動部材の揺動軸
b ロッカローラの軸線
[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a valve train for an engine that can continuously control an opening period and a lift amount of a valve.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art A valve operating device for an engine that can continuously control a valve opening period and a lift amount has been put to practical use. As this type of valve train, there is a conventional one described in, for example, JP-A-7-63023. When the intake valve and the exhaust valve are driven to open and close via a rocker arm by a camshaft, the camshaft is supported to be swingable about a swing shaft parallel to the camshaft and is swingably driven by the camshaft. A swing cam surface for pressing and driving the rocker arm at one end of the swing member, and another cam shaft for moving the other end of the swing member is provided. By moving the swing center of the swing member, the valve open period and the lift amount can be continuously changed.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the case of a structure in which the opening period and the lift amount of the valve are continuously variably controlled by moving the swing center of the swing member, it is important how to set the movement locus of the swing center. For example, if the movement trajectory is not proper, the valve will not be completely closed when the valve is closed. In order to avoid this problem, it is necessary to add some correction mechanism to the rocker arm, for example, a mechanism to increase the amount of leak down of the lash adjuster. However, there is no teaching in the above-mentioned conventional publication regarding the movement locus of the swing center from such a viewpoint.
[0004]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional circumstances, and has as its object to provide an engine valve operating device capable of appropriately performing a valve opening / closing operation without requiring a special correction mechanism. .
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to a first aspect of the present invention, a valve for opening and closing a valve opening of a combustion chamber is opened / closed via a rocker arm rotatably arranged by a camshaft arranged rotatably and fixed in a direction perpendicular to the axis. A swing member driven to swing by the camshaft is provided, and a swing cam surface for rolling contact with a rocker roller provided on the rocker arm is formed at one end of the swing member. A swing member tilting means for swinging the other end of the swing member around a swing axis and moving the swing member along an arc centered on the axis of the rocker roller; It is characterized in that the circular portion is formed so as to form an arc centered on the swing axis of the swing member.
[0006]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the oscillating member inclining means is provided with a guide roller at the other end of the oscillating member so as to be rotatable around an axis parallel to a cam shaft. A guide member for guiding the rocker roller to move along an arc centered on the axis of the rocker roller is provided, and the guide roller is moved by a swing cam shaft.
[0007]
Operation and Effect of the Invention
According to the first aspect of the invention, when the rocking member is rocked by the cam shaft, the rocking cam surface of the rocking member rocks the rocker arm via the rocker roller, whereby the valve opens and closes the valve opening. . In this case, the tilting angle of the rocking member in the valve closed state changes by the rocking member tilting means, whereby the contact point between the rocker roller of the rocker arm and the rocking cam surface moves, and the valve opening and lift amount Can be changed continuously.
[0008]
When tilting the rocking member, the other end of the rocking member is configured to move on an arc centered on the rocker roller, and the base circular portion of the rocking cam surface is moved to the rocking axis of the rocking member. Since it is configured to form a circular arc with the center, it is possible to avoid the problem that the valve is opened when the swing member is swung in the valve closed state.
[0009]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, a guide roller is provided at the other end of the swing member, the guide roller is moved by the swing cam shaft, and the guide member moves the guide roller along an arc around the rotation axis of the rocker roller. And the base circle portion of the swing cam surface is made coincident with an arc centered on the rotation center of the guide roller, so that when the swing member is swung in the valve closed state, the valve is swung. Thus, it is possible to provide a specific configuration capable of realizing the operation and effect according to claim 1 in which the problem of opening the door can be avoided.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 to 4 are views for explaining one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional side view schematically showing a valve gear of an engine according to this embodiment, and FIGS. And FIG. 4 is a cam angle-lift characteristic diagram.
[0011]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a valve device for opening and closing a valve opening that opens to a combustion chamber, and has the following structure. A combustion recess 2a is formed in the cylinder head 2 so as to constitute a top wall portion of a combustion chamber of the engine, and left and right intake valve openings 2b and exhaust valve openings 2d are formed in the combustion recess 2a. The intake valve opening 2b and the exhaust valve opening 2d are led to an external connection opening of an engine wall through an intake port 2c and an exhaust port 2e. The intake valve opening 2b is opened and closed by a valve head 3a of the intake valve 3, and the exhaust valve opening 2d is opened and closed by a valve head 4a of the exhaust valve 4. The intake valve 3 and the exhaust valve 4 are provided by a valve spring 6 interposed between a retainer 5a mounted on the upper end of the valve shaft 3b, 4b and a spring seat 5b mounted on the seat surface of the cylinder head 2. It is always biased in the closing direction.
[0012]
Above the intake valve 3 and the exhaust valve 4, an intake valve operating device 7a and an exhaust valve operating device 7b are arranged. Hereinafter, the intake side valve train 7a will be described in detail, but the exhaust side valve train 7b has the same structure.
[0013]
The intake valve actuating device 7a is arranged such that the swing member 9 is swingable about the swing axis a and the swing shaft a is movable, and the swing member 9 is The rocker arm 11 is rocked by the rocking of the rocking member 9, and the rocking of the rocker arm 11 causes the intake valve 3 to advance and retreat in the axial direction, thereby opening and closing the intake valve opening 2 b. Have been.
[0014]
The camshaft 8 is disposed in parallel with a crankshaft (not shown), and is rotatable by a cam journal receiving portion formed on the cylinder head 2 and a cam cap mounted on the upper mating surface of the journal receiving portion, and It is supported immovably in the direction perpendicular to the axis. The intake camshaft 8 has a cam nose 8c formed of a base circular portion 8a having a constant outer diameter and a lift portion 8b having a predetermined cam profile.
[0015]
The base 11a of the rocker arm 11 is supported by the upper end of a lash adjuster 14 arranged in parallel with the valve shaft 3b so as to be swingable and elastic in the axial direction of the lash adjuster 14. A valve pressing surface for pressing the upper end of the intake valve 3 is formed on the lower surface of the valve 11b. A rocker roller 11c is mounted at a substantially central portion in the length direction of the rocker arm 11 so as to be rotatable around an axis parallel to the cam shaft 8.
[0016]
The swinging member 9 has a guide roller 10 rotatably disposed around an axis a parallel to the camshaft 8 at the upper end of a band-shaped swinging arm 9a, and swinging at the lower end of the swinging arm 9a. A moving cam surface 9b is formed, and a oscillating roller 9c is rotatably disposed around an axis parallel to the guide roller 10 at a portion of the oscillating arm portion 9a between the guide roller 10 and the oscillating cam surface 9b. It was done.
[0017]
The oscillating cam surface 9b is formed such that the base circular portion 9e and the lift portion 9f form a continuous surface in a wave shape. The rocking member 9 is configured such that the lift portion 9f is located closer to the camshaft 8 side, in other words, closer to the camshaft side of the rocker arm 11, and the base circle portion 9e is closer to the cylinder center side, in other words, closer to the intake valve 3 side. It is arranged in. The base circle portion 9e has an arc shape with a radius R1 about the axis a of the guide roller 10, and therefore, the swing angle of the swing member 9 during the period when the base circle portion 9e presses the rocker arm 11. Is increased, the intake valve 3 is at the fully closed position and is not lifted. On the other hand, the lift portion 9f lifts the intake valve 3 more as the portion of the intake cam shaft 8 close to the top of the lift portion 8b presses the swing roller 9c, that is, as the swing angle of the swing member 9 increases. .
[0018]
A guide member 15 for rolling the guide roller 10 and guiding its movement in a predetermined direction is provided above the swing arm 9a. The guide surface 15a of the guide member 15 is formed so as to coincide with an arc having a radius R2 about the axis b of the rocker roller 11c when the intake valve 3 is in the closed state.
[0019]
An oscillating cam shaft 16 is provided at the upper end of the oscillating member 9 opposite to the cam shaft 8 so as to regulate the position of the guide roller 10 with the guide surface 15a. The oscillating cam shaft 16 is formed with an oscillating cam surface 16a. The oscillating cam surface 16a causes the guide roller 10 to rotate as the oscillating cam shaft 16 rotates counterclockwise in the drawing. Swing to the 8 side.
[0020]
A drive motor for controlling the angular position of the oscillating cam shaft 16 according to the operating state of the engine is connected to the outer end of the oscillating cam shaft 16. For example, the swing member 9 is swung so that the guide roller 10 moves toward the camshaft 8 as the depression amount of the accelerator pedal increases.
[0021]
By adjusting the angular position of the swing cam shaft 16 in this manner, the swing member 9 is moved along an arc (guide surface) 15a having a radius R2 centered on the axis of the rocker roller 11c, thereby swinging. A rocking member inclining means for variably controlling the position of the contact point c of the moving cam surface 9b with the rocker roller 11c is provided.
[0022]
A balance spring 13 made of a coil spring is mounted on the swing cam shaft 16. One end 13a of the balance spring 13 is locked to the lower end of the swing arm 9a, and the other end 13b is locked to the cylinder head 2. The balance spring 13 urges the swing member 9 so that the swing roller 9c thereof comes into contact with the cam nose 8c of the cam shaft 8.
[0023]
Next, an operation and an effect of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described.
FIG. 2A shows a low-load operation range, for example, in an idle operation range in which the engine speed is idling speed, the depression amount of the throttle pedal is near zero, and the idle speed control valve repeats gradual opening and gradual closing. As described above, the swing cam shaft 16 is rotated to the clockwise stopper position, so that the base circle portion of the swing cam 16a contacts the guide roller 10, and the base circle portion 8a of the cam shaft 8 is rotated by the swing roller. While in contact with the rocker roller 9c, the portion of the swing cam surface 9b farthest from the lift portion 9f of the base circular portion 9e is in contact with the rocker roller 11c. That is, the contact point c between the rocker roller 11c and the swing cam surface 9b is located farthest from the lift portion 9f.
[0024]
Therefore, even if the swing angle of the swing member 9 increases due to the rotation of the camshaft 8, the range in which the base circle portion 9e of the swing cam surface 9b rolls on the rocker roller 11c is large (see FIG. 2B). The opening angle of the valve and the lift amount h1 are also small, and the lift curve is a curve C1 in FIG.
[0025]
On the other hand, in a high load operation range, for example, in an operation range in which the depression amount of the throttle pedal is maximum, as shown in FIG. 3A, the oscillating camshaft 16 is rotated near the maximum lift point. In a state where the maximum lift portion of the moving cam 16a is in contact with the guide roller 10, and the base circle portion 8a of the cam shaft 8 is in contact with the swing roller 9c, the lift portion 9f of the base circle portion 9e of the swing cam surface 9b. Is in rolling contact with the rocker roller 11c. That is, the contact point c of the rocker roller 11c with the swing cam surface 9b is located at a position close to the lift portion 9f.
[0026]
Accordingly, when the swing angle of the swing member 9 increases due to the rotation of the camshaft 8, the lift portion 9f of the swing cam surface 9b immediately comes into rolling contact with the rocker roller 11c, and as a result, the valve opening angle and the lift amount h2 become maximum. The lift curve is the curve C11 in FIG. As the state of FIG. 2 shifts to the state of FIG. 3, the lift curve continuously changes from the curves C1 to C11 of FIG.
[0027]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the swing member 9 swings with the rotation of the cam shaft 8, and the swing cam surface 9b swings the rocker arm 11 with the swing of the swing member 9. And the rocker arm 11 drives the intake valve 3 to open and close.
[0028]
When the swing cam shaft 16 is rotated, the swing member 9 swings, and the rocker roller 11c swings when the valve is closed, that is, when the base circle portion 8a of the cam shaft 8 is in contact with the swing roller 9c. The contact point c with the cam surface 9b moves continuously, whereby the valve opening period and the maximum lift can be continuously controlled.
[0029]
When viewed in the camshaft direction with the valve closed, the guide surface 15a of the guide member 15 is made to coincide with an arc having a radius R2 centered on the axis b of the rocker roller 11c, and the base circular portion 9e of the swing cam surface 9b. Is matched with an arc having a radius R1 centered on the axis a of the swing member 9, so that the problem that the valve is opened by changing the swing angle of the swing member 9 is provided with a special absorbing mechanism. Can be avoided without any problem.
[0030]
In addition, since the base end 11a of the rocker roller 11 is swingably supported by the lash adjuster 14, the valve clearance change due to thermal expansion and aging is automatically corrected, and the variation between intake air cylinders during a low lift is kept to a minimum. Can do things.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a sectional side view of an engine valve gear according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the embodiment device.
FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram of the embodiment device.
FIG. 4 is a graph showing a valve opening-lift characteristic of the apparatus according to the embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
2a Combustion chamber 2b Valve opening 3 Intake valve 7 Valve operating device 8 Cam shaft 9 Oscillating member 9b Oscillating cam surface 9e Base circular section 10 Guide roller 11 Rocker arm 11c Rocker roller 15 Guide member a Oscillating shaft of rocking member b Rocker roller Axis

Claims (2)

回転自在にかつ軸直角方向に固定して配置されたカム軸により揺動自在に配置されたロッカアームを介して燃焼室のバルブ開口を開閉するバルブを開閉駆動するようにしたエンジンの動弁装置において、上記カム軸により揺動駆動される揺動部材を配設し、該揺動部材の一端部に上記ロッカアームに配設されたロッカローラと転接する揺動カム面を形成し、上記揺動部材の他端部を揺動軸回りに揺動可能にかつ上記ロッカローラの軸線を中心とする円弧に沿って移動させる揺動部材傾斜手段を設け、上記揺動カム面のベース円部を上記揺動部材の揺動軸を中心とする円弧をなすように形成したことを特徴とするエンジンの動弁装置。In a valve operating device for an engine, a valve that opens and closes a valve opening of a combustion chamber is opened and closed via a rocker arm that is swingably arranged by a cam shaft that is arranged rotatably and fixed in a direction perpendicular to the axis. A rocking member driven by the camshaft is provided, and a rocking cam surface which is in rolling contact with a rocker roller provided on the rocker arm is formed at one end of the rocking member; A swing member inclining means for swinging the other end around a swing axis and moving the rocker roller along an arc centered on the axis of the rocker roller; An engine valve actuating device characterized in that the valve actuating device is formed so as to form an arc centered on the swing axis of the engine. 請求項1において、上記揺動部材傾斜手段は、上記揺動部材の他端部にガイドローラをカム軸と平行な軸線回りに回転可能に設け、該ガイドローラを上記ロッカローラの軸線を中心とする円弧に沿って移動するように案内するガイド部材を設け、上記ガイドローラを揺動カム軸により移動させるよう構成されていることを特徴とするエンジンの動弁装置。2. The swing member tilting means according to claim 1, wherein a guide roller is provided at the other end of the swing member so as to be rotatable around an axis parallel to a cam shaft, and the guide roller is centered on the axis of the rocker roller. A valve train for an engine, comprising: a guide member that guides the guide roller to move along an arc; and the guide roller is configured to be moved by a swing cam shaft.
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