JP2005002942A - Intake device for internal combustion engine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an intake device for an internal combustion engine capable of simplifying its configuration to reduce the number of parts and assembly man-hour. <P>SOLUTION: This intake device 20 for the internal combustion engine has a suction manifold body 26 having two pipe passages (a short pipe passage 27, a long pipe passage 28) corresponding to each combustion chamber 19 of a plurality of cylinders, a valve (a butterfly valve 29) opening and closing either of two pipe passages, and a negative pressure corresponding actuator for driving the valve. At least a part (an atmospheric chamber 44) of the negative pressure corresponding actuator is molded integrally with the suction manifold body. Consequently, it is possible to reduce the number of parts and assembly man-hour because it is unnecessary to handle the negative pressure corresponding actuator as independent equipment. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an intake device for an internal combustion engine, and in particular, a dual port in which two intake pipes are connected in parallel to the combustion chamber of each cylinder, and an open / close valve driven by a negative pressure actuator is provided in one intake pipe The present invention relates to an intake device including a type intake manifold.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As an intake device for an internal combustion engine, two intake pipes are connected in parallel to the combustion chamber of one cylinder, and one of the intake pipes is brought into an engine operating state by a butterfly valve driven to open and close by a negative pressure actuator. A structure that opens and closes in response is known (see Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-41056).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-41056
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the intake device having such a dual port intake manifold, a negative pressure responsive actuator is used to open and close the butterfly valve that switches the communication state of the two intake pipes. Is conventionally configured as an independent device and is usually fixed in place on the engine using some kind of bracket or the like. As a result, the piping routed through the solenoid valve for controlling the supply of negative pressure to the negative pressure actuator tends to be relatively long, which reduces the number of parts and assembly man-hours. It was difficult to plan.
[0005]
The present invention has been devised to solve such problems of the prior art, and its main purpose is to reduce the number of parts and the number of assembling steps, and an intake air for an internal combustion engine with a simplified configuration. To provide an apparatus.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve such an object, in claim 1 of the present invention, intake air having two pipe lines (short pipe line 27 and long pipe line 28) respectively corresponding to each combustion chamber (19) of a plurality of cylinders. In an internal combustion engine intake device (20) having a manifold body (26), a valve for opening / closing one of two pipe lines (butterfly valve 29), and a negative pressure responsive actuator (diaphragm actuator 42) for driving the valve, At least a part of the negative pressure responsive actuator (atmosphere chamber 44) is integrally formed with the intake manifold body.
[0007]
This eliminates the need to handle the negative pressure responsive actuator as an independent device, thereby reducing the number of parts and the number of assembly steps.
[0008]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the mounting portion (stay portion 55) of the electromagnetic valve (43) provided in the passage for supplying negative pressure to the negative pressure responsive actuator is brought close to a part of the negative pressure responsive actuator in the intake manifold body. It was supposed to be integrally molded in position. Thereby, the connection piping between the negative pressure responsive actuator and the electromagnetic valve can be shortened.
[0009]
Furthermore, in claim 3, a negative pressure reaming tank (negative pressure chamber 46), a surge tank (24), and a negative pressure communication system in which a check valve (negative pressure check valve 48) is provided between them. The passage (cylindrical hole 47) is integrally formed with a part of the intake manifold body. Thereby, there can be no connection piping between the negative pressure storage tank for storing the intake pipe negative pressure and the intake manifold body.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0011]
1 and 2 show the engine periphery of an outboard motor constructed according to the present invention. The outboard motor 1 is of a known type that is attached to the stern plate 3 via a stern bracket 2, and the engine 4 is connected to the stern bracket 2 so as to be rotatable around a horizontal tilt shaft 5. It is mounted on a mount case 7 that is substantially integral with the swivel case 6. The substantially entire engine 4 mounted on the mount case 7 is covered with a detachable engine cover 8.
[0012]
The mount case 7 is coupled to the upper end of the extension case 9, and a drive shaft 10 and a crank shaft 11 reaching the screw are connected to each other on the inside.
[0013]
The engine 4 is, for example, an in-line four-cylinder vertical crankshaft engine, and includes a crankcase 12, a cylinder block 13, and a cylinder head 14, and is arranged so that the crankcase 12 side faces forward when sailing. The cylinder head 14 also defines a combustion chamber 19 in which communication with the intake port 15 and the exhaust port 16 is intermittently connected by the intake valve 17 and the exhaust valve 18 (FIG. 2).
[0014]
An intake device 20 is disposed on one side of the crankcase 12, the cylinder block 13, and the cylinder head 14 so as to face each other. The intake device 20 includes an intake silencer chamber 21 and a throttle body 22 that are opposed to the front surface in the traveling direction of the crankcase 12, and an elbow portion 23 and an elbow portion 23 that are connected to the outlet of the throttle body 22. The surge tank portion 24 is formed, and an intake manifold body 26 is formed of an independent intake pipe portion 25 branched from the surge tank portion 24 and individually connected to the intake port 15 of each cylinder. The intake device 20 is coupled to the engine 4 by the surge tank portion 24 being bolted to the side surface of the crankcase 12 and the downstream end portion of the independent intake pipe portion 25 being bolted to the side surface of the cylinder head 14. Has been.
[0015]
In the independent pipes of the independent intake pipes 25 arranged side by side in the cylinder row direction on the side of the cylinder block 13, there is a short part on the side close to the engine in the connection part with the surge tank part 24 located on the intake upstream side. Two pipelines, a pipeline 27 and a long pipeline 28 far from the engine, are provided in parallel. These two pipe lines 27 and 28 are connected to the common pipe line C on the downstream side and extend to the coupling end 25 c with the cylinder head 14. Each short pipe 27 is provided with a butterfly valve 29 that simultaneously operates in the same direction.
[0016]
The intake manifold body 26 is basically formed by combining an independent intake pipe portion 25 and a hollow surge tank portion 24 each having a short pipe line 27 and a long pipe line 28 in parallel at a middle portion thereof into a split mold. As shown in FIG. 3, it is composed of three blocks. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the intake manifold body 26 includes an inner block 31 that forms an engine side wall 24a of the anti-throttle body coupling portion 30 and the surge tank portion 24, and an appropriate center of curvature on the engine side. An outer block 32 that forms part of the outer peripheral side half portion 25a of the independent intake pipe portion 25 and the wall 24b opposite to the engine side of the surge tank 24, which is divided by a plane P1 along the intake streamline curved with a large curvature; A half portion 25b on the inner peripheral side of the independent intake pipe portion 25, a cylinder head coupling end 25c of the independent intake pipe portion 25, a butterfly valve support portion 33, an upstream side open end 34 of the short pipe line 27, and a surge tank 24 It consists of an intermediate block 35 that forms an elbow portion 23 continuous with the wall 24b on the engine side. The inner block 31 and the intermediate block 35 are divided along a plane P2 that is substantially parallel to the engine-side wall 24a of the surge tank portion 24.
[0017]
These three blocks 31, 32, and 35 are individually formed by injection molding of a synthetic resin material, and then integrally joined by, for example, a vibration welding method. The joint surfaces shown in FIG. As described above, the concave portion 36 and the convex portion 37 are formed, and a predetermined melting allowance 38 is provided in the convex portion 37 so that the convex portion 37 is melted and welded to the concave portion 36.
[0018]
As shown in FIG. 6, the four butterfly valves 29 are provided on a common shaft 40 on which both ends 40a and 40b and the intermediate portion 40c are supported by individually formed shaft holders 39a to 39c. Yes. One end 40b of the shaft 40 is subjected to a resilient force in the radial direction so that it can be smoothly rotated by a resilient piece 41 formed on the corresponding shaft holder 39b. Yes. Further, the shaft holder 39a integrally formed with the outer block 32 corresponds to the other end 40a of the shaft 40 through a minute gap, and the three shaft holders 39c in the middle portion loosen the middle portion 40c of the shaft 40 very loosely. I accept.
[0019]
A diaphragm actuator 42 having a known structure that is driven by negative pressure of the intake pipe is connected to the other end 40a side (the upper side in the crankshaft direction) of the shaft 40 of the butterfly valve 29. The supply of negative pressure to the diaphragm actuator 42 is interrupted by an electromagnetic valve 43 that is turned on / off by a separate control signal, so that the four butterfly valves 29 are driven to open and close simultaneously.
[0020]
Here, the air chamber 44 of the diaphragm actuator 42 is integrally formed with the intermediate block 35, and the number of parts is reduced (FIG. 8).
[0021]
As shown in FIG. 5, a negative pressure chamber 46 is defined at a position adjacent to the surge tank portion 24 in the inner block 31 in cooperation with a recess 45 formed in the vicinity of the butterfly valve 29 in the intermediate block 35. A bulging portion 46a is integrally formed. That is, the negative pressure chamber 46 is a butterfly on the intake downstream side of the butterfly valve 29 on the further inner peripheral side of the short pipe 27 arranged on the inner peripheral side of the independent intake pipe portion 25 curved with the center of curvature on the engine side. It is disposed at a position adjacent to the valve 29. A cylindrical hole 47 whose bottom communicates with the inside of the surge tank 24 is formed in the middle part of the negative pressure chamber 46 in the cylinder row direction. A negative pressure check valve 48 is mounted in the cylindrical hole 47. ing. The negative pressure check valve 48 includes a relatively soft mushroom-shaped valve member 49, and a valve seat 50 that supports the valve member 49 so as to be movable in the axial direction over a predetermined range and to which the valve member 49 abuts. The valve support member 51 includes a valve support member 51, and the valve support member 51 is fitted into the cylindrical hole 47 through a seal member 52 such as an O-ring.
[0022]
In this way, most of the negative pressure chamber 46, most of the surge tank 24, and the cylindrical hole 47 that communicates between them and mounts the negative pressure check valve 48 are intermediate parts constituting the intake manifold body 26. The block 35 is integrally molded. As a result, there is no need to separately provide a connection pipe for guiding the intake pipe negative pressure to the negative pressure chamber 46.
[0023]
When the negative pressure in the intake pipe increases due to the action of the negative pressure check valve 48, the valve member 49 is sucked to the intake pipe side and is separated from the valve seat 50, whereby the negative pressure chamber 46 becomes negative pressure. When the negative pressure in the intake pipe decreases, the valve member 49 is pressed against the valve seat 50 and the negative pressure in the negative pressure chamber 46 is kept high.
[0024]
The negative pressure chamber 46 is connected to the negative pressure chamber 54 of the diaphragm actuator 42 by a rubber tube 53 with an electromagnetic valve 43 interposed therebetween. When the electromagnetic valve 43 is turned on / off, the negative pressure chamber 46 and the diaphragm actuator 42 are connected. Communication with the negative pressure chamber 54 is interrupted. As shown in FIG. 7, the electromagnetic valve 43 is attached to a stay portion 55 integrally formed at a position adjacent to the atmospheric chamber 44 of the diaphragm actuator 42 on the side surface of the intermediate block 35 with a screw means. In combination with the fact that 46 is disposed close to the butterfly valve support 33, the rubber tube 53 that connects the negative pressure chamber 46, the electromagnetic valve 43, and the negative pressure chamber 54 of the diaphragm actuator 42 is further shortened. Has been realized.
[0025]
With the above configuration, in the state where the diaphragm 57 is pushed out to the atmosphere chamber 44 side by the extension force of the compression coil spring 56 contracted in the negative pressure chamber 54 of the diaphragm actuator 42, the butterfly valve 29 opens and immediately before the butterfly valve 29. A state in which the short pipe line 27 extending from the open end 34 located at the center to the cylinder head coupling end 25c through the common pipe C and the intake upstream end of the long pipe line 28 is communicated (high speed / high load operation region) Become. When the diaphragm 57 is drawn toward the negative pressure chamber 54 by introducing a negative pressure into the negative pressure chamber 54 of the diaphragm actuator 42, the butterfly valve 29 is closed (the state indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 4), Only the long pipe 28 where the opening end 28a is located upstream of the opening end 34 of the short pipe 27 communicates (low speed / low load operation region). In this way, the cross-sectional area of the intake pipe and the pipe length can be switched in two stages according to the operating state of the engine 4.
[0026]
As shown in FIG. 4, the downstream edge of the pipe wall 58 separating the most upstream portion of the long pipe passage 28 from the short pipe passage 27 and the edge of the opening 34 of the short pipe passage 27 with respect to the surge tank 24 are as shown in FIG. It is placed on the same plane D. This plane D is orthogonal to the parting surface of the mold together with the axis of the cylinder head coupling end 25c of the independent intake pipe portion 25, so that the middle block 35 is not obstructed. . Note that the axis of the recess 45 forming the negative pressure chamber 46 and the axis of the cylindrical hole 47 in which the negative pressure check valve 48 is mounted are also taken into account in consideration of die cutting of the intermediate block 35. It is orthogonal to.
[0027]
The direction of the central axis A of the atmospheric chamber 44 of the diaphragm actuator 42 is inclined with respect to the die-cutting direction of the intermediate block 35, that is, the direction parallel to the plane D (see FIG. 8). It is molded using another slide mold 61. If the opening surface 62 of the atmospheric chamber 44 is directed right above in FIG. 8 and the central axis A is parallel to the plane D, another slide mold 61 can be eliminated.
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the on-off valve (butterfly valve) is connected to the combustion chamber of each cylinder in parallel with two intake pipes and driven by a negative pressure actuator (diaphragm actuator). In an intake device for an internal combustion engine including a dual-port intake manifold provided in one intake pipe (short pipe), at least a part of the negative pressure responsive actuator, that is, the air chamber is integrated with the intake manifold (intermediate block). Since it is molded, it is possible to eliminate the need to handle the negative pressure responsive actuator as an independent device. That is, with this configuration, a great effect can be achieved in reducing the number of parts and assembly man-hours.
[0029]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the mounting portion (stay portion) of the electromagnetic valve provided in the passage for supplying the negative pressure to the negative pressure responsive actuator is integrated with a position close to a part of the negative pressure responsive actuator in the intake manifold body. Since the molding is performed, the connecting pipe between the negative pressure responsive actuator and the electromagnetic valve can be shortened.
[0030]
Further, according to claim 3, a negative pressure communication passage (tubular shape) that communicates between a negative pressure animal pressure tank (negative pressure chamber), a surge tank, and a check valve (negative pressure check valve) is provided. Hole) is integrally formed in the intake manifold body, so that there is no connection piping between the negative pressure animal pressure tank for storing the intake pipe negative pressure and the intake manifold body.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view of an essential part of an outboard motor to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a top view of the outboard motor to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of an intake manifold body according to the present invention. 4 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of an intake manifold body according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of the main part of the intake manifold body according to the present invention. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the main part of the intake manifold body according to the present invention. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the main part of the diaphragm actuator forming part of the intake manifold body according to the present invention.
19 Combustion chamber 20 Intake device 24 Surge tank 26 Intake manifold body 27 Short pipe 28 Long pipe 29 Butterfly valve 42 Diaphragm actuator 43 Electromagnetic valve 44 Air chamber 46 Negative pressure chamber 47 Cylindrical hole 48 Negative pressure check valve 55 Stay part

Claims (3)

For an internal combustion engine having an intake manifold body having two pipe lines individually corresponding to each combustion chamber of a plurality of cylinders, a valve for opening and closing one of the two pipe lines, and a negative pressure responsive actuator for driving the valve An air intake device,
An intake device for an internal combustion engine, wherein at least a part of the negative pressure responsive actuator is integrally formed with the intake manifold body. The electromagnetic valve mounting portion provided in a passage for supplying a negative pressure to the negative pressure actuator is integrally formed at a position close to a part of the negative pressure actuator in the intake manifold body. 2. An intake device for an internal combustion engine according to 1. The intake manifold body includes a portion formed by integrally molding a negative pressure animal pressure tank, a surge tank, and a negative pressure communication passage that communicates between them and is provided with a check valve. The intake device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 or 2.

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