JP2006242047A - Internal combustion engine having intake guide device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the size and weight of an intake guide device forming a muffling chamber, by disposing the muffling chamber in a space for work connecting a connection part of a throttle valve, which is provided near a body of a valve device having the throttle valve, with an operation mechanism. <P>SOLUTION: An intake device for an internal combustion engine comprises: the intake guide device 50 having an upstream guide part G1 including a first muffling part S1 forming a first muffling chamber 54 and a downstream guide part G2 including a second muffling part S2 forming a second muffling chamber 55; a carbureter 80 having a throttle valve; and an operation mechanism 91 connected with a lever 83a of the throttle valve. In the first muffling part S1, the upstream guide part G1 is detachably connected with the downstream guide part G2 so as to take a first form wherein the first muffling part S1 is disposed to the space P for work connecting the lever 83a with the operation mechanism 91 to vertically cover the lever 83a, or a second form wherein the first muffling part S1 is not disposed in the space P. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine including an intake device including a silencer that forms a silencer chamber and a valve device having a valve that controls an intake air amount. The internal combustion engine is provided in, for example, an outboard motor.

  As an internal combustion engine including an intake device in which a muffler chamber is formed, for example, an engine of an outboard motor disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 is known.

  The engine disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes an intake chamber connected to a carburetor via an air conduit. The air chamber is opposed to the fan cover that covers the engine body and the carburetor and the engine cover that covers the fan cover so that seawater splash and dust contained in the intake air from the air intake of the engine cover are separated. The air chamber is disposed in an accommodation space formed by utilizing a ventilation gap between the side walls, and the air chamber is provided with an inlet opening in a direction opposite to the air intake.

In order to reduce the intake noise of the internal combustion engine, it is desirable to increase the volume of the silencer chamber, but when the internal combustion engine is housed in the engine cover, the size of the engine room formed by the engine cover is reduced. Is limited. Therefore, in such a case, in order to sufficiently secure the volume of the noise reduction chamber, the engine intake noise reduction device disclosed in Patent Document 2 is connected to the upstream end of the carburetor and is a space along the side surface of the crankcase. In addition to the first intake silencer chamber disposed in the first intake silencer chamber, the second intake silencer chamber is connected to the upstream side of the first intake silencer chamber and disposed in a space along the front surface of the crankcase. In another example, the second intake silencer chamber includes a resonance chamber branched from the duct portion.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-33036 JP-A-8-93581

  By the way, when a sound deadening chamber is provided using the space in the engine cover, priority is given to securing the space, so an air conduit for communicating the intake chamber and the vaporizer is necessary, or the sound deadening chamber is It is arranged over a space along the front surface of the crankcase from a space along the side surface of the crankcase which is also a space on the side where the carburetor is arranged with respect to the engine body. For this reason, the intake guide device, which is a device that guides air from the atmosphere to the carburetor and has a sound deadening chamber, is increased in size and weight. For this reason, from the viewpoint of reducing the size and weight of the intake guide device, it is desirable that the intake guide device be disposed as close as possible to a valve device (for example, a carburetor) having a valve that controls the intake air amount.

  In addition, since the throttle valve of the carburetor is opened and closed by an operation mechanism composed of a link connected to the lever of the throttle valve, the lever and the operation mechanism are provided around the lever during engine maintenance. A working space for connecting and adjusting the opening of the valve is secured.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the invention according to claims 1 and 2 provides a valve connecting portion secured in the vicinity of the body of a valve device having a valve for controlling the intake air amount. An object of the present invention is to reduce the size and weight of the intake guide device that forms the noise reduction chamber and to reduce the intake noise by arranging the noise reduction chamber in the work space for connection between the operation mechanism and the operation mechanism. A second object of the present invention is to facilitate the securing of a working space.

  The invention according to claim 1 is an internal combustion engine including an intake device, wherein the intake device is coupled to the intake guide device having a silencer that forms a silencer chamber, and the intake guide device. A body that forms an intake passage through which the intake air that has passed through, a valve device that is disposed in the intake passage and controls an intake air amount, and an operation mechanism that is connected to a connection portion of the valve to open and close the valve; In the internal combustion engine, the silencer is disposed in a work space for connecting the connection portion and the operation mechanism, whereby the intake passage, the connection portion, and the silencer are arranged in this order. An internal combustion engine that can take a first form covering the connecting portion in a predetermined direction and a second form not disposed in the work space.

  According to this, in the intake device, a silencer that forms a silencer chamber is disposed using a working space that connects the operating mechanism to the connection. And since the silencer is in the second configuration that does not cover the connection portion with respect to the valve device, a working space is secured, and the connection work between the valve and the operating mechanism becomes possible.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the internal combustion engine according to the first aspect, the intake guide device is the silencer that forms the first silencer chamber that is the silencer chamber having the intake inlet that opens to the atmosphere. An upstream guide portion having a silencer portion, and a downstream guide portion having a second silencer portion forming a second silencer chamber located downstream of the first silencer chamber and coupled to the body, The upstream guide portion is coupled to the downstream guide portion so as to be able to take the first form and the second form.

  According to this, in order to secure the work space, it is only necessary to move only the upstream guide portion out of the work space with respect to the downstream guide portion in the intake guide device.

  According to invention of Claim 1, the following effect is show | played. That is, since the sound deadening chamber can be formed using the space in which the connecting portion is arranged, the volume of the sound deadening chamber can be increased correspondingly, and intake noise can be reduced. And by making a silencer into a 2nd form, connection work of a valve and an operation mechanism is attained.

  According to invention of Claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention of the cited claim, there exists the following effect. That is, only the upstream guide portion, which is a part of the air intake guide device, needs to be moved out of the work space, so that work for securing the work space is facilitated.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
1 and 2, an outboard motor 1 as a marine propulsion apparatus including an internal combustion engine 2 to which the present invention is applied includes an internal combustion engine 2 and a propulsion unit that is driven by the internal combustion engine 2 to generate thrust. 3 and a support device 4 for supporting the outboard motor 1 on a hull (not shown).

  An internal combustion engine 2 that is a single-cylinder air-cooled four-stroke internal combustion engine is a vertical engine that includes a crankshaft 10 whose rotation center line is directed in the vertical direction, and is arranged so that the cylinder axis is horizontal and a piston 9 is provided. Engine body comprising a cylinder block 5 that is fitted so as to be capable of reciprocating movement, a cylinder head 6 that is integrally formed and coupled to the rear portion of the cylinder block 5, and a crankcase 7 that is coupled to the front portion of the cylinder block 5. 8 is provided. The piston 9 driven by the pressure of the combustion gas generated in the combustion chamber 43 rotates the crankshaft 10 that is rotatably supported by the engine body 8 via the connecting rod 11.

  In this specification or claims, the top, bottom, front and back, and left and right are based on the hull that is an object on which the outboard motor 1 is mounted. The reference is when the rotation center line is parallel to the vertical direction (or vertical direction). Further, upstream and downstream mean upstream and downstream with respect to the flow of intake air.

  The engine body 8 is coupled to an undercase 13 via a centrifugal clutch housing 12 coupled to the lower portion of the engine body 8. The undercase 13 has an inner peripheral wall 13a that surrounds the lower portion of the engine body 8 inside the upper end portion thereof. The engine body 8 is housed in an air guide chamber 15 formed by an inner peripheral wall 13a of the undercase 13 and a fan cover 14 that is coupled to the inner peripheral wall 13a and covers the upper portion of the engine body 8. . An engine cover 16 that covers the fan cover 14 and the fuel tank 18 disposed in front of the fan cover 14 is coupled to the upper end portion of the undercase 13. In the engine room 17 formed by the undercase 13 and the engine cover 16, a fuel tank other than the most part of the internal combustion engine 2 including the engine body 8, the fan cover 14, and the cap 18 a exposed to the outside of the engine cover 16. Most of 18 and housing 12 are housed.

  An extension case 21 that accommodates the drive shaft 20 is coupled to the lower end portion of the undercase 13, and a gear case 22 that accommodates a transmission mechanism that transmits the rotation of the drive shaft 20 to the propeller 25 is coupled to the lower end portion of the extension case 21. Is done.

  The drive shaft 20 that is connected to the crankshaft 10 via the centrifugal clutch that is connected when the crankshaft 10 rotates beyond the idling rotational speed is vertically extended coaxially with the crankshaft 10 in the extension case 21. It extends into the gear case 22 and is coupled to the propeller shaft 24 through the gear mechanism 23 in the gear case 22. The power of the internal combustion engine 2 is transmitted from the crankshaft 10 to the propeller 25 via the centrifugal clutch, the drive shaft 20, the gear mechanism 23, and the propeller shaft 24, and the propeller 25 is rotationally driven by the internal combustion engine 2. Here, the centrifugal clutch, the drive shaft 20, the gear mechanism 23, the propeller shaft 24 and the propeller 25 constitute the propulsion unit 3.

  The support device 4 includes a bracket 26 that is detachably fixed to the hull, and a swivel case 28 that is supported by the bracket 26 via a tilt shaft 27 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. The swivel case 28 supports the extension case 21 so as to be rotatable in the left-right direction.

  The steering arm 29 is connected to the housing 12 so as to be rotatable in parallel to a plane including the rotation center line of the crankshaft 10. Then, by operating the steering arm 29, the outboard motor 1 is rotated in the left-right direction around the swivel case 28, and the steering and forward / reverse switching are performed. Further, at the end of the steering arm 29, a throttle grip 91a for operating a throttle valve 83 of the carburetor 80, which will be described later, is provided, and the output of the outboard motor 1 is controlled by operating the throttle grip 91a. The

  A cooling fan 30 and a recoil starter 32 are coupled to an upper end portion of the crankshaft 10 protruding upward from the engine body 8 in the fan cover 14 via a one-way clutch 31. Further, the engine cover 16 is formed with an air intake port 33 that opens rearward from the rear surface to the left side surface and the right side surface, and the fan cover 14 has an air intake port 33 that opens from the air intake port 33 to the engine cover 16. An introduction port 34 is formed which includes a large number of radial holes for introducing the air flowing into the room 17 into the fan cover 14 as cooling air for cooling the engine body 8. A part of the air flowing into the engine room 17 from the air inlet 33 is sucked by the rotating cooling fan 30 and flows into the air guide chamber 15 from the inlet 34 to cool the engine body 8 and the exhaust pipe 42. After that, the air flows out of the outboard motor 1 from the air outlet 35 formed in the lower part of the undercase 13.

  Referring to FIG. 2, the internal combustion engine 2 includes an intake device 40 that guides air as an intake air or a mixture of air and fuel to a combustion chamber 43 formed in the cylinder head 6, and an ignition attached to the cylinder head 6. The combustion gas generated by combustion of the air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber 43 ignited by a plug (FIG. 2 shows a plug cap 41 connected to the spark plug and supplying an ignition current) is used as an exhaust gas. And an exhaust device including an exhaust pipe 42 that leads to the outside of the outer unit 1.

  More specifically, the cylinder head 6 is provided with an intake valve 44 and an exhaust valve 45 that are driven by a valve gear (not shown) that operates in synchronization with the rotation of the crankshaft 10 to open and close. An intake port 46 that is opened and closed by the intake valve 44 and leads intake air from the intake device 40 to the combustion chamber 43, and an exhaust port 47 that is opened and closed by the exhaust valve 45 and leads exhaust gas to the exhaust pipe 42 are formed.

  Referring also to FIGS. 3 to 5, the intake device 40 that sucks a part of the air flowing into the engine room 17 from the air intake port 33 as combustion air opens to the atmosphere that is the air in the engine room 17. An intake guide device 50 that forms an intake guide path 51 having an intake inlet 52 and an intake outlet 53, and an intake air that is disposed in a body 81 and an intake path 82 that form an intake path 82 through which intake air that passes through the intake guide path 51 passes. A carburetor 80 as a valve device or a throttle valve device having a throttle valve 83 and a choke valve 84 for controlling the amount, and an operating mechanism 91 connected to the throttle valve 83 and the choke valve 84 for opening and closing the valves, 92.

  The body 81 of the carburetor 80 is connected to the cylinder head 6 at the downstream end 81b via the connection plate 85 and the insulator 86, and to the downstream end 50b (see FIG. 5) of the intake guide device 50 at the upstream end 81a. They are connected by a pair of through bolts B1 (see FIG. 3) inserted through the pair of insertion holes 81c. As a result, the downstream end opening 82 b of the intake passage 82 is connected to the inlet of the intake port 46, and the upstream end opening 82 a of the intake passage 82 is connected to the intake outlet 53 of the intake guide path 51. The intake guide path 51 and the intake path 82 constitute an intake passage that guides intake air to the combustion chamber 43 via the intake port 46.

  The throttle valve 83 controls the output of the internal combustion engine 2 by controlling the intake air amount as the air-fuel mixture amount, and the choke valve 84 controls the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture by controlling the intake air amount as the air amount. . The operation mechanisms 91 and 92 include a throttle operation mechanism 91 that opens and closes the throttle valve 83, and a choke operation mechanism 92 that opens and closes the choke valve 84.

  The throttle valve 83 has a lever 83a that is coupled to the valve shaft and disposed on the upper surface 81e of the body 81, and the throttle operating mechanism 91 is connected to the lever 83a serving as a connecting portion. Further, an adjusting screw 87 is provided between the throttle valve 83 and the body 81 as adjusting means for adjusting the opening of the throttle valve 83. The adjusting screw 87 is screwed to the lever 83a so that the position of the adjusting screw 87 can be adjusted. By adjusting the adjusting screw 87, the distance from the stopper 81s of the body 81 with which the tip of the adjusting screw 87 abuts is adjusted. 83 Opening at idle is adjusted.

  The throttle operation mechanism 91 includes a throttle grip 91a (see FIG. 1) and an operation force transmission mechanism that is connected to the throttle valve 83 and the throttle grip 91a and transmits an operation force applied to the throttle grip 91a to the throttle valve 83. . The operating force transmission mechanism includes a link 91b that is disposed directly above the body 81 and connected to the lever 83a of the throttle valve 83, and a cable 91c that transmits the operating force of the throttle grip 91a to the link 91b. A cable 91c disposed between the fan cover 14 and the engine cover 16 in the engine room 17 includes an inner cable (not shown) connected to the link 91b and an outer cable 91c1 into which the inner cable is inserted. The outer cable 91c1 is configured to be fixed to the fan cover 14 by a clamp 93.

  The choke valve 84 has a lever 84a that is coupled to the valve shaft and disposed on the upper surface 81e of the body 81, and the choke operating mechanism 92 is connected to the lever 84a serving as a connecting portion. The choke operation mechanism 92 includes a choke knob 92a (see FIG. 2) and an operation force transmission mechanism that is connected to the choke valve 84 and the choke knob 92a and transmits an operation force applied to the knob 92a to the choke valve 84. The operating force transmission mechanism includes a rod 92b connected to the knob 92a at the other end connected to the lever 84a at one end 92b1 disposed just above the body 81.

  2 to 6, together with the carburetor 80, the intake guide device 50 disposed in the engine room 17 outside the air guide chamber 15, that is, outside the inner peripheral wall 13 a and the fan cover 14, is an upstream guide. The part G1 and the upstream guide part G1 are constituted by a downstream guide part G2 detachably coupled by a pair of bolts B2 as coupling means. The downstream guide portion G2 coupled to the body 81 by the bolt B2 and the upstream guide portion G1 are arranged in this order so as to be stacked upward from one side in the vertical direction as a predetermined direction from the vicinity of the intake passage 82. Is done.

  The intake guide device 50 extends in the vertical direction so as to surround the intake inlet 52 in cooperation with the fan cover 14 and the downstream guide portion G2, and air in the engine room 17 passes toward the intake inlet 52 between the body 81 and the intake guide device 50. A cover D that forms a gap H (see FIG. 4) with the carburetor 80, and muffle chambers 54 and 55 that reduce intake noise including flow noise of intake air and operating noise of the internal combustion engine 2 that leaks through the intake passage. , 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56 A flame arrester F having a flame extinguishing function to prevent reaching the inlet 52 and a blow-by gas introduction portion R for mixing blow-by gas generated in the engine body 8 into the intake air are provided.

  Referring to FIGS. 3 to 6, the silencers S 1, S 2, and S 3 are located downstream of the first silencer S 1 that forms the first silencer chamber 54 having the intake inlet 52 and the first silencer 54. A second silencer S2 that forms a second silencer chamber 55 that communicates with the first silencer chamber 54 through one intermediate opening 58, and an upstream end of the outlet passage 57 at substantially the same position as the intake outlet 53 or intake passage 82 in the vertical direction. The third silencer chamber 56 is branched from the 57a. Each of the first to third silencing chambers 54 to 56 is a silencing chamber composed of an expansion chamber. The outlet passage 57 has an intake outlet 53 that is located downstream of the second silencer chamber 55 and communicates with the second silencer chamber 55 through the second intermediate opening 59 and is connected to the upstream end opening 82a of the intake passage 82. . The intake guide path 51 includes first to third sound deadening chambers 54, 55, 56, a lead-out passage 57, and first and second intermediate openings 58, 59.

  Accordingly, the derivation section E, the second silencing section S2 and the first silencing section S1, the derivation passage 57, the second silencing chamber 55 and the first silencing chamber 54 are arranged in this order from the intake path 82 or the intake outlet 53 in the vertical direction. Arranged in a state of being stacked upward, they are positioned so as to overlap each other when viewed from above and below (hereinafter referred to as “plan view”). The first silencer S1 is located above the body 81 and overlaps the body 81 in plan view.

The upstream guide portion G1 includes a cover portion D and a first silencer S1, and the downstream guide portion G2 includes second and third silencers S2, S3, a lead-out portion E, a frame arrester F, And an introduction part R.
The upstream guide portion G1 is made of synthetic resin first and second made of synthetic resin which are welded to each other at a peripheral portion C1a, C2a having mating surfaces C1b, C2b parallel to a plane orthogonal to the vertical direction and are integrally and airtightly coupled. It is comprised by case C1, C2. The first case C1 forms the cover part D and the bottom wall 61 of the first silencer S1, and the second case C2 forms the ceiling wall 62 of the first silencer S1. The first silencing chamber 54 is a direction extending along the intake passage 82 and the first side width which is a direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, and the first width in a plan view, as compared with the width in the vertical direction. By increasing the width at the second side, which is the direction orthogonal to the one side, and thus increasing the width at the side, which is the direction orthogonal to the vertical direction, the volume of the first silencing chamber 54 is increased. On the other hand, the width of the first silencing chamber 54 in the vertical direction is kept small.

  The cover D provided in the first silencer S1 is provided between the fan cover 14 and the second silencer S2 on the first side. Thereby, the cover part D covers the intake port 52 on the air intake port 33 side, which is one direction side on the second side. The cover portion D is formed with notches D1 and D2 for avoiding interference with the air vent 88 and the body 81, which are part of the vaporizer 80, and the cover portion D is disposed close to the body 81. It is possible to reduce the size and weight of the cover portion D, and thus the upstream guide portion G1.

  The intake inlet 52 formed of a through hole formed in the bottom wall 61 is at a position where the entirety thereof overlaps the body 81 in plan view. And in the space P1 that is covered by the body 81 and the first silencer S1 in the vertical direction and that is surrounded by the cover D, the fan cover 14 and the second silencer S2 on the side that is the direction orthogonal to the vertical direction, The intake inlet 52 is open toward the upper surface 81 e of the body 81.

  Further, the cover portion D is coupled to the boss 66 provided on the upstream end portion 81a side of the body 81 on the downstream end portion 81b side, and to the coupling portion 85a of the connection plate 85 via a buffer member 63 made of an elastic member. A connecting portion D3 is provided. Since the upstream guide portion G1 is supported at the three points of the boss 66 and the connection portion D3 by the connecting portion D3, the vibration of the upstream guide portion G1 generated due to the operation of the internal combustion engine 2 is prevented. Reduced.

  The ceiling wall 62 has a low portion 62a that overlaps with more than half of the intake port 52 in plan view, and a raised portion 62b that rises from the low portion 62a. The rising portion 62b1 of the raised portion 62b from the lower portion 62a is in a position sandwiching the intake air inlet 52 with the air intake port 33 in plan view (see FIG. 2), and flows into the inlet port from the air intake port 33. A part of the air heading in the direction of 34 is deflected toward the cover portion D located under the air, and thus toward the gap H.

  The downstream guide portion G2 is welded to each other at the peripheral portions C3a and C4a having the mating surfaces C3b and C4b that are parallel to the vertical direction and parallel to the plane orthogonal to the first side, and are integrally and airtightly coupled. The first and second cases C3 and C4 are made of synthetic resin. The first case C3 forms the first side wall 63 of the second and third silencing parts S2 and S3, the lead-out part E, and the first and second intermediate openings 58 and 59. , Third silencing portions S2, S3, lead-out portion E, second side walls 64 of the first and second intermediate openings 58, 59 are formed, and an intake outlet 53 is formed by the second side wall 64.

  The second side wall 64 is an inner side wall located closer to the body 81 than the first side wall 63 in one direction on the first side, which is also the direction in which the upstream end opening 82a of the intake passage 82 opens, and the first side wall Reference numeral 63 denotes an outer side wall located far from the body 81. A pair of bosses 67 into which bolts B2 inserted into a pair of bosses 66 in contact with the peripheral edges C1a and C2a of both cases C1 and C2 of the upstream guide portion G1 are screwed into the upper portion of the second side wall 64, respectively. Is formed.

  The first and second silencing chambers 54 and 55 (or the first and second silencing sections S1 and S2) are arranged on the upstream end opening 82a side with respect to the body 81, and the second silencing chamber 55 (or the second silencing chamber). The portion S2) almost overlaps with the lead-out passage 57 (or the lead-out portion E) in a portion other than the downstream end portion 57b of the lead-out passage 57 in plan view. Referring also to FIG. 7, the second silencing chamber 55 and the lead-out passage 57 have approximate widths in the vertical direction and the first side, respectively, and the maximum width in the vertical direction is the first silencing chamber 54. It is smaller than the maximum width in the vertical direction.

  The bottom wall 61 of the first silencing unit S1 and the ceiling wall 68 of the second silencing unit S2 constitute a partition wall that partitions the first silencing unit S1 and the second silencing unit S2, and one orthogonal to the vertical direction It arrange | positions so that it may cross | intersect a virtual plane, or as close as possible to this virtual plane. The intake inlet 52 and the first intermediate opening 58 are on the virtual plane.

  Referring to FIGS. 3, 4, 6, and 8, the first intermediate opening 58 is not overlapped with the intake inlet 52 in a plan view and is partially connected to the second intermediate opening 59 and the upstream end 57 a. And an opening 69 of a downstream guide portion G2 formed by combining notches of the first and second side walls 63 and 64, and an opening 70 formed of a through hole formed in the bottom wall 61. It is formed by being combined. Seal grooves 63b and 64b for accommodating the seal member 71 are formed in the peripheral portions 63a and 64a of the first and second side walls 63 and 64 that define the opening 70, and a convex peripheral portion 61a that defines the opening 69 is formed. The first intermediate openings 58 and 59 are kept airtight by fitting into the seal grooves 63b and 64b in a state where the seal member 71 is pressed.

  4 and 8, the upstream end portion 57a of the outlet passage 57 has a second intermediate opening 59 at a position close to the second silencing chamber 55 in the vertical direction, and an intake outlet 53 on the second side. An opening 60 of the third silencing chamber 56 is provided at a position in the opposite direction. Referring also to FIG. 5, the third silencer S3 and the third silencer chamber 56 extending below the opening 60 are at least partially in the same position as the body 81 in the vertical direction. The body 81 is disposed above the lowermost part 81d. The third silencing chamber 56 projects beyond the first silencing chamber 54 and the second silencing chamber 55 in the other direction on the second side. Thereby, it is possible to expand the volume of the third silencing chamber 56 using the space on the second side. Further, a drainage hole 72 comprising a through hole for discharging water that has flowed into the intake guide path 51 together with intake air and reached the third silencer chamber 56 to the outside of the intake guide device 50 is formed at the bottom of the third silencer S3. It is formed.

The bottom wall 73 of the lead-out passage 57 (or the lead-out portion E) has an inclined portion 73a that gradually inclines downward from the intake outlet 53 side toward the opening 60 of the third silencing chamber 56.
Further, the first silencing chamber 54, the second silencing chamber 55, and the outlet passage 57 are long in the second side, and the third silencing chamber 56 is long in the vertical direction.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the first silencing chamber 54 is disposed directly above the vaporizer 80, and the second and third silencing chambers 55 and 56 are in one direction on the first side. By arrange | positioning at the side, the several silencer chambers 54-56 are distributed and arrange | positioned with respect to the vaporizer | carburetor 80 in the position which overlaps by planar view, and the direction orthogonal to an up-down direction.

  3 to 5, the levers 83a and 84a, the link 91b, the end 92b1 of the rod 92b, and the adjusting screw 87 are an upper surface 81e that is a surface facing the first silencer S1 in the vertical direction in the body 81. Are arranged at positions overlapping with the first silencer S1 in plan view, and are covered from above by the first silencer S1 in a state where the intake guide device 50 is coupled to the body 81. Further, the cable 91c and the rod 92b are directed forward from the gap located between the fan cover 14 and the second silencer S2 on the first side and above the third silencer S3 in the front portion of the space P1. (See FIG. 3).

  The space above the upper surface 81e is for connecting the levers 83a, 84a, the link 91b and the rod 92b including the space P1, and for adjusting the adjusting screw 87 to adjust the opening of the throttle valve 83. It becomes the working space P. Therefore, when the first silencer S1 is disposed in the working space P in a state where the intake guide device 50 is coupled to the body 81, the intake passage 82, the levers 83a and 84a, the adjustment screw 87, the first In the up-down direction in which the one silencer S1 is arranged in this order, the first silencer S1 takes a first form that covers the levers 83a and 84a, the link 91b, the end 92b1 of the rod 92b, and the adjustment screw 87.

  Further, when the carburetor 80 is maintained, the upstream guide portion G1 is separated from the downstream guide portion G2 coupled to the body 81 by removing the bolt B2, and thus the first silencer S1. Is not arranged in the work space P, that is, takes the second form in which the levers 83a and 84a, the link 91b, the end 92b1 and the adjusting screw 87 are not covered in the vertical direction. Therefore, in the second embodiment, a working space P for connecting the levers 83a, 84a and the link 91b or the rod 92b and for adjusting the adjusting screw 87 is secured.

  4 and 9, in the upstream end portion 57a of the outlet passage 57 located downstream of the first and second silencing chambers 54 and 55, the upper end portion Fa is on the second intermediate opening 59 side, and the lower end portion Fb. The frame arrester F arranged so as to protrude from the opening 60 side into the third silencing chamber 56 includes a screen 95 made of a metal net-like member and an annular frame 96 that fixes the outer peripheral edge of the screen 95. . 8 and 10 together, the frame arrester F is formed by the first and second side walls 63 and 64 of the upstream end portion 27a formed by the joint of the notches of the first and second side walls 63 and 64. A frame 96 is fitted into a groove 75 formed in the holder portion 74 formed in the constructed passage wall, and is inclined obliquely downward from the ceiling wall 76 of the outlet passage 57 toward the third silencing chamber 56 at the upstream end portion 27a. It is held in the state.

  The frame arrester F is provided in the enlarged portion 57a1 having a large passage area so as to compensate for the reduction in the passage area of the outlet passage 57 by the frame arrester F. The enlarged portion 57a1 is formed by a portion 73b of the bottom wall 73 including the inclined portion 73a, and the frame arrester F is disposed so as to overlap the inclined portion 73a and the second intermediate opening 59 in plan view. Corresponding to the inclination of the frame arrester F, the enlarged portion 57a1 forms a passage whose passage area continuously changes, thereby reducing the pressure loss of the intake air and reducing the intake air flow rate. It is suppressed.

  3, 4, 8, and 10, in the downstream guide portion G <b> 2, the blow-by gas introduction portion R provided on the second side wall 64 near the engine body 8 on the first side is provided on the second side wall 64. 3 includes a main body portion 77 that is a portion that forms a recess, and a synthetic resin cover 78 that is welded to the main body portion 77. The main body 77 and the cover 78 form a gas-liquid separation chamber 79 having a labyrinth shape by a partition wall 77a provided in the main body 77. In the cover 78, the inlet 79a of the gas-liquid separation chamber 79 is formed at a position below the outlet 79b of the gas-liquid separation chamber 79 formed in the main body 77, and the cylinder block 5 and the crankcase 7 (FIG. 1). A pipe 98 (see also FIGS. 2 and 3) that communicates with the crank chamber formed by (see FIG. 2) is connected to the inlet 79a. Further, from the outlet 79b opened to the outlet passage 57, the blow-by gas after the oil is separated in the gas-liquid separation chamber 79 flows out into the outlet passage 57 and is guided to the combustion chamber 43 together with the intake air.

Next, operations and effects of the embodiment configured as described above will be described.
The first silencer S1 of the air intake guide device 50 connects the levers 83a and 84a of the throttle valve 83 and the choke valve 84 with the link 91b and the rod 92b of the operation mechanisms 91 and 92, respectively, and adjusts the adjusting screw 87. Since the intake passage 82, the levers 83a and 84a, the adjustment screw 87, and the first silencer S1 are arranged in this order, the levers 83a and 84a and the adjustment screw 87 are arranged in the vertical direction. The 1st form to cover and the 2nd form which is not arranged in work space P can be taken. Thereby, in the intake device 40, the first silencing portion that forms the first silencing chamber 54 by using the working space P for connecting the operating mechanisms 91, 92 to the levers 83a, 84a and adjusting the adjusting screw 87. Since S1 is arranged, the volume of the first silencing chamber 54 can be increased correspondingly, and intake noise can be reduced. The first silencer S1 is in the second configuration in which the carburetor 80 does not cover the levers 83a and 84a and the adjusting screw 87, so that the working space P is secured, and the throttle valve 83 and the choke valve 84 are secured. The lever 83a, 84a and the operation mechanism 91, 92 can be connected and the adjustment screw 87 can be adjusted.

  The intake guide device 50 includes an upstream guide portion G1 having a first silencer S1 that forms a first silencer chamber 54 having an intake inlet 52, and a second silencer S2 that forms a second silencer chamber 55, and a body. 81, and the downstream guide portion G1 is detachably coupled to the downstream guide portion G2 so as to be able to take the first form and the second form. In order to secure the working space P, it is only necessary to separate only the upstream guide portion G1 from the downstream guide portion G2 and move it outside the working space P in the intake guide device 50. As a result, only the upstream guide portion G1, which is a part of the intake guide device 50, needs to be moved out of the work space P, and the work for securing the work space P is facilitated.

  The intake guide path 51 includes a first silencer chamber 54 having an intake inlet 52, a second silencer chamber 55 communicating with the first silencer chamber 54 through a first intermediate opening 58, and a second silencer chamber 55 through a second intermediate opening 59. And a discharge passage 57 having an intake outlet 53 connected to the upstream end opening 82a of the intake passage 82. The discharge passage 57, the second silencing chamber 55 and the first silencing chamber 54 are in this order. Arranged so as to be stacked in the up-down direction from the side of the road 82, the body 81 and the first silencing chamber 54 are in a position overlapping when viewed from the up-down direction, thereby vaporizing the first and second silencing chambers 54, 55. Therefore, the arrangement of the first and second silencing chambers 54 and 55 can be made compact, and the intake guide device 50 can be reduced in size and weight. Moreover, since the first silencing chamber 54 is arranged using the working space P formed above in the vertical direction of the body 81, the first and second silencing chambers 54, 55 are provided, Since the volume of one silencer chamber 54 can be increased, intake noise is reduced.

  The first silencing chamber 54 is located above the body 81, the intake inlet 52 is positioned so as to overlap the body 81 when viewed from above and below, and is opened toward the body 81, so that the intake inlet 52 faces downward. Since it opens toward the body 81 and faces the body 81, foreign matter mixed in the air, for example, water and dust such as seawater splashes and rain, is difficult to enter the intake guide path 51 from the intake inlet 52. As a result, water or the like mixed in the air is prevented from entering the intake guide path 51 through the intake inlet 52.

  The intake guide path 51 has a third silencing chamber 56 that branches from the upstream end 57a of the outlet passage 57 at the same position as the intake passage 82 in the vertical direction, and the third silencing chamber 56 is at least connected to the body 81 in the vertical direction. Since the intake guide path 51 is provided with a third silencing chamber 56 in addition to the first and second silencing chambers 54 and 55 by being partially in the same position, the three silencing chambers 54, 55 and 56 are provided. Since the intake noise is further reduced, the third silencing chamber 56 is located at the same position in the vertical direction as the body 81 of the carburetor 80 that forms the intake passage 82. Since the third silencing chamber 56 is provided using the space in the direction, the third silencing chamber 56 is prevented or suppressed from protruding in the vertical direction with respect to the vaporizer 80, and the third silencing chamber 56 is provided. As a result, the size of the intake device 40 in the vertical direction is prevented or suppressed.

  The first silencing chamber 54, the second silencing chamber 55, and the lead-out passage 57 are elongated in the second side, and the third silencing chamber 56 is elongated in the vertical direction as compared with the second side. Since the widths of the two silencing chambers 54 and 55 and the lead-out passage 57 in the vertical direction are suppressed and the width of the third silencing chamber 56 on the second side is suppressed, the vertical direction and the second side of the intake guide device 50 are suppressed. The enlargement in the direction is suppressed.

  The side of the intake inlet 52 is covered with the cover D, the fan cover 14 and the second silencer S2, so that intake noise leaking to the engine room 17 through the intake inlet 52 is reduced, and further above the intake inlet 52. Since the gap H is located below the intake inlet 52 with respect to the air intake 33 that is positioned, the gap H is located farther from the intake inlet 52. Intake noise leaking to the outside of 1 is reduced.

  Due to the rising portion 62b1 of the ceiling wall 62 of the first silencing portion S1, water such as seawater splashes or rain mixed in the air flowing into the engine room 17 from the air intake port 33 passes through the gap H to the intake inlet 52. Intrusion into the first silencing chamber 54 together with the air that reaches is suppressed. Then, the low portion 62a of the ceiling wall 62 overlaps almost entirely over half of the intake inlet 52 in plan view, so that water flowing from the intake inlet 52 collides with or adheres to the low portion 62a. Intrusion further into the first silencing chamber 54 is suppressed.

  The bottom wall 61 of the first silencing unit S1 and the ceiling wall 68 of the second silencing unit S2 that form a partition partitioning the first silencing unit S1 and the second silencing unit S2 are the virtual plane orthogonal to the vertical direction. It is arranged so as to intersect or as close as possible to the virtual plane, and the intake inlet 52 and the first intermediate opening 58 are arranged so as to be on the virtual plane, thereby having the intake inlet 52 Since the first silencing chamber 54 and the second silencing chambers 54, 55, 56 are disposed close to each other, the intake guide device 50 is downsized in the vertical direction.

  The bottom wall 73 of the lead-out passage 57 has an inclined portion 73a inclined downward from the intake outlet 53 side toward the opening 60 of the third silencing chamber 56, so that water adhering to the inclined portion 73a is transferred to the inclined portion 73a. Then, it flows down and flows into the third silencing chamber 56 and is discharged from the drain hole 72 to the outside.

  By disposing the frame arrester F in an inclined state so as to overlap the inclined portion 73a in plan view, the water that enters the intake guide path 51 together with air and adheres to the frame arrester F is a portion 73b including the inclined portion 73a. And flows down on the inclined portion 73a toward the third silencing chamber 56, and is discharged from the third silencing chamber 56 to the outside through the drain hole 72.

  The flame arrester F is provided in the enlarged portion 57a1 having a large passage area so as to compensate for the reduction in the passage area of the outlet passage 57 by the frame arrester F, thereby suppressing an increase in intake resistance due to a reduction in the passage area. Thus, a decrease in the intake air amount is suppressed.

Hereinafter, an embodiment in which a part of the configuration of the above-described embodiment is changed will be described with respect to the changed configuration.
The internal combustion engine may be multi-cylinder, and the intake device 40 may be provided with an intake pipe that allows the carburetor 80 and the cylinder head 6 to communicate with each other. Each silencing chamber 55, 56 may be constituted by a resonance chamber. The predetermined direction may be a direction other than the vertical direction.
In the intake guide device 50, the upstream guide portion G1 is retracted from the work space P in a state of being partially coupled to the downstream guide portion G2, so that the upstream guide portion G1 is not disposed in the work space P. It may be coupled to the downstream guide portion G2 with a coupling structure that can be configured as described above.
The valve device or the throttle valve device may have a throttle valve and a throttle body. In this case, the air-fuel mixture forming means is constituted by a fuel injection valve instead of the carburetor.
The three silencer portions S3 and the third silencer chamber 56 that are at least partially in the same position as the body 81 in the vertical direction may be arranged such that their lowermost portions are slightly below the lowermost portion 81d of the body 81. .

1 is a right side view of an entire outboard motor including an internal combustion engine to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part when an engine cover is removed in the outboard motor of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the intake guide device in the intake device of the internal combustion engine of FIG. 1, the upstream guide portion is a sectional view taken along the line IVa-IVa in FIG. 6, and the downstream guide portion is a sectional view taken along the line IVb-IVb in FIG. FIG. FIG. 3 is a side view of an intake device for an internal combustion engine as viewed in the direction of arrow V in FIG. 2. In the intake air guide device, (A) is a view taken along arrow VIa-VIa in FIG. 4, and (B) is a view taken along arrow VIb-VIb in FIG. It is the VII-VII sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the VIII-VIII sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the IX-IX sectional view taken on the line of FIG. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 4.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Outboard motor, 2 ... Internal combustion engine, 3 ... Propulsion unit, 4 ... Support apparatus, 5 ... Cylinder block, 6 ... Cylinder head, 7 ... Crankcase, 8 ... Engine main body, 9 ... Piston, 10 ... Crankshaft, 11 ... Connecting rod, 12 ... Housing, 13 ... Under case, 14 ... Fan cover, 15 ... Air guide chamber, 16 ... Engine cover, 17 ... Engine room, 18 ... Fuel tank, 20 ... Drive shaft, 21 ... Extension case, 22 ... gear case, 23 ... gear mechanism, 24 ... propeller shaft, 25 ... propeller, 26 ... bracket, 27 ... tilt shaft, 28 ... swivel case, 29 ... steering arm, 30 ... cooling fan, 31 ... one-way clutch, 32 ... recoil Starter, 33 ... Air intake port, 34 ... Inlet port, 35 ... Exhaust port, 40 ... Intake device, 41 ... Plug cap, 42 ... Exhaust pipe, 43 ... Combustion chamber, 44 ... Intake valve, 45 ... Exhaust valve, 46 ... Intake port, 47 ... Exhaust port, 50 ... Intake plan Equipment: 51 ... Intake guide path, 52 ... Intake inlet, 53 ... Inlet outlet, 54, 55, 56 ... Silence room, 57 ... Outlet passage, 58, 59, 60 ... Opening, 61 ... Bottom wall, 62, 68 ... Ceiling Wall 63, 64 ... Side wall, 65 ... Buffer member, 66, 67 ... Boss, 69, 70 ... Opening, 71 ... Sealing member, 72 ... Drain hole, 73 ... Bottom wall, 74 ... Holder part, 75 ... Groove, 76 ... ceiling wall, 77 ... main body, 78 ... cover, 79 ... gas-liquid separation chamber, 80 ... vaporizer, 81 ... body, 82 ... intake passage, 83 ... throttle valve, 84 ... choke valve, 85 ... connection plate, 86 ... Insulator, 87 ... Adjustment screw, 88 ... Air vent, 91,92 ... Operating mechanism, 93 ... Clamp, 95 ... Screen, 96 ... Frame, 98 ... Pipe,
B1, B2 ... Bolts, G1 ... Upstream side guide part, G2 ... Downstream side guide part, D ... Cover part, H ... Gap, S1, S2, S3 ... Silencer part, E ... Lead-out part, F ... Frame arrester, R ... Introduction part, C1, C2, C3, C4 ... case, P ... working space.

Claims (2)

An internal combustion engine including an intake device, wherein the intake device has a silencer that forms a silencer chamber, and an intake passage that is coupled to the intake guide device and through which intake air passes through the intake guide device An internal combustion engine comprising: a body that forms a valve, and a valve device that is disposed in the intake passage to control an intake air amount; and an operation mechanism that is connected to a connection portion of the valve to open and close the valve.
The silencer is disposed in a work space for connecting the connection portion and the operation mechanism, so that the connection portion is arranged in the predetermined direction in which the intake passage, the connection portion, and the silencer are arranged in this order. An internal combustion engine characterized by being capable of taking a first form covering the engine and a second form not disposed in the working space. The intake guide device includes an upstream guide portion having a first silencer portion that forms the first silencer chamber that forms the first silencer chamber having an intake inlet that opens to the atmosphere, and a downstream side of the first silencer chamber. A second silencer that forms a second silencer chamber, and a downstream guide connected to the body, the upstream guide taking the first form and the second form. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the internal combustion engine is coupled to the downstream guide portion so as to obtain.

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