US20130228141A1 - Cooling device for engine - Google Patents

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US20130228141A1
US20130228141A1 US13/782,189 US201313782189A US2013228141A1 US 20130228141 A1 US20130228141 A1 US 20130228141A1 US 201313782189 A US201313782189 A US 201313782189A US 2013228141 A1 US2013228141 A1 US 2013228141A1
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Naohito Seko
Yoshiaki Yamamoto
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01P7/00—Controlling of coolant flow
    • F01P7/14—Controlling of coolant flow the coolant being liquid
    • F01P7/16—Controlling of coolant flow the coolant being liquid by thermostatic control
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01P7/00—Controlling of coolant flow

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  • the present disclosure relates to a cooling device for an engine, through which a coolant passes to cool the engine.
  • Patent Document 1 JP 2005-249021 A.
  • a flow control valve in Patent Document 1 includes a housing having a flow passage through which water passes, and a valve body arranged in the housing. By moving the valve body, a cross-sectional area of the flow passage is adjusted.
  • the valve body When the water freezes in the flow passage of the housing in the flow control valve of Patent Document 1, the valve body may be fixed not to move, and the flow rate of the water may become unable to be adjusted.
  • a coolant may freeze when an outside temperature is low. Thus, even when the coolant freezes, a flow control valve may be required to become operable promptly.
  • a cooling device for an internal combustion engine includes a jacket and a flow control valve.
  • the jacket is provided in the engine such that a coolant is capable of flowing through the jacket.
  • the flow control valve is connected to at least one of an inlet side of the jacket and an outlet side of the jacket to adjust a flow rate of the coolant.
  • the flow control valve includes a housing, a valve body and a heat transfer member.
  • the housing has a flow passage communicating with the jacket such that the coolant is capable of flowing through the flow passage.
  • the valve body is arranged in the housing to open or close the flow passage.
  • the heat transfer member contacts the engine and a part of the housing accommodating the valve body to transfer a heat from the engine to the housing.
  • the housing may be connected to the engine such that the flow passage communicates with an inlet of the jacket or an outlet of the jacket.
  • the heat transfer member may contact an inner wall surface of a part of the engine that defines the jacket, and may contact an inner wall surface of the housing that defines the flow passage.
  • the housing may be made of a material which is lower in heat conductivity than that of the heat transfer member.
  • the flow control valve may be located outside of the engine.
  • the housing may include a valve storage part that accommodates the valve body therein.
  • the heat transfer member may contact an inner wall surface of the housing to define an inner space of the valve storage part in which the valve body is accommodated.
  • the heat transfer member may be provided in a connection part between the jacket and the flow passage.
  • the heat transfer member may extend in a flow direction of the coolant to define the flow passage and a part of the jacket.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a cooling device for an engine, according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional schematic diagram showing a connection part between a cylinder head and a rotary valve for the cooling device according to the first embodiment
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional schematic diagram showing a connection part between a cylinder head and a ball valve for a cooling device according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional schematic diagram showing a connection part between a cylinder head and a butterfly valve for a cooling device according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional schematic diagram showing a connection part between a cylinder head and a poppet valve for a cooling device according to a fourth embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a cooling device for an engine, according to a fifth embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a cooling device for an engine, according to a modification.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a cooling device for an engine, according to a modification.
  • the cooling device 1 includes a coolant circuit in which a coolant circulates to cool an internal combustion engine 2 , a pump 3 (water pump) that discharges the coolant, and a radiator 4 which cools the coolant via heat exchange with air.
  • the coolant discharged from the pump 3 into the coolant circuit flows through the engine 2 and the radiator 4 to the pump 3 .
  • a coolant e.g., Long Life Coolant
  • ethylene glycol may be used as the coolant of the coolant circuit.
  • the engine 2 includes a cylinder head 6 and a cylinder block 7 , and the cylinder head 6 and the cylinder block 7 have a jacket 8 (water jacket) through which the coolant passes.
  • the jacket 8 has an inlet 8 A through which the coolant flows into, and an outlet 8 B from which the coolant is discharged.
  • the inlet 8 A is located in the cylinder block 7 and the outlet 8 B is located in the cylinder head 6 .
  • the jacket 8 is a coolant passage extends from the cylinder block 7 through between cylinders of the engine 2 to the cylinder head 6 .
  • the pump 3 is disposed adjacent to the inlet 8 A of the jacket 8 to make the coolant circulate in the engine 2 .
  • the radiator 4 is a heat exchanger that cools the coolant discharged from the engine 2 via heat exchange with air.
  • the coolant passed through and cooled by the radiator 4 is supplied to the jacket 8 by the pump 3 .
  • a rotary valve 10 is arranged to control a flow rate of the coolant.
  • the rotary valve 10 is connected to an outlet side of the jacket 8 so that an inside of the rotary valve 10 communicates with the outlet 8 B the jacket 8 .
  • the rotary valve 10 may be used as an example of a flow control valve which controls a flow rate of the coolant flowing therethrough.
  • the rotary valve 10 includes a housing 11 and a valve body 112 arranged in the housing 11 .
  • the housing 11 made of resin includes a passage forming portion 115 that has an approximately cylindrical shape to have a flow passage 14 therein, and a flange portion 16 that extends radially outward from an outer surface of an end part of the passage forming portion 115 .
  • the end part of the passage forming portion 115 is located on one side of the passage forming portion 115 in its axial direction.
  • the passage forming portion 115 is arranged so that the flow passage 14 communicates with the outlet 8 B of the jacket 8 .
  • the flange portion 16 is fixed to a surface of the cylinder head 6 by using a screw for example.
  • the passage forming portion 115 includes a cylindrical part 18 having a first cylindrical space therein with an axis of the first cylindrical space extending along a flow direction of the coolant in the flow passage 14 , and a valve storage part 19 having a second cylindrical space therein with an axis of the second cylindrical space extending perpendicular to the flow direction of the coolant in the flow passage 14 .
  • the valve body 112 is arranged inside the valve storage part 19 .
  • the valve body 112 has a bottomed cup-like shape, and rotates about an axis that is perpendicular to the axial direction of the passage forming portion 115 .
  • a wall of the valve body 112 has a through hole 20 through which the coolant is capable of passing. Accordingly, by rotating the valve body 112 about its rotation axis, the flow passage 14 can be opened or closed.
  • the rotary valve 10 includes a heat transfer member 22 that contacts the engine 2 and contacts the valve storage part 19 of the housing 11 to transfer a heat from the engine 2 to the housing 11 .
  • the valve storage part 19 is a part of the housing 11 that accommodates the valve body 112 therein. A size of the valve storage part 19 covers a movement range of the valve body 112 , in other words, the valve storage part 19 accommodates the valve body 112 even when the valve body 112 moves.
  • the heat transfer member 22 is made of a material, such as noble metal or steel, superior in heat conductivity for example.
  • the heat transfer member 22 is arranged to contact an inner wall surface 23 of the cylinder head 6 and an inner wall surface 24 of the passage forming portion 115 of the housing 11 .
  • the heat transfer member 22 has a cylindrical shape along the axial direction of the passage forming portion 115 , and an outer periphery of the heat transfer member 22 contacts both the inner wall surface 23 of the cylinder head 6 and the inner wall surface 24 of the passage forming portion 115 .
  • the transfer member 22 extends from a part of the inner wall surface 23 that defines the outlet 8 B of the jacket 8 to a part of the inner wall surface 24 located downstream of the valve body 112 in the flow direction of the coolant. Accordingly, the valve storage part 19 of the housing 11 , which accommodates the valve body 112 , is connected to the cylinder head 6 via the heat transfer member 22 .
  • an inner peripheral surface of the heat transfer member 22 is flush with a part of the inner wall surface 23 of the cylinder head 6 that is located upstream of the heat transfer member 22 in the flow direction of the coolant. Accordingly, the heat transfer member 22 can be prevented from being a flow resistance to the coolant.
  • a combustion heat of the engine 2 can be transferred promptly to the valve storage part 19 through the heat transfer member 22 in the present embodiment. Even in a case where the coolant freezes around the valve body 112 inside the valve storage part 19 , the frozen coolant can be melted by the heat transferred from the engine 2 via the heat transfer member 22 . As a result, the valve body 12 can be made to be operable (movable) swiftly.
  • the frozen coolant includes a state (sherbet state) where liquid and solid states of the coolant are mixed.
  • the housing 11 is made of resin that is lower in heat conductivity than that of the heat transfer member 22 , and the heat transfer member 22 is located on an inner side of the passage forming portion 115 . Hence, the heat transferred from the engine 2 is difficult to be radiated to an outside of the housing 11 . Therefore, the heat transferred from the engine 2 can be utilized for melting the frozen coolant effectively.
  • the cooling device includes a ball valve 30 instead of the rotary valve 10 of the first embodiment, and the ball valve 30 may be used as an example of the flow control valve described above.
  • the ball valve 30 includes a housing 11 having a passage forming portion 215 .
  • the passage forming portion 215 has a cylindrical shape, and defines a flow passage 14 therein.
  • a part of the passage forming portion 215 extending by a predetermined length in its axial direction is a valve storage part 19 that accommodates a valve body 212 therein.
  • the valve body 212 has a spherical shape and is arranged in the valve storage part 19 .
  • the valve body 212 has a through hole 26 extending through the valve body 212 in a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the valve body 212 .
  • the valve body 212 rotates around the rotation axis thereof that is perpendicular to the axial direction of the passage forming portion 215 . By rotating the valve body 212 , the flow passage 14 can be opened or closed. Effects similar to those of the first embodiment can be obtained in the second embodiment.
  • a cooling device of a third embodiment will be described referring to FIG. 4 .
  • a part different from a part of the first embodiment will be described mainly in the second embodiment.
  • a reference number same as that described in the first embodiment indicates the same structure in the third embodiment as that indicated by the reference number in the first embodiment. Thus, an explanation of a part assigned the reference number is referred to the first embodiment.
  • the cooling device includes a butterfly valve 40 instead of the rotary valve 10 of the first embodiment, and the butterfly valve 40 may be used as an example of the flow control valve described above.
  • the butterfly valve 40 includes a housing 11 having a passage forming portion 315 .
  • the passage forming portion 315 has a cylindrical shape, and defines a flow passage 14 therein.
  • a part of the passage forming portion 315 extending by a predetermined length in its axial direction is a valve storage part 19 that accommodates a valve body 312 therein.
  • the valve body 312 has a platy shape and is arranged in the valve storage part 19 .
  • the valve body 312 rotates around a rotation axis that is perpendicular to the axial direction of the passage forming portion 315 . By rotating the valve body 312 , the flow passage 14 can be opened or closed. Effects similar to those of the first embodiment can be obtained in the third embodiment.
  • a cooling device of a fourth embodiment will be described referring to FIG. 5 .
  • a part different from a part of the first embodiment will be described mainly in the fourth embodiment.
  • a reference number same as that described in the first embodiment indicates the same structure in the fourth embodiment as that indicated by the reference number in the first embodiment. Thus, an explanation of a part assigned the reference number is referred to the first embodiment.
  • the cooling device includes a poppet valve 50 instead of the rotary valve 10 of the first embodiment, and the poppet valve 50 may be used as an example of the flow control valve described above.
  • the poppet valve 50 includes a housing 11 having a passage forming portion 415 .
  • the passage forming portion 415 defines a flow passage 14 therein.
  • the passage forming portion 415 includes a small diametrical part 15 a, a large diametrical part 15 b located downstream of the small diametrical part 15 a in a flow direction of the coolant, and a step part 15 c located between the small diametrical part 15 a and the large diametrical part 15 b.
  • the small diametrical part 15 a is smaller in diameter than the large diametrical part 15 b.
  • the step part 15 c has a surface facing downstream in the flow direction of the coolant.
  • the large diametrical part 15 b accommodates therein a valve body 412 that is a poppet of the poppet valve 50 .
  • the valve body 412 is operable to move by a predetermined length in an axial direction of the large diametrical part 15 b.
  • a part of the large diametrical part 15 b extending by the predetermined length in the axial direction thereof is a valve storage part 19 .
  • the cooling device 50 includes a heat transfer member 22 provided along an inner wall surface 23 of a cylinder head 6 and along an inner wall surface 24 of the passage forming portion 415 .
  • the heat transfer member 22 has a valve sheet 28 at a position corresponding to the step part 15 c of the passage forming portion 415 , and the valve body 412 is movable in the axial direction of the large diametric part 15 b to contact or be separated from the valve sheet 28 .
  • the flow passage 14 is closed or opened. Effects similar to those of the first embodiment can be obtained in the fourth embodiment.
  • a cooling device 1 a of a fifth embodiment will be described referring to FIG. 6 .
  • a part different from a part of the first embodiment will be described mainly in the fifth embodiment.
  • a reference number same as that described in the first embodiment indicates the same structure in the fifth embodiment as that indicated by the reference number in the first embodiment. Thus, an explanation of a part assigned the reference number is referred to the first embodiment.
  • an inlet 8 A of a jacket 8 is provided in a cylinder block 7
  • outlets 8 B of the jacket 8 is provided respectively in the cylinder block 7 and a cylinder head 6 .
  • a coolant flowing into the jacket 8 through the inlet 8 A splits into two flows in the cylinder block 7 as shown in FIG. 6 .
  • one of the two flows passes through the cylinder block 7 to flow out from the jacket 8 through the outlet 8 B provided in the cylinder block 7 , and the other of the two flows enters into the cylinder head 6 to pass through the cylinder head 6 and to flow out of the jacket 8 through the outlet 8 B provided in the cylinder head 6 .
  • the outlets 8 B of the jacket 8 are respectively connected to rotary valves 10 , and each of the rotary valves 10 is same as that described in the first embodiment in structure. Effects similar to those of the first embodiment can be obtained also in the fifth embodiment.
  • the flow control valve is provided on the outlet side of the jacket 8 .
  • the flow control valve may be provided on an inlet side of the jacket 8 as shown in FIG. 7 , or the flow control valves may be provided respectively on the outlet side and the inlet side of the jacket 8 as shown in FIG. 8 .
  • the heat transfer member 22 is provided inside the housing 11 , but may be provided outside the housing 11 .
  • the heat transfer member 22 may be arranged to connect an outer periphery of the housing 11 and an outer wall surface of the cylinder block 7 or an outer wall surface of the cylinder head 6 .
  • the heat transfer member 22 contacts both the valve storage part 19 of the housing 11 and a part of the housing 11 other than the valve storage part 19 .
  • the heat transfer member 22 contacts also the cylindrical part 18 .
  • the heat transfer member 22 may contact only the valve storage part 19 .
  • the heat transfer member 22 may be required to contact at least the valve storage part 19 .

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