Water jacket for cylinder block

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10036300-B2
Application number	US-201615159586-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2016
Priority date	Dec 14, 2015
Publication date	Jul 31, 2018
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018

Abstract

A water jacket for a cylinder block may include a first main body formed inside the cylinder block at a first side thereof, and a second main body formed at a second side thereof, and in which coolant flows, a first sub-body formed at an upper portion of the first main body, and a second sub-body formed at an upper portion of the second main body, each of the first and second sub-bodies being connected to an inside of a cylinder head to flow a coolant into an upper portion of the cylinder block and the cylinder head, a first insert member disposed between the first main body and the first sub-body to partition the first main body and the first sub-body, and a second insert member disposed between the second main body and the second sub-body to partition the second main body and the second sub-body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A water jacket for a cylinder block, inside of which a plurality of combustion chambers are disposed and on an upper portion of which a cylinder head is mounted, the water jacket comprising:
a first main body formed inside the cylinder block along a length direction thereof at a first side thereof, and a second main body formed along the length direction at a second side thereof based on a width direction of a vehicle, and in which coolant flows;
a first sub-body formed at an upper portion of the first main body, and a second sub-body formed at an upper portion of the second main body, each of the first and second sub-bodies being connected to an inside of the cylinder head to flow a coolant into an upper portion of the cylinder block and the cylinder head;
a first insert member disposed between the first main body and the first sub-body to partition the first main body and the first sub-body; and
a second insert member disposed between the second main body and the second sub-body to partition the second main body and the second sub-body,
wherein the first and second main bodies are separately formed inside the cylinder block, and are divided and cooled in the width direction of the vehicle inside the cylinder blocks
wherein a plurality of first and second connecting parts protruding toward the cylinder head between respective combustion chambers are integrally formed at the first and second sub-bodies,
wherein rear sides of the first and second insert members are separated to form a first reflector on the rear side of the first insert member and to form a second reflector on the rear side of the second insert member,
wherein the first and second reflectors that bend vertically toward the cylinder head are formed at the rear sides of the first and second insert members so that a coolant is not discharged to an outside of the cylinder block from the first and second sub-bodies and the first and second connecting parts which are positioned at a rear based on a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and
wherein front sides of the first and second insert members protrude from the first and second main bodies and the first and second sub-bodies, and contact each other.

2. The water jacket for the cylinder block of claim 1 , wherein a gasket is disposed between the cylinder block and the cylinder head, and the gasket is formed to have through-holes through which the first and second connecting parts are inserted.

3. The water jacket for the cylinder block of claim 1 , wherein the first and second sub-bodies upwardly protrude from the first and second insert members by predetermined lengths so that coolants are constantly supplied to the cylinder head through the first and second connecting parts.

4. The water jacket for the cylinder block of claim 1 , wherein the first and second reflectors are formed to integrally extend from the rear sides of the first and second insert members and to be roundly bent toward the cylinder head.

5. The water jacket for the cylinder block of claim 1 , wherein the first and second reflectors partition the first and second connecting parts which are positioned at the rear based on the longitudinal direction of the vehicle such that a coolant flows into the cylinder head.

6. The water jacket for the cylinder block of claim 1 , wherein an inflow hole through which a coolant flows is provided at a front side of the first main body based on a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

7. The water jacket for the cylinder block of claim 6 , wherein a block thermostat for controlling a coolant flow depending on a temperature of the coolant discharged from the first main body through the inflow hole is provided at a rear inside of the cylinder block.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Park Cheol Soo
• Han Bonghoon
• Kim Kwang Min
• Chae Dong Suk

Classifications

• F01P2003/021

  Cooling cylinders · CPC title

• F02F1/40 Primary

  cylinder heads with means for directing, guiding, or distributing liquid stream · CPC title

• F02F1/26

  having cooling means · CPC title

• F02F1/24

  Cylinder heads · CPC title

• F02F1/14 Primary

  Cylinders with means for directing, guiding or distributing liquid stream · CPC title