Valve rotation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10107148-B2
Application number	US-201515120174-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2015
Priority date	Feb 21, 2014
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

A valve rotation includes: a first sheet member that extends toward a surrounding of a valve stem under a condition that a rotation action of the first sheet member is suppressed with respect to a cylinder head, and a second sheet member that faces to the first sheet member, that is capable of rotating with respect to the first sheet member and is subjected to a load for opening the valve; a force conversion structure that converts the load for opening the valve applied to the second sheet member into a rotation force.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A valve rotation device that rotates a valve fixed to an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a first seat member that extends toward a surrounding of a valve stem of the valve under a condition that a rotation action of the first seat member is suppressed with respect to a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine;
a second seat member that faces to the first seat member, rotates with respect to the first seat member and is subjected to a load for opening the valve;
a force conversion structure that converts the load for opening the valve applied to the second seat member into a rotation force in a direction around the valve stem of the second seat member; and
an elastic body that accumulates an elastic energy when the valve is opened and the load for opening the valve rotates the second seat member via the force conversion structure, and rotates the second seat member by a storing force caused by the elastic energy when a phase of the valve gets closer to a valve-closed phase and the load for opening the valve is reduced, wherein
the valve rotates together with the rotation of the second seat member;
the force conversion structure has a single first projection portion extending toward the second seat member from the first seat member and a single second projection portion extending toward the first seat member from the second seat; and
the force conversion structure further forms an inclined face on at least one of the first projection portion and the second projection portion, brings the first projection portion into contact with the second projection portion along the inclined face so as to slide, rotates the second seat member with respect to the first seat member in accordance with a changing of an axial distance between the first seat member and the second seat member.

2. The valve rotation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the first seat member is arranged on a cylinder head side of the internal combustion engine; and
the second seat member is arranged between the first seat member and a valve spring and rotates together with the valve spring.

3. The valve rotation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the second seat member is arranged on a valve retainer side and rotates together with a valve retainer; and
the first seat member is arranged between the second seat member and a valve spring.

4. The valve rotation device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a stopper portion that determines a maximum rotation amount of the second seat member that is rotated by the load for opening the valve via the force conversion structure.

5. The valve rotation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the elastic body is a spiral spring or a coil spring, a first edge of the spiral spring being connected to the second seat member, a second edge of the spiral spring being connected to the first seat member or the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine, a first edge of the coil spring being connected to the second seat member, a second edge of the coil spring being connected to the first seat member or the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine.

6. A valve rotation device that rotates a valve fixed to an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a first seat member that extends toward a surrounding of a valve stem of the valve under a condition that a rotation action of the first seat member is suppressed with respect to a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine;
a second seat member that faces to the first seat member, rotates with respect to the first seat member and is subjected to a load for opening the valve;
a force conversion structure that converts the load for opening the valve applied to the second seat member into a rotation force in a direction around the valve stem of the second seat member;
an elastic body that accumulates an elastic energy when the valve is opened and the load for opening the valve rotates the second seat member via the force conversion structure, and rotates the second seat member by a storing force caused by the elastic energy when a phase of the valve gets closer to a valve-closed phase and the load for opening the valve is reduced,
wherein the valve rotates together with the rotation of the second seat member, the force conversion structure, sandwiched between the first seat member and the second seat member, has a cam member with a length that varies in a direction along a circumference direction in accordance with a changing of an axial distance between the first seat member and the second seat member, and rotates the second seat member with respect to the first seat member in accordance with the varying length of the cam member; and
the length of the cam member varies by rotating between the first seat member and the second seat member.

7. The valve rotation device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein:
the first seat member is arranged on a cylinder head side of the internal combustion engine; and
the second seat member is arranged between the first seat member and a valve spring and rotates together with the valve spring.

8. The valve rotation device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein:
the second seat member is arranged on a valve retainer side and rotates together with a valve retainer; and
the first seat member is arranged between the second seat member and a valve spring.

9. The valve rotation device as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising a stopper portion that determines a maximum rotation amount of the second seat member that is rotated by the load for opening the valve via the force conversion structure.

10. The valve rotation device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the elastic body is a spiral spring or a coil spring, a first edge of the spiral spring being connected to the second seat member, a second edge of the spiral spring being connected to the first seat member or the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine, a first edge of the coil spring being connected to the second seat member, a second edge of the coil spring being connected to the first seat member or the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Katsumata Shouji
• Harada Kenichi
• Sugiyama Toshihisa

Classifications

• F01L3/10

  Connecting springs to valve members · CPC title

• F01L1/462

  Valve return spring arrangements · CPC title

• F01L1/32 Primary

  characterised by the provision of means for rotating lift valves, e.g. to diminish wear · CPC title