Crankshaft having balance weight

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10167924-B2
Application number	US-201615333898-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2016
Priority date	Mar 2, 2016
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

A crankshaft having a balance weight, the crankshaft a crank pin eccentric to a rotation axis of the crankshaft, a connecting rod connecting the crank pin and a piston, and a balance weight disposed to be opposite to the crank pin in the crankshaft, wherein the balance weight has radius which is a distance between the rotation axis of a crankshaft and an exterior circumferential surface of the balance weight, and wherein the radius of the balance weight is formed differently depending on a rotation direction of the balance weight.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A crankshaft having a balance weight, the crankshaft comprising:
a crank pin eccentric to a rotation axis of the crankshaft;
a connecting rod connecting the crank pin and a piston; and
the balance weight disposed to be opposite to the crank pin in the crankshaft,
wherein the balance weight has a radius which is a distance between the rotation axis of the crankshaft and an exterior circumferential surface of the balance weight,
wherein the radius of the balance weight is formed differently depending on a rotation direction of the balance weight,
wherein a Bottom Dead Center (BDC) line is formed to pass through the rotation axis of the crankshaft and a central axis of the crank pin,
wherein, in the exterior circumferential surface of the balance weight, first ranges respectively set in a rotation direction of the balance weight and in a rotation direction opposite to the rotation direction of the balance weight based on the BDC line are formed to have a first radius from the rotation axis,
second ranges respectively set in the rotation direction of the balance weight and in the rotation direction opposite to the rotation direction of the balance weight in the first ranges are formed to have a second radius from the rotation axis, and
the first radius being shorter than the second radius.

2. The crankshaft having the balance weight of claim 1 , wherein
third ranges respectively set in the rotation direction of the balance weight and in the rotation direction opposite to the rotation direction of the balance weight in the second ranges are formed to have a third radius from the rotation axis, and
the second radius being shorter than the third radius.

3. The crankshaft having the balance weight of claim 2 , wherein
the first range, the second range, and the third range are formed in a portion of the balance weight facing a lower portion of the piston connected thereto through the piston pin at a front end portion of the connecting rod.

4. The crankshaft having the balance weight of claim 2 , wherein:
two connecting rods are connected to one crank pin,
the piston is disposed at each of the two connecting rods, and
the two connecting rods are disposed in a “V”-shape with a predetermined angle based on the crank pin.

5. The crankshaft having the balance weight of claim 4 , wherein
the BDC line vertically crosses the rotation axis of the crankshaft and the central axis of the crank pin.

6. The crankshaft having the balance weight of claim 2 , wherein
the first range is included in a range from an angle of negative 10 degrees to an angle of positive 10 degrees of the BDC line,
the second range is included in a range from an angle of negative 20 degrees to an angle of negative 10 degrees of the BDC line and in a range of an angle from positive 10 degrees to an angle of positive 20 degrees of the BDC line, and
the third range is included in a range from an angle of negative 30 degrees to an angle of negative 20 degrees of the BDC line and in a range from an angle of positive 20 degrees to an angle of positive 30 degrees of the BDC line.

7. An engine having a balance weight, the engine comprising:
a crank pin eccentric to a rotation axis of a crankshaft;
a connecting rod connecting the crank pin and a piston; and
a balance weight disposed to be opposite to the crank pin in the crankshaft,
wherein a Bottom Dead Center (BDC) line is formed to pass through the rotation axis of the crankshaft and a central axis of the crank pin,
wherein in an exterior circumferential surface of the balance weight,
first ranges respectively set in a rotation direction of the balance weight and in a rotation direction opposite to the rotation direction of the balance weight based on the BDC line are formed to have a first radius from the rotation axis,
second ranges respectively set in the rotation direction of the balance weight and in the rotation direction opposite to the rotation direction of the balance weight in the first ranges are formed to have a second radius from the rotation axis,
third ranges respectively set in the rotation direction of the balance weight and in the rotation direction opposite to the rotation direction of the balance weight in the second ranges are formed to have a third radius from the rotation axis,
the first radius R 1 being shorter than the second radius R 2 , and the second radius R 2 being shorter than the third radius R 3 .

8. The engine having the balance weight of claim 7 , wherein
the first range, the second range, and the third range are formed in a portion of the balance weight facing a lower portion of the piston connected thereto through the piston pin at a front end portion of the connecting rod.

9. The engine having the balance weight of claim 7 , wherein
the BDC line vertically crosses the rotation axis of the crankshaft and the central axis of the crank pin.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Lee Jae Kwon

Classifications

• F01B1/04

  with cylinders in V-arrangement · CPC title

• F02B2075/1808

  two · CPC title

• F01B9/026

  Rigid connections between piston and rod; Oscillating pistons · CPC title

• F02B75/22

  with cylinders in V, fan, or star arrangement · CPC title

• F02B75/32

  Engines characterised by connections between pistons and main shafts and not specific to preceding main groups · CPC title