Intake air cooling device for engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10180102-B2
Application number	US-201715412592-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 23, 2017
Priority date	Feb 12, 2016
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

An intake air cooling device includes an intake manifold communicating with intake ports, and an intercooler disposed laterally of a cylinder head for cooling intake air. The intake manifold includes a manifold body fastened to the cylinder head, and a cooler forming portion communicating with the upstream end of the manifold body and constituting the lower end of the intercooler. Assuming that the cooler forming portion is a second cooler forming portion, the intercooler includes a first cooler forming portion mounted on the upper portion of the second cooler forming portion. The intercooler is constituted by the first and second cooler forming portions. The manifold body includes a plurality of fixing portions fastened to the surface of the cylinder head. The fixing portions are located on the outside of the second cooler forming portion in a side view along a direction orthogonal to the cylinder array direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An intake air cooling device for an engine with a supercharger, the engine including a cylinder head with a surface in which intake ports are opened, and an intake manifold fixed to the surface of the cylinder head and configured to communicate with the intake ports, the intake air cooling device comprising:
an intercooler which is disposed laterally of the cylinder head and is configured to cool intake air; wherein
the intake manifold includes:
a manifold body fastened to the cylinder head and substantially horizontally extending in a width direction of the engine that is a direction orthogonal to a cylinder array direction; and
a cooler forming portion integrally communicating with an upstream end of the manifold body in an intake air flow direction, and constituting a lower end of the intercooler,

the intercooler includes a second cooler forming portion serving as the cooler forming portion, a first cooler forming portion to be mounted on an upper portion of the second cooler forming portion, the intercooler being constituted by the first cooler forming portion and the second cooler forming portion, and
the manifold body includes fixing portions to be fastened to the surface of the cylinder head at a plurality of corresponding positions in the cylinder array direction, the plurality of fixing portions including:
a fixing portion formed on an upper side that is higher than an upper surface of the second cooler forming portion and thereby being located on an outside of the second cooler forming portion; and
another fixing portion formed on a lower side that is lower than a lower surface of the second cooler forming portion and thereby being located on the outside of the second cooler forming portion, respectively at positions associated with the second cooler forming portion when the engine is viewed from a side in the width direction.

2. The intake air cooling device for an engine according to claim 1 , wherein
the intercooler is configured in such a manner that a cooling core for circulating a coolant is disposed in the first cooler forming portion, and
the second cooler forming portion includes an upwardly opened recess portion which guides intake air to the manifold body while receiving intake air cooled by the cooling core.

3. The intake air cooling device for an engine according to claim 2 , wherein
the intercooler includes a first cooling core serving as the cooling core, and a second cooling core is disposed in the second cooler forming portion.

4. The intake air cooling device for an engine according to claim 3 , wherein
the second cooling core circulates a coolant whose temperature is lower than a temperature of the coolant circulating in the first cooling core.

5. The intake air cooling device for an engine according to claim 2 , wherein
an inner bottom surface of the recess portion is tilted downwardly toward the manifold body in the direction orthogonal to the cylinder array direction.

6. The intake air cooling device for an engine according to claim 2 , wherein
the engine includes:
a turbocharger which pressurizes intake air by energy of exhaust gas,
a main intake passage which guides intake air pressurized by the turbocharger, and
a branch intake passage which is branched from the main intake passage, is provided with an electric supercharger which pressurizes intake air by a driving force of an electric motor, and guides intake air pressurized by the electric supercharger,

the main intake passage communicates with the first cooler forming portion, and
the branch intake passage communicates with the second cooler forming portion.

7. An intake air cooling device for an engine with a supercharger, the engine including a cylinder head with a surface in which intake ports are opened, an intake manifold fixed to the surface of the cylinder head and configured to communicate with the intake ports, and an intercooler communicating with an upstream end of the intake manifold in an intake air flow direction, wherein
the intake manifold extends in a width direction of the engine that is a direction orthogonal to a cylinder array direction, and includes: a plurality of first fixing portions to be fastened to the surface of the cylinder head at one end of the intake manifold; and a plurality of second fixing portions at an other end of the intake manifold,
the intercooler includes:
an intercooler body which cools intake air;
a connecting portion formed at a substantially lower end of a surface of the intercooler body, and communicating with an upstream end of the intake manifold in the intake air flow direction; and
a plurality of third fixing portions respectively formed on the connecting portion at positions opposite to the second fixing portions,
the intercooler body including:
a cooling portion with a cooling core for circulating a coolant; and
a guiding portion located below the cooling portion, and configured to guide the intake air cooled through the cooling core to the connecting portion,

the intake manifold and the intercooler are connected by causing the upstream end of the intake manifold in the intake air flow direction and the connecting portion of the intercooler to abut against each other in the width direction, and by fastening the second fixing portions and the third fixing portions by bolts and nuts,
the intercooler body further includes a tool insertion through-hole passing in the guiding portion of the intercooler body in the width direction, and allowing insertion of a bolt and nut fastening tool, and
the tool insertion through-hole is opened in the width direction and defined such that each of the second fixing portions and the third fixing portions is positioned on an axis of the tool insertion through-hole.

8. The intake air cooling device for an engine according to claim 7 , wherein
the first fixing portions are formed at a plurality of positions circumferentially on an outer surface of the intake manifold, and
the second fixing portions are formed at a plurality of positions circumferentially on the outer surface of the intake manifold, the positions of the second fixing portions being different from the positions of the first fixing portions.

9. The intake air cooling device for an engine according to claim 7 , wherein
the intake manifold includes:
a plurality of independent passages communicating with the intake ports; and
a collecting portion located on an upstream side in the intake air flow direction than the independent passages, the collecting portion being a space where the independent passages are collected, and

a surge tank constituted by an internal space of the connecting portion of the intercooler and the collecting portion is formed by cooperation of the connecting portion of the intercooler.

10. The intake air cooling device for an engine according to claim 7 , wherein
the surface of the cylinder head is a tilted surface tilted obliquely upwardly,
the intake manifold extends vertically with respect to the surface of the cylinder head, with an upstream end of the intake manifold in the intake air flow direction being formed of a vertical surface,
the first fixing portions are formed along the surface of the cylinder head, and
the second fixing portions are formed vertically along the upstream end of the intake manifold.

11. An intake air cooling device for an engine with a supercharger, the engine including a cylinder head with a surface in which intake ports are opened, an intake manifold fixed to the surface of the cylinder head and configured to communicate with the intake ports, and an intercooler communicating with an upstream end of the intake manifold in an intake

Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Kondo Hidenari

Classifications

• Y02T10/146

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F02B37/00

  Engines characterised by provision of pumps driven at least for part of the time by exhaust · CPC title

• F02B29/0475

  the intake air cooler being combined with another device, e.g. heater, valve, compressor, filter or EGR cooler, or being assembled on a special engine location · CPC title

• F02B29/045 Primary

  Constructional details of the heat exchangers, e.g. pipes, plates, ribs, insulation, materials, or manufacturing and assembly · CPC title

• Y02T10/12

  Improving ICE efficiencies · CPC title