Variable compression ratio device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10196973-B2
Application number	US-201615267851-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2016
Priority date	Mar 16, 2016
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a variable compression ratio device including a piston, a piston pin, an eccentric cam, a connecting rod, a crank pin, a hydraulic pump, an oil jet injection nozzle, an oil jet control valve, and a control unit. In addition, a groove formed in a rotating direction of the eccentric cam is divided into a first chamber and a second chamber. The piston pin receives a hydraulic pressure through a path formed inside the crank pin and the connecting rod and receives the oil injected from the oil jet injection nozzle to control the hydraulic pressure supplied to the first chamber and the second chamber of the eccentric cam, thereby controlling the rotation position of the eccentric cam.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A variable compression ratio device comprising:
a connecting rod having a first end part connected with a piston and a second end part connected with a crankshaft;
the piston connected to the connecting rod by a piston pin, the piston pin formed with a plunger space in a longitudinal direction therein;
an eccentric cam disposed between an exterior circumference of the piston pin and an interior circumference of the connecting rod and forming a groove between the piston pin and the connecting rod;
a stopper disposed inside the groove and fixed to one of the interior circumference of the connecting rod and the eccentric cam to divide the groove into a first chamber and a second chamber;
a plunger disposed to be reciprocally moved in the plunger space to selectively supply a hydraulic pressure through the connecting rod to one of the first chamber and the second chamber;
a return member disposed at a first end of the plunger space and supporting the plunger in a second end of the plunger space to supply the hydraulic pressure through the connecting rod to the second chamber; and
an oil jet injection nozzle disposed under the piston to selectively inject oil to a piston side,
wherein the oil injected from the oil jet injection nozzle is transmitted to the second end of the plunger space through a guide path formed inside the piston and an oil jet path formed in the piston pin such that the plunger is moved toward the first end of the plunger space and the hydraulic pressure through the connecting rod is supplied to the first chamber.

2. The variable compression ratio device of claim 1 , wherein:
if the oil is not injected from the oil jet injection nozzle, the plunger is moved by the return member toward the second end of the plunger space, and the hydraulic pressure supplied through the connecting rod is supplied to the second chamber.

3. The variable compression ratio device of claim 2 , wherein:
if the hydraulic pressure is supplied to the first chamber, a rotation position of the eccentric cam is controlled such that the piston is farther from the crankshaft, thereby realizing a high compression ratio.

4. The variable compression ratio device of claim 2 , wherein:
if the hydraulic pressure is supplied to the second chamber, a rotation position of the eccentric cam is controlled such that the piston is closer to the crankshaft, thereby realizing a low compression ratio.

5. The variable compression ratio device of claim 2 , wherein:
a first check space is formed inside a first end of the plunger, a second check space is formed inside a second end of the plunger,
a check space connection path connecting the first check space and the second check space is formed inside the plunger,
an exterior circumference of the plunger at the first end and second end of the plunger is in contact with an interior circumference of the plunger space,
a smaller diameter part is formed at a center of a longitudinal direction of the plunger with the connection path spaced apart from the interior circumference of the plunger space by a predetermined interval,
an open path leading from the check space connection path to outside of the smaller diameter part of the plunger,
a first check path leading from the first check space to outside of the plunger is formed in the plunger, and a second check path leading from the second check space to outside of the plunger is formed in the plunger,
a space formed by the smaller diameter part is always fluidly connected with a main supply path formed through the plunger for receiving a hydraulic pressure from the connecting rod,
in a state that the plunger is moved toward the second end of the plunger space by the return member, a first chamber connection path formed through the piston pin from the interior circumference of the plunger space to outside of the piston pin connects the first check path with the first chamber,
in a state that the plunger is moved toward the first end of the plunger space by the hydraulic pressure injected from the oil jet injection nozzle, a second chamber connection path formed through the piston pin from the interior circumference of the plunger space to outside of the piston pin connects the second check path with the second chamber.

6. The variable compression ratio device of claim 5 , further comprising:
a first check valve disposed at the first check space and preventing the hydraulic pressure from being transmitted from the first check space to the check space connection path; and
a second check valve disposed at the second check space and preventing the hydraulic pressure from being transmitted from the second check space to the check space connection path.

7. The variable compression ratio device of claim 2 , wherein:
a vent hole extends through the piston pin from a first end of the plunger space near the return member to outside of the piston pin to reduce the inner hydraulic pressure.

8. The variable compression ratio device of claim 2 , further comprising:
a crank pin connecting the crankshaft and the connecting rod, and a hydraulic pump transmitting the hydraulic pressure to a main supply path through the connecting rod.

9. The variable compression ratio device of claim 6 , wherein:
the first and second check valves include a ball and an elastic member supporting the ball.

10. The variable compression ratio device of claim 2 , wherein:
an oil jet control valve controls the oil injected from the oil jet injection nozzle; and
a control unit controls the oil jet control valve depending on an operation condition.

11. The variable compression ratio device of claim 2 , wherein:
a pocket is formed at a lower edge of the piston to receive the oil jet injected from the oil jet injection nozzle , and the hydraulic pressure is transmitted to the guide path through the pocket.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Won Gyu

Classifications

• F16J1/16

  with gudgeon-pin; Gudgeon-pins · CPC title

• F16J7/00

  Piston-rods · CPC title

• F02D15/02

  by alteration or displacement of piston stroke · CPC title

• F02B75/048 Primary

  by means of a variable crank stroke length · CPC title

• F16C2360/22

  Internal combustion engines · CPC title