Piston cooling apparatus for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10378398-B2
Application number	US-201715682027-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2017
Priority date	Dec 13, 2016
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

A piston cooling apparatus for a vehicle, includes: a first gallery that is formed at one side of a cylinder block in a length direction, and receives an oil from an oil pump; a second gallery that is formed at the other side of the cylinder block in a length direction, and supplies the oil into piston cooling jets; and a solenoid valve that is disposed at one side of a hydraulic line of the second gallery. In particular, the solenoid valve bypasses the oil supplied from the first gallery and selectively supplies the oil to the second gallery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A piston cooling apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
a first gallery formed at a first side of a cylinder block in a length direction of the cylinder block, and configured to receive an oil from an oil pump;
a second gallery formed at a second side of the cylinder block in the length direction, and configured to supply the oil into piston cooling jets; and
a solenoid valve disposed at one side of a hydraulic line of the second gallery, and configured to bypass the oil supplied from the first gallery and selectively supply the oil to the second gallery.

2. The piston cooling apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
an oil supply pipe that is disposed along an interior circumference of the second gallery, has first and second ends, both ends being closed, and includes an oil chamber through which oil passes.

3. The piston cooling apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the oil supply pipe is integrally formed with the cylinder block.

4. The piston cooling apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the oil supply pipe includes:
a partition configured to divide the oil chamber into at least two spaces; and
a plurality of oil supplying holes formed to correspond to positions of the piston cooling jets.

5. The piston cooling apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the solenoid valve is disposed to correspond to a position of the partition.

6. The piston cooling apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the oil supply pipe includes:
an oil inflow hole configured to receive the oil of the first gallery;
a first bypass hole configured to bypass the oil into the solenoid valve; and
a second bypass hole configured to supply the oil bypassed by an operation of opening and closing of the solenoid valve into the second gallery.

7. A piston cooling apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
a first gallery formed at a first side of a cylinder block in a length direction thereof, and configured to receive oil from an oil pump;
a second gallery formed at a second side of the cylinder block in the length direction, and configured to supply the oil into piston cooling jets; and
an insert mounted at an inside of the second gallery and configured to increase a hydraulic pressure of the oil flowing into the second gallery.

8. The piston cooling apparatus of claim 7 , wherein
the second gallery is formed so that a diameter of both end portions of the second gallery gradually increases from a center of the cylinder block in the length direction.

9. The piston cooling apparatus of claim 8 , wherein
a groove is formed in the insert so as to correspond to a position of the center of the second gallery where the diameter is decreased.

10. The piston cooling apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising:
a solenoid valve that is disposed at one side of a hydraulic line of the second gallery, and bypasses the oil supplied from the first gallery to selectively supply the oil to the second gallery.

11. The piston cooling apparatus of claim 10 , wherein
an oil blocking unit is formed in the insert and divides the second gallery into at least two portions, and the solenoid valve is disposed at one side of the oil blocking unit and selectively bypasses the oil supplied from the first gallery.

12. A piston cooling apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
a first gallery formed at a first side of a cylinder block in a length direction thereof, and configured to receive oil from an oil pump;
a second gallery formed at a second side of the cylinder block in the length direction, and configured to supply the oil supplied from the first gallery into piston cooling jets; and
an oil supply pipe disposed along an interior circumference of the second gallery and formed with an oil chamber through which oil passes, the oil supply pipe including a plurality of oil supplying holes formed to correspond to positions of the piston cooling jets.

13. The piston cooling apparatus of claim 12 , wherein
the oil supply pipe includes a partition configured to divide the oil chamber into at least two passages.

14. The piston cooling apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising:
a solenoid valve disposed at one side of the partition, and configured to bypass the oil supplied from the first gallery and selectively supply the oil to the second gallery.

15. The piston cooling apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising:
an insert mounted in an inside of the oil chamber and configured to increase a hydraulic pressure of the oil flowing into the oil chamber.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Lee Byung Hyun

Classifications

• F01M11/02

  Arrangements of lubricant conduits · CPC title

• F01M1/16 Primary

  Controlling lubricant pressure or quantity (rendering machines or engines inoperative or idling on lubricant pressure failure F01M1/22) · CPC title

• F01M1/08 Primary

  Lubricating systems characterised by the provision therein of lubricant jetting means · CPC title

• F01M2001/083

  for lubricating cylinders · CPC title

• F01M2011/022

  for lubricating cylinders · CPC title