Internal combustion engine and method for manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10408174-B2
Application number	US-201315039010-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2013
Priority date	Nov 27, 2013
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

There is provided an internal combustion engine in which respective combustion states of cylinders can be uniformized with a simple configuration. A central axis (CL1) of a connecting part (7) of one of air supply ports (5) inclines with a predetermined inclination angle in a direction away from an air supply inlet (3) with respect to a y direction orthogonal to an x direction in which an air supply manifold 1 extends, and an inclination angle of the connecting part (7) of the one of the air supply ports (5) is larger than an inclination angle of the connecting part (7) of other air supply ports (5) located on a side closer to the air supply inlet (3) than the one of the air supply ports (5).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An internal combustion engine comprising:
an air supply manifold extending in one direction;
a plurality of cylinders arranged at a predetermined interval in the one direction in which the air supply manifold extends;
a plurality of swirl chambers connected to ends of the respective cylinders to form swirls;
and
an air supply port including a connecting part arranged on one side surface of the air supply manifold and a swirl chamber introduction part that connects the connecting part and the swirl chamber in a downstream side of the connecting part, a plurality of air supply ports being provided with respect to the air supply manifold, wherein
an air supply inlet for supplying air into the air supply manifold is provided on an end of the air supply manifold,
air that is supplied from the air supply inlet to the air supply manifold flows along the one direction in which the air supply manifold extends,
connecting parts of respective air supply ports are arranged on the one side surface of the air supply manifold along the one direction in which the air supply manifold extends at an interval in the one direction,
a central axis of the connecting part of one of the air supply ports inclines with a predetermined inclination angle in a direction away from the air supply inlet with respect to an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the one direction in which the air supply manifold extends, and
the inclination angle of the central axis of the connecting part of the one of the air supply ports provided on the air supply manifold is larger than an inclination angle of the central axis of the connecting part of other air supply ports located on a side closer to the air supply inlet than the one of the air supply ports.

2. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein
the inclination angles are sequentially set such that the inclination angle of the connecting part of the air supply port located farther from the air supply inlet is greater than the inclination angles of the central axis of the air supply ports located closer to the air supply inlet.

3. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein
the connecting parts are manufactured by an air supply manifold mold for forming the air supply manifold, and
the swirl chamber introduction parts are manufactured by a cylinder head mold for forming the swirl chambers and the ends of the cylinders.

4. A method for manufacturing an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine including:
an air supply manifold extending in one direction;
a plurality of cylinders arranged at a predetermined interval in the one direction in which the air supply manifold extends;
a plurality of swirl chambers connected to ends of the respective cylinders to form swirls; and
an air supply port including a connecting part arranged on one side surface of the air supply manifold and a swirl chamber introduction part that connects the connecting part and the swirl chamber in a downstream side of the connecting part, a plurality of air supply ports being provided with respect to the air supply manifold, wherein
an air supply inlet for supplying air into the air supply manifold is provided on an end of the air supply manifold,
air that is supplied from the air supply inlet to the air supply manifold flows along the one direction in which the air supply manifold extends,
connecting parts of respective air supply ports are arranged on the one side surface of the air supply manifold along the one direction in which the air supply manifold extends at an interval in the one direction,
a central axis of the connecting part of one of the air supply ports inclines with a predetermined inclination angle in a direction away from the air supply inlet with respect to an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the one direction in which the air supply manifold extends,
the inclination angle of the central axis of the connecting part of the one of the air supply ports provided on the air supply manifold is larger than an inclination angle of the central axis of the connecting part of other air supply ports located on a side closer to the air supply inlet than the one of the air supply ports, the method comprising:
a connecting part manufacturing step of manufacturing the connecting parts by an air supply manifold mold for forming the air supply manifold;
a swirl chamber introduction part manufacturing step of manufacturing the swirl chamber introduction parts by a cylinder head mold for forming the swirl chamber and the ends of the cylinder; and
an air supply port manufacturing step of connecting the connecting parts and the swirl chamber introduction parts to manufacture the air supply ports.

5. The internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein
the air supply ports are formed by connecting the connecting parts and the swirl chamber introduction parts located on sides closer to the swirl chambers than the connecting parts,
the connecting parts are manufactured by an air supply manifold mold for forming the air supply manifold, and
the swirl chamber introduction parts are manufactured by a cylinder head mold for forming the swirl chambers and the ends of the cylinders.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Engine & Turbocharger Ltd

Inventors

• Koshiba Yuki
• Oda Yuji
• Yamada Satoshi
• Komatsu Hiromi

Classifications

• F02M35/1045

  characterised by the charge distribution between the cylinders/combustion chambers or its homogenisation · CPC title

• F02M35/10347

  Moulding, casting or the like · CPC title

• F02M35/10072

  Intake runners · CPC title

• F02M35/10052

  special shapes or arrangements of plenum chambers; Constructional details · CPC title

• F02F1/4235

  of intake channels · CPC title