Motor engine having an oxygen sensor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10677137-B2
Application number	US-201715819904-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2017
Priority date	Nov 21, 2017
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

A motor engine having an oxygen sensor is provided, including: a cylinder head, including a main body and a protruding tube protruding outwardly from the main body, the main body including a first end portion, a second end, and a combustion chamber, the protruding tube having a protrusive receptacle protruding outwardly therefrom, the main body defining an axial direction; an exhaust passage, communicated with the combustion chamber and the protruding tube; an oxygen sensor, inserted into the protrusive receptacle, including a sensing portion which is inserted into the exhaust passage; wherein as viewed in a lateral direction of the cylinder head, two surfaces of the main body along the axial direction disposed on two opposite sides defines two boundary lines, the oxygen sensor and the main body are in an overlapping arrangement and does not protrude out of the two boundary lines.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor engine having an oxygen sensor, including: a cylinder head, including a main body and a protruding tube protruding outwardly from the main body, the main body and the protruding tube being integrally formed of one piece, the main body including a first end portion configured to be assembled to a transmission gear assembly, a second end portion disposed opposite to the first end portion, and a combustion chamber, the second end portion configured to be assembled to a cylinder, the protruding tube having a protrusive receptacle protruding outwardly therefrom, the main body defining an axial direction passing through the first end portion and the second end portion;
an exhaust passage, communicated with the combustion chamber and the protruding tube;
wherein the oxygen sensor is inserted into the protrusive receptacle of the protruding tube, the oxygen sensor includes a sensing portion which is inserted into the exhaust passage;
wherein as viewed in a lateral direction of the cylinder head, the main body has two lateral surfaces disposed on the two opposite sides along the axial direction, the main body defines two boundary lines respectively at least extending along the two lateral surfaces, the oxygen sensor and the main body are in an overlapping arrangement and the oxygen sensor does not protrude out of the two boundary lines;
wherein the protruding tube has an exhaust opening at downstream of the exhaust the exhaust opening is configured to be connected with an exhaust tube;
wherein the protruding tube protrudes outwardly relative to an outer surface of the cylinder head, as viewed in the axial direction the oxygen sensor is overlapped with the protruding tube and does not protrude out of the protruding tube.

2. The motor engine having an oxygen sensor of claim 1 , wherein the exhaust passage defines an exhaust path from the combustion chamber which is disposed at upstream to the protruding tube which is disposed at downstream, the sensing portion of the oxygen sensor defines a pointing direction which is transverse to the exhaust path, and the pointing direction points towards upstream of the exhaust passage.

3. The motor engine having an oxygen sensor of claim 1 , wherein the protrusive receptacle is connected with the main body.

4. The motor engine having an oxygen sensor of claim 1 , wherein a central axial of the oxygen sensor is transverse to the axial direction.

5. The motor engine having an oxygen sensor of claim 1 , wherein the axial direction passes through an exhaust opening of the protruding tube, the main body further defines a longitudinal direction passing through the exhaust opening and being perpendicular to the axial direction, and the oxygen sensor is disposed in a range of a second quadrant to a fourth quadrant.

6. The motor engine having an oxygen sensor of claim 1 , wherein the main body has a concave, at least part of the protruding tube exposes the concave, and the protrusive receptacle is disposed on the part of the protruding tube which exposes the concave.

7. The motor engine having an oxygen sensor of claim 6 , wherein the concave depresses inwardly towards the exhaust passage, and the protruding tube protrudes outwardly beyond the concave: wherein the protrusive receptacle is disposed between the exhaust opening and the concave and within the concave.

8. The motor engine having an oxygen sensor of claim 1 , wherein a periphery of the main body has a plurality of heat-dissipation structures, and the plurality of heat-dissipation structures are connected with the protruding tube.

9. The motor engine having an oxygen sensor of claim 7 , wherein the exhaust passage defines an exhaust path from the combustion chamber which is disposed at upstream to the protruding tube which is disposed at downstream, the sensing portion of the oxygen sensor defines a pointing direction which is transverse to the exhaust path, the pointing direction points towards upstream of the exhaust passage; the protrusive receptacle is connected with the main body; a central axial of the oxygen sensor is transverse to the axial direction of the main body; the axial direction of the engine cylinder head passes through an exhaust opening of the protruding tube, the main body further defines a longitudinal direction passing through the exhaust opening and is perpendicular to the axial direction, the oxygen sensor is disposed in a range of a second quadrant to a fourth quadrant; a periphery of main body further includes a plurality of heat-dissipation structures, the plurality of heat-dissipation structures are disposed on the main body and connected with the protruding tube; the protruding tube has an exhaust opening disposed at the downstream of the exhaust passage; each of the heat-dissipation structures is a heat-dissipation sheet; and the protrusive receptacle is a tube and disposed around part of the oxygen sensor, and an extending direction of the protrusive receptacle is transverse to exhaust path.

10. The motor engine having an oxygen sensor of claim 1 , wherein as viewed in a lateral direction of the cylinder head, the oxygen sensor extends towards the second end portion and protrudes out of the second end portion.

Assignees

• Univ Southern Taiwan Sci & Tec

Inventors

• Lee Cho-Yu
• Chang Shien-Yueh

Classifications

• F01P2001/023

  Cooling cylinders (F01P2003/022 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F01N2560/025

  for measuring or detecting O2, e.g. lambda sensors · CPC title

• F01P1/02

  Arrangements for cooling cylinders or cylinder heads, e.g. ducting cooling-air from its pressure source to cylinders or along cylinders · CPC title

• F02F1/06

  Shape or arrangement of cooling fins; Finned cylinders · CPC title

• F01N13/008 Primary

  Mounting or arrangement of exhaust sensors in or on exhaust apparatus (sensor arrangements for engine control F02D41/1439) · CPC title