Engine cooling system for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10808595-B2
Application number	US-201816100543-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2018
Priority date	Dec 18, 2017
Publication date	Oct 20, 2020
Grant date	Oct 20, 2020

Abstract

An engine cooling system for a vehicle may relate for flowing the coolant from the front side to the rear side based on an arrangement direction of the cylinder and simultaneously cooling the coolant by a cross flow type to flow from an exhaust side to an intake side between each combustion chambers while separating and cooling the coolant flowing through the cylinder block and the cylinder head, maximizing an entire cooling efficiency through a flow control of the coolant and reducing a fuel consumption.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An engine cooling system for a vehicle in which a plurality of combustion chambers is formed from a front side to a rear side of an engine and for cooling the engine including a cylinder block to which a cylinder head is mounted upwards thereof, the engine cooling system comprising:
a head water jacket formed inside the cylinder head;
a block water jacket formed around the combustion chambers inside the cylinder block;
a gasket disposed between the block water jacket and the head water jacket and sealing between the cylinder block and the cylinder head;
a pump water jacket connected to the block water jacket inside the cylinder block by corresponding to a water pump mounted on a front side of the cylinder block to pump a coolant to a front side of the block water jacket;
first and second connection passages formed at a front upper portion of the block water jacket, connected to a front lower portion of the head water jacket, and supplying the coolant supplied to the block water jacket to the head water jacket;
a first packing member mounted on an intake side in the front side of the block water jacket and preventing the coolant flowing to the front side of the block water jacket from inflowing to the intake side; and
a second packing member mounted on an exhaust side in a rear side of the block water jacket and limiting a flow rate of the coolant flowing along the exhaust side of the block water jacket,
wherein the block water jacket further includes:
a third connection passage formed toward the second connection passage based on the first packing member; and
a fourth connection passage formed on the intake side at the rear side of the block water jacket based on the first packing member, and

wherein a cross-section of the third connection passage is formed to be greater than a cross-section of the fourth connection passage.

2. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein
the first connection passage is formed on the exhaust side based on a center of the combustion chambers, and
the second connection passage is formed on the intake side at a position separated from the first connection passage.

3. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein
a cross-section of the first connection passage is formed to be greater than a cross-section of the second connection passage.

4. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim wherein the gasket includes:
a first penetration hole at a position corresponding to the first connection passage;
a second penetration hole at a position corresponding to the second connection passage;
a third penetration hole at a position corresponding to the third connection passage; and
a fourth penetration hole at a position corresponding to the fourth connection passage.

5. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 4 , wherein a fifth penetration hole is formed corresponding to the outlet at a rear side at the gasket.

6. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein an expansion portion for receiving the coolant from the water pump and for supplying the coolant to the head water jacket is integrally formed at the front side of the block water jacket.

7. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 6 , wherein a coolant inlet to which the block water jacket and the pump water jacket are connected is formed at the expansion portion, and the coolant inlet is disposed toward the intake side based on the combustion chambers.

8. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein a coolant control valve including a first side connected to the head water jacket and a second side connected to the rear side of the block water jacket to receive the coolant is disposed at the rear side of the cylinder head.

9. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of cross connection portions respectively connecting the block water jacket from the exhaust side to the intake side between the combustion chambers is formed at the block water jacket.

10. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the cross connection portions are formed inside the cylinder block through a drilling process.

11. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the first packing member is press-fitted from a top portion to a bottom portion on a side of the front side of the block water jacket and blocks an intake side flow of the coolant inflowing from the front side of the block water jacket so that the coolant flows from the exhaust side to the intake side of the block water jacket through the cross connection portions.

12. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the second packing member is press-fitted from a top portion to a bottom on a side of the rear side of the block water jacket and is formed with a length shorter than the first packing member so that only a predetermined flow rate flows from a rear side of the exhaust side to the intake side of the block water jacket.

13. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 12 , wherein the second packing member blocks a predetermined portion from a top portion to a bottom portion based on a height direction of the block water jacket at the rear side of the block water jacket to control the flow rate of the coolant.

14. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the first and second packing member has a circular cylinder shape and is formed of an elastic material to be press-fitted while being elastic-deformed at the block water jacket.

15. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein an outlet exhausting the coolant upward is formed at a rear upper end portion of the block water jacket.

16. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 15 , wherein a protruded portion is formed at the intake side of the block water jacket and the outlet is formed on the protruded portion.

17. The engine cooling system for the vehicle of claim 16 , wherein a coolant control valve including a first side connected to the head water jacket and a second side connected to the outlet of the block water jacket to receive the coolant is disposed at the rear side of the cylinder head.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Yoon Seok Jun
• Ryu Hyunwook
• Jang Kyoung Ik
• Koh Wonhyuk

Classifications

• F02F1/40

  cylinder heads with means for directing, guiding, or distributing liquid stream · CPC title

• F02F1/14

  Cylinders with means for directing, guiding or distributing liquid stream · CPC title

• F01P2003/024

  Cooling cylinder heads · CPC title

• F01P2003/021

  Cooling cylinders · CPC title

• F01P5/10

  Pumping liquid coolant; Arrangements of coolant pumps · CPC title