Engine device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10890231-B2
Application number	US-201716089205-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2017
Priority date	Mar 29, 2016
Publication date	Jan 12, 2021
Grant date	Jan 12, 2021

Abstract

An engine device having a flywheel housing ( 7 ) in which a flywheel that is rotated integrally with a crankshaft ( 5 ) is accommodated on one side portion ( 303 ) of a cylinder block ( 6 ), in which the cylinder block ( 6 ) is integrally formed with housing bracket portions ( 304 ) each protruding in a direction away from the crankshaft ( 5 ) from each of opposite side portions ( 301 ) of the cylinder block ( 6 ) extending along a crankshaft axial direction ( 300 ), the housing bracket portions ( 304 ) protruding from end portions of the opposite side portions ( 301 ) close to the one side portion ( 303 ) A space surrounded by the one side portion ( 303 ), the housing bracket portions ( 304 ), and the flywheel housing ( 7 ) constitutes a gear case ( 330 ) for accommodating therein a gear train.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An engine device comprising a flywheel housing in which a flywheel that is rotated integrally with a crankshaft is accommodated on one side portion of a cylinder block,
wherein the cylinder block is integrally formed with housing bracket portions each protruding in a direction away from the crankshaft from each of opposite side portions of the cylinder block extending along a crankshaft axial direction, the housing bracket portions protruding from end portions of the opposite side portions close to the one side portion, and a space surrounded by the one side portion, the housing bracket portions, and the flywheel housing constitutes a gear case for accommodating therein a gear train, and
wherein the gear train includes: a crank gear fixed to the crankshaft: an idling gear meshed with the crank gear, a cam Rear fixed to a camshaft and meshed with the idling gear, and a pump gear fixed to a pump shaft of a fuel feed pump and meshed with the idling gear, and wherein the flywheel housing has an attaching part for a crank rotation angle detector configured to detect a rotation angle of the crankshaft and an attaching part for a rotation shaft rotation angle detector configured to detect a rotation angle of the cam gear or the pump gear.

2. The engine device according to claim 1 , wherein a weight-reduction space continuous to the gear case is formed between a cylindrical circumferential wall surface portion surrounding an outer circumference side of the flywheel and an outer wall portion covering the outer circumference side of the circumferential wall surface portion, and a rib coupling the circumferential wall surface portion with the outer wall portion is formed, in the flywheel housing.

3. The engine device according to claim 2 , wherein the circumferential wall surface portion is in a shape of a substantially truncated cone with a radius thereof decreasing towards the cylinder block, and wherein a surface of the rib on a side of a cylinder head coupling surface of the cylinder block is formed to incline so as to be in a position closer to the cylinder head coupling surface pith an increase in distance the cylinder block.

4. The engine device according to claim 1 , wherein a lubricating oil supply port penetratingly opened in the flywheel housing is configured so that a meshing position of the fuel feed pump gear and the idling gear is visually observable.

5. The engine device according to claim 4 , wherein the lubricating oil supply port is formed such that an opening area of an internal side of the flywheel housing is greater than an opening area of an external side of the flywheel housing.

Assignees

• Yanmar Co Ltd
• Yanmar Power Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• KASHIWA Koki

Classifications

• F02F7/0073

  Adaptations for fitting the engine, e.g. front-plates or bell-housings · CPC title

• F16C3/06

  Crankshafts · CPC title

• F16C2360/22

  Internal combustion engines · CPC title

• F02M39/005

  Arrangements of fuel feed-pumps with respect to fuel injection apparatus (F02M37/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F02M37/06 Primary

  mechanically driven · CPC title