Mixing connector and engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11041468-B2
Application number	US-201916649998-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2019
Priority date	Aug 7, 2019
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

A mixing connector includes an intake passage, an EGR passage that fetches a portion of exhaust gas exhausted from an engine body to use as EGR gas, and that returns the EGR gas to the intake passage, and a merging section that connects the EGR passage to the intake passage so that longitudinal directions of the intake passage and the EGR passage intersect each other. An upstream side region located on an inlet port side of the intake passage from the merging section on an opposite wall surface configuring an inner surface of the intake passage and located on a side opposite to the merging section includes a first wall surface and a second wall surface which are sequentially arranged at an interval from the merging section side toward the inlet port, and a third wall surface projecting inward of the first wall surface between the first and second wall surfaces.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mixing connector comprising:
an intake passage for introducing external air into an engine body;
an EGR passage that fetches a part of exhaust gas exhausted from the engine body to use as EGR gas, and that returns the EGR gas to the intake passage; and
a merging section that connects the EGR passage to an intermediate portion of the intake passage in a longitudinal direction so that longitudinal directions of the intake passage and the EGR passage intersect each other,
wherein an upstream side region located on an inlet port side of the intake passage from the merging section on an opposite wall surface configuring an inner surface of the intake passage and located on a side opposite to the merging section in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the intake passage includes a first wall surface and a second wall surface which are sequentially arranged at an interval from the merging section side toward the inlet port in the longitudinal direction of the intake passage, and a third wall surface which projects inward of the first wall surface between the first wall surface and the second wall surface.

2. The mixing connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the third wall surface is an inclined surface inclined to extend toward the inlet port as the inclined surface extends inward of the first wall surface from an end of the first wall surface on the inlet port side, and
wherein the first wall surface and the third wall surface are continuous with each other on a curved surface, and the second wall surface and the third wall surface are continuous with each other on a curved surface.

3. The mixing connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the intake passage has an upstream side passage including the inlet port, a downstream side passage located on a downstream end side of the upstream side passage and extending in a direction different from a direction of the upstream side passage, and a bent passage connecting the upstream side passage and the downstream side passage to each other,
wherein the merging section is located at least in an upstream end portion of the downstream side passage located on the bent passage side,
wherein the mixing connector includes a projection portion that projects from an inner region corresponding to an inside of the bent passage in a radial direction on an inner surface of the downstream side passage, and that is located between the merging section and a facing region facing the merging section on the opposite wall surface so as to face the merging section, and
wherein a gap is formed between a tip of the projection portion in a projecting direction and an outer region facing the inner region on the inner surface of the downstream side passage.

4. The mixing connector according to claim 3 ,
wherein an upstream side end portion of the projection portion is inclined from the upstream side passage toward the downstream side passage as the upstream side end portion is directed from a base end to a tip of the projection portion in the projecting direction.

5. The mixing connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein a recessed portion recessed from an opposite wall surface is formed in a facing region of the opposite wall surface of the intake passage, the recessed portion formed in the upstream end portion of the downstream side passage.

6. A mixing connector comprising:
an intake passage for introducing external air into an engine body;
an EGR passage that fetches a part of exhaust gas exhausted from the engine body to use as EGR gas, and that returns the EGR gas to the intake passage; and
a merging section that connects the EGR passage to an intermediate portion of the intake passage in a longitudinal direction so that longitudinal directions of the intake passage and the EGR passage intersect each other,
wherein the intake passage has an upstream side passage including an inlet port of the intake passage, a downstream side passage located on a downstream end side of the upstream side passage and extending in a direction different from a direction of the upstream side passage, and a bent passage connecting the upstream side passage and the downstream side passage to each other,
wherein the merging section is located at least in an upstream end portion of the downstream side passage located on the bent passage side,
wherein the mixing connector includes a projection portion that projects from an inner region corresponding to an inside of the bent passage in a radial direction on an inner surface of the downstream side passage, and that faces the merging section by being located between the merging section and a facing region, the facing region facing the merging section and being located on a side opposite to the merging section in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the intake passage, and
wherein a gap is formed between a tip of the projection portion in a projecting direction and an outer region facing the inner region on the inner surface of the downstream side passage.

7. An engine comprising:
the mixing connector according to claim 1 ; and
an engine body.

8. The mixing connector according to claim 2 ,
wherein the intake passage has an upstream side passage including the inlet port, a downstream side passage located on a downstream end side of the upstream side passage and extending in a direction different from a direction of the upstream side passage, and a bent passage connecting the upstream side passage and the downstream side passage to each other,
wherein the merging section is located at least in an upstream end portion of the downstream side passage located on the bent passage side,
wherein the mixing connector includes a projection portion that projects from an inner region corresponding to an inside of the bent passage in a radial direction on an inner surface of the downstream side passage, and that is located between the merging section and a facing region facing the merging section on the opposite wall surface so as to face the merging section, and
wherein a gap is formed between a tip of the projection portion in a projecting direction and an outer region facing the inner region on the inner surface of the downstream side passage.

9. The mixing connector according to claim 8 ,
wherein an upstream side end portion of the projection portion is inclined from the upstream side passage toward the downstream side passage as the upstream side end portion is directed from a base end to a tip of the projection portion in the projecting direction.

10. The mixing connector according to claim 2 ,
wherein a recessed portion recessed from an opposite wall surface is formed in a facing region of the opposite wall surface of the intake passage, the recessed portion formed in the upstream end portion of the downstream side passage.

11. The mixing connector according to claim 3 ,
wherein a recessed portion recessed from an opposite wall surface is formed in a facing region of the opposite wall surface of the intake passage, the recessed portion formed in the upstream end portion of the downstream side passage.

12. The mixing connector according to claim 4 ,
wherein a recessed portion recessed from an opposite wall surface is formed in a facing region of the opposite wall surface of the intake passage, the recessed portion formed in the upstream end portion of the downstream side passage.

13. The mixing connector according to claim 8 ,
wherein a recessed portion recessed from an opposite wall surface is formed in a facing region of the opposite wall surface of the intake passage, the recessed portion formed in the upstream end p

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kamiyama Tomohiro
• Oda Tomonori
• Miki Akihiro

Classifications

• Y02T10/12

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• F02M26/19 Primary

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