Engine equipped with supercharger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11261780-B2
Application number	US-201916659628-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2019
Priority date	Oct 31, 2018
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

There is provided an engine equipped with a supercharger that suppresses heat deterioration of engine oil. The engine equipped with a supercharger includes a supercharger; an oil supply passage that supplies engine oil to a shaft bearing part of the supercharger; an oil discharge passage that discharges the engine oil from the shaft bearing part of the supercharger; and a water-cooling-type oil cooler. The water-cooling-type oil cooler is provided in the oil discharge passage, and the engine oil discharged from the shaft bearing part of the supercharger is cooled by the engine cooling water that passes the water-cooling-type oil cooler. The engine cooling water is desirably supplied from the cylinder jacket to the water-cooling-type oil cooler.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An engine equipped with a supercharger, comprising:
a supercharger;
an oil supply passage that supplies engine oil to a shaft bearing part of the supercharger;
an oil discharge passage that discharges the engine oil from the shaft bearing part of the supercharger;
a radiator configured to release heat from engine cooling water circulating therethrough;
a water-cooling-type oil cooler provided in the oil discharge passage and having an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder and a cooler jacket between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder;
an engine cooling fan generating engine cooling air; and
an air path for the engine cooling air,
wherein:
the engine oil discharged from the shaft bearing part of the supercharger travels through the inner cylinder and the engine cooling water travels through the cooler jacket, whereby heat of the engine oil in the inner cylinder is released to the engine cooling water in the cooler jacket through a peripheral wall of the inner cylinder, thereby cooling the engine oil, and
the outer cylinder of the water-cooling-type oil cooler is made of a metal and is at least partially disposed in the air path, whereby an outer circumferential surface of the outer cylinder is exposed to the engine cooling air traveling through the air path, to, in turn, air cool the engine cooling water during passage through the cooler jacket, the engine cooling water subsequently being circulated to the radiator.

2. The engine equipped with a supercharger according to claim 1 , further comprising an engine water-cooling device,
wherein the engine water-cooling device includes the radiator, a cylinder jacket, and a cylinder head jacket, and the engine cooling water circulates in an order of the radiator, the cylinder jacket, and the cylinder head jacket, and
the engine cooling water is supplied to the water-cooling-type oil cooler from the cylinder jacket.

3. The engine equipped with a supercharger according to claim 1 , wherein the engine cooling water that passes through the water-cooling-type oil cooler is supplied to the water-cooling-type oil cooler on an upstream side in an oil passing direction that is a direction in which the engine oil passes through the water-cooling-type oil cooler and is discharged from the water-cooling-type oil cooler on a downstream side in the oil passing direction.

4. The engine equipped with a supercharger according to claim 1 , wherein the water-cooling-type oil cooler includes a cooling-water introducing pipe for introducing the engine cooling water, the cooling-water introducing pipe is made of a metal, and an outer circumferential surface of the cooling-water introducing pipe is exposed to the engine cooling air in the air path.

5. The engine equipped with a supercharger according to claim 1 , wherein the water-cooling-type oil cooler includes a cooling-water lead-out pipe for leading out the engine cooling water, the cooling-water lead-out pipe is made of a metal, and an outer circumferential surface of the cooling-water lead-out pipe is exposed to the engine cooling air in the air path.

6. The engine equipped with a supercharger according to claim 1 , wherein the oil supply passage is constituted by an oil supply pipe made of a metal, and an outer circumferential surface of the oil supply passage is exposed to the engine cooling air in the air path.

7. The engine equipped with a supercharger according to claim 1 , wherein a circumferential wall of the inner cylinder of the water-cooling-type oil cooler is constituted by folds that are bent inward and outward when viewed in a direction parallel with a central axis line of the inner cylinder.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Oso Hiroki
• Okada Nobuyoshi
• Matsunobu Shingo
• Tanaka Yoshinori
• Sakurai Ayako

Classifications

• F01P3/12

  Arrangements for cooling other engine or machine parts · CPC title

• F02D41/0007

  for control of turbo-charged or super-charged engines (control of the pumps per se F02B37/12) · CPC title

• F02B39/14 Primary

  Lubrication of pumps; Safety measures therefor · CPC title

• F01P11/08

  Arrangements of lubricant coolers (in lubrication apparatus F01M) · CPC title

• F01M5/002 Primary

  Cooling · CPC title