Method for manufacturing cylinder head, and semimanufactured cylinder head

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11471937-B2
Application number	US-201817253933-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2018
Priority date	Jun 28, 2018
Publication date	Oct 18, 2022
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022

Abstract

The disclosure includes manufacturing a semimanufactured cylinder head ( 3 ) having a shielding curtain portion ( 16 g ) and spraying metal powder (P) onto an annular valve seat portion ( 16 f ) using a cold spray method to form a valve seat film ( 16 b ). The shielding curtain portion ( 16 g ) projects in an annular shape from an annular edge portion of an opening portion ( 16 a ) of an intake port ( 16 ) or an opening portion ( 17 a ) of an exhaust port ( 17 ) toward the center (C) of the port. The annular valve seat portion ( 16 f ) is located on an outer side of the port than the shielding curtain portion ( 16 g ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a cylinder head, comprising:
manufacturing a semimanufactured cylinder head comprising a main body, the main body having a port for intake or exhaust and a shielding curtain portion, the port having opening portions, the shielding curtain portion projecting in an annular shape from an annular edge portion of at least one of the opening portions toward a center of the port; and
spraying metal powder onto an annular valve seat portion using a cold spray method to form a valve seat film, the annular valve seat portion being located on an outer side of the port than the shielding curtain portion,
the shielding curtain portion having a surface on a side of the at least one of the opening portions, the surface being arranged on an inner side of the port than a surface of the annular valve seat portion so as not to be same as the surface of the annular valve seat portion.

2. The method for manufacturing a cylinder head according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding curtain portion is integrally cast-molded with the semimanufactured cylinder head and removed after formation of the valve seat film.

3. The method for manufacturing a cylinder head according to claim 2 , wherein the shielding curtain portion is removed at same time when finishing work is performed on an inner circumferential surface of the port.

4. The method for manufacturing a cylinder head according to claim 1 , wherein,
when the semimanufactured cylinder head is manufactured, the at least one of the opening portions is formed with a small-diameter portion having a smaller diameter than other portions of the port, and
when cutting work is performed on the annular edge portion of the at least one of the opening portions to form the annular valve seat portion, the cutting work is performed on the small-diameter portion to form the shielding curtain portion.

5. The method for manufacturing a cylinder head according to claim 1 , wherein, when the semimanufactured cylinder head is manufactured, an arc-shaped control surface that controls a flow direction of the metal powder is formed on a surface side of the shielding curtain portion onto which the metal powder is sprayed, wherein the control surface controls the flow direction so that the metal powder flows toward an inner circumferential surface of the port to be subjected to finishing work after formation of the valve seat film, wherein the inner circumferential surface is located on an opposite side of a position, onto which the metal powder is sprayed, with respect to a central axis of the port.

6. The method for manufacturing a cylinder head according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding curtain portion is a separate component from the semimanufactured cylinder head, is arranged on the at least one of the opening portions before spraying the metal powder, and is removed from the at least one of the opening portions after spraying the metal powder.

Assignees

• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Oomori Masahiro
• Shibayama Hirohisa
• Yageta Kenji

Classifications

• F01L2301/02

  Using ceramic materials · CPC title

• F01L3/02

  Selecting particular materials for valve-members or valve-seats; Valve-members or valve-seats composed of two or more materials · CPC title

• F01L2303/00

  Manufacturing of components used in valve arrangements · CPC title

• F01L2013/105

  Hydraulic motors · CPC title

• C23C24/085

  Coating with metallic material, i.e. metals or metal alloys, optionally comprising hard particles, e.g. oxides, carbides or nitrides · CPC title