Internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11549413-B1
Application number	US-202217832699-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 6, 2022
Priority date	Aug 6, 2021
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

An internal combustion engine includes a blow-by gas processing device. A cylinder head cover of the internal combustion engine is provided with a joint portion including a connection port to which a connection pipe is connected and a throttle portion having a passage sectional area smaller than a passage sectional area of the connection port. The joint portion is communicated with an inside of a cylinder head and a space in the joint portion serves as an oil separator. A pressure sensor is connected to the space in the oil separator via a connection passage. The connection passage includes a first pipe, a second pipe, and a chamber including a first connection port to which the first pipe is connected and a second connection port to which the second pipe is connected. The first connection port and the second connection port are open toward the same direction in the chamber.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An internal combustion engine including a blow-by gas processing device that processes blow-by gas that has leaked from a combustion chamber to a crankcase, by causing the blow-by gas to return to an intake passage, wherein:
a cylinder head cover is provided with a joint portion including a connection port to which a connection pipe is connected and a throttle portion having a passage sectional area smaller than a passage sectional area of the connection port;
the joint portion is communicated with an inside of a cylinder head via the throttle portion, and a space between the throttle portion and the connection port of the joint portion serves as an oil separator that separates oil contained in the blow-by gas;
the internal combustion engine includes a pressure sensor that is connected to the space in the oil separator at the joint portion via a connection passage and that detects pressure in the oil separator;
the connection passage includes a first pipe connected to the joint portion, a second pipe connected to the pressure sensor, and a chamber including a first connection port to which the first pipe is connected and a second connection port to which the second pipe is connected; and
the first connection port and the second connection port are open toward the same direction in the chamber.

2. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein:
an inside of the chamber is a space surrounded by a ceiling, a floor surface, and a side wall;
each of the first connection port and the second connection port is provided on the side wall; and
the first connection port and the second connection port are open toward the side facing the side wall provided with the first connection port and the second connection port in the chamber.

3. The internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein:
the first connection port and the second connection port are open toward a common side wall in the chamber; and
a distance between the first connection port and the common side wall is shorter than a distance between the second connection port and the common side wall.

4. The internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein the second connection port is located vertically above the first connection port in a posture in which the internal combustion engine is mounted.

5. The internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein the floor surface is inclined so as to be located vertically downward from the second connection port side toward the first connection port in a posture in which the internal combustion engine is mounted.

6. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein:
the joint portion is provided with a third connection port to which the first pipe is connected;
the third connection port is located vertically below the first connection port in the posture in which the internal combustion engine is mounted; and
the first pipe is inclined so as to be located vertically upward from the third connection port side toward the first connection port side in the posture in which the internal combustion engine is mounted.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ishikawa Masami

Classifications

• F01M11/02

  Arrangements of lubricant conduits · CPC title

• F01M2013/0038

  Layout of crankcase breathing systems · CPC title

• B01D45/00

  Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces · CPC title

• F01M2250/60

  Operating parameters · CPC title

• F01M13/04 Primary

  having means for purifying air before leaving crankcase, e.g. removing oil · CPC title