Engine intake system and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11598274-B2
Application number	US-202117412741-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2021
Priority date	Nov 20, 2020
Publication date	Mar 7, 2023
Grant date	Mar 7, 2023

Abstract

An engine intake system includes: a port partition disposed to divide an intake port of a cylinder head into an upper portion and a lower portion; a first intake manifold configured to supply air, which flows from an air cleaner through a charger and an intercooler, to one of the upper portion and the lower portion of the port partition; a second intake manifold configured to supply the air, which flows from the air cleaner while bypassing the charger and the intercooler, to the other of the upper portion and the lower portion of the port partition; and a bypass valve disposed and configured to pass and block the air flowing into the second intake manifold from the air cleaner.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An engine intake system comprising:
a port partition disposed to divide an intake port of a cylinder head into an upper portion and a lower portion;
a first intake manifold configured to supply air, which flows from an air cleaner through a charger and an intercooler, to the lower portion of the port partition;
a second intake manifold configured to supply the air, which flows from the air cleaner while bypassing the charger and the intercooler, to the upper portion of the port partition;
a bypass duct disposed at an inlet of the second intake manifold so that air that has passed through the bypass duct flows to a manifold partition at an acute angle; and
a bypass valve disposed at an inlet of the bypass duct and configured to pass and block the air flowing into the second intake manifold from the air cleaner.

2. The engine intake system of claim 1 , wherein the port partition is disposed at an inlet of the intake port, and
wherein the intake port has a fish belly portion on a bottom at a combustion chamber-side, the fish belly portion configured to guide intake air to flow upward.

3. The engine intake system of claim 1 , wherein the first intake manifold and the second intake manifold are configured to be integrally assembled as one intake manifold having the manifold partition, which is disposed at an inlet of the intake port and configured to partition inside of the one intake manifold to define air channels.

4. The engine intake system of claim 3 , wherein an end of the manifold partition is aligned with an end of the port partition.

5. The engine intake system of claim 3 , wherein the manifold partition has a plane shape, and
wherein the first intake manifold and the second intake manifold are slantly aligned to each other such that air flows to the manifold partition at the acute angle.

6. The engine intake system of claim 5 , wherein the intercooler is disposed at an inlet of the first intake manifold and air that has passed through the intercooler flows to the manifold partition at the acute angle.

7. The engine intake system of claim 5 , wherein the bypass valve is disposed at an inlet of the bypass duct configured to distribute air to runners of the second intake manifold.

8. The engine intake system of claim 7 , wherein the second intake manifold has a Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) channel on an outer side, which is opposite to the manifold partition, of the second intake manifold to distribute blowby gas to the runners of the second intake manifold.

9. A method of controlling an engine intake system including: a port partition disposed to divide an intake port of a cylinder head into an upper portion and a lower portion; a first intake manifold configured to supply air, which flows from an air cleaner through a charger and an intercooler, to the lower portion of the port partition; a second intake manifold configured to supply the air, which flows from the air cleaner while bypassing the charger and the intercooler, to the upper portion of the port partition; and a bypass valve disposed at an inlet of a bypass duct and configured to pass and block the air flowing into the second intake manifold from the air cleaner, the method comprising:
determining whether a cooling water temperature of an engine, an engine Revolutions Per Minute (RPM), and an engine torque satisfy predetermined reference conditions, respectively;
closing the bypass valve upon determining that the cooling water temperature, the engine RPM, and the engine torque satisfy all the reference conditions; and
opening the bypass valve when at least one of the cooling water temperature, the engine RPM, or the engine torque does not satisfy the reference condition thereof.

10. The method of claim 9 ,
wherein the reference condition for the cooling water temperature is satisfied when the cooling water temperature is a predetermined reference temperature or higher than the predetermined reference temperature,
wherein the reference condition for the engine RPM is satisfied when the engine RPM is in a predetermined range of lean bun RPM, and
wherein the reference condition for the engine torque is satisfied when the engine torque is in a predetermined range of lean burn torque.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Yang Il Suk

Classifications

• F02M35/10255

  Arrangements of valves; Multi-way valves (F02M35/10032 takes precedence; valves in the plenum chamber F02M35/10065; check valves F02M35/10275) · CPC title

• F02D9/02

  concerning induction conduits (throttle valves, or arrangements thereof in conduits F02D9/08) · CPC title

• F02F1/4242

  with a partition wall inside the channel · CPC title

• F01M13/00

  Crankcase ventilating or breathing · CPC title

• F02B29/0437

  Liquid cooled heat exchangers · CPC title