Engine crank pulley structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11808202-B2
Application number	US-202017595525-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2020
Priority date	Jun 3, 2019
Publication date	Nov 7, 2023
Grant date	Nov 7, 2023

Abstract

An engine crank pulley structure disposed at a vehicle front side of a longitudinal engine includes: a front pulley that transmits crank rotational force to the water pump via a belt; a rear pulley that is disposed at a vehicle rear side of the front pulley and transmits a crank rotational force to a compressor via a belt; and a connecting portion that connects the front pulley and the rear pulley, the connecting portion crushing and deforming in a vehicle front-rear direction as a collision load toward the vehicle rear side is applied to it. An outer diameter of the front pulley is smaller than an inner diameter of the rear pulley.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An engine crank pulley structure disposed at a vehicle front side of a longitudinal engine, the structure comprising:
a front pulley that transmits a crank rotational force to a first accessory via a belt;
a rear pulley that is disposed at a vehicle rear side of the front pulley and transmits the crank rotational force to a second accessory via a belt;
a connecting portion that connects the front pulley and the rear pulley, the connecting portion crushing and deforming in a vehicle front-rear direction as a collision load toward the vehicle rear side is applied to the connecting portion; and
an inertia ring between the front pulley and the rear pulley, wherein
an outer diameter of the front pulley is smaller than an inner diameter of the rear pulley,
the connecting portion has a V-shape protruding radially inward,
the connecting portion includes a through-hole, and
an inner diameter of the inertia ring is larger than an outer diameter of the rear pulley.

2. The engine crank pulley structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the inertia ring is connected to the rear pulley by a spoke or a perforated connecting plate portion that has a lower breaking strength than the inertia ring and the rear pulley.

3. The engine crank pulley structure according to claim 2 , further comprising a boss portion that extends toward the vehicle rear side relative to the rear pulley and fits on a crank shaft of the engine, wherein
the rear pulley is connected to the boss portion by a spoke or a perforated connecting plate portion that has a lower breaking strength than the rear pulley and the boss portion, and
an inner diameter of the front pulley and the inner diameter of the rear pulley are both larger than an outer diameter of the boss portion.

4. The engine crank pulley structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a boss portion that extends toward the vehicle rear side relative to the rear pulley and fits on a crank shaft of the engine, wherein
the rear pulley is connected to the boss portion by a spoke or a perforated connecting plate portion that has a lower breaking strength than the rear pulley and the boss portion, and
an inner diameter of the front pulley and the inner diameter of the rear pulley are both larger than an outer diameter of the boss portion.

Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Furutani Masayuki
• Hirata Koichi
• Nishizaka Satoshi
• Tokushima Kazuhiro
• Fujino Yuzo

Classifications

• F02B67/06 Primary

  driven by means of chains, belts, or like endless members · CPC title

• F16H55/36 Primary

  Pulleys (with features essential for adjustment F16H55/52) · CPC title

• F16H2007/0865

  Pulleys · CPC title

• B60K25/00

  Auxiliary drives (arrangement of tyre-inflating pumps mounted on vehicles B60C23/10) · CPC title

• B60K25/02

  directly from an engine shaft · CPC title