Combination of piston rings, and combination structure of piston and piston rings

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12000491-B2
Application number	US-202118026144-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2021
Priority date	Jul 30, 2021
Publication date	Jun 4, 2024
Grant date	Jun 4, 2024

Abstract

A combination of piston rings assembled to a piston includes a first compression ring, a second compression ring, a third compression ring and an oil ring. When an axial width of the first compression ring is h1(1), an axial width of the second compression ring is h1(2), an axial width of the third compression ring is h1(3) and an axial width of the oil ring is h1(4), h1(1)≥h1(2) and h1(1)≥h1(3), and when h1(TOTAL)=h1(1)+h1(2)+h1(3)+h1(4), h1(TOTAL)≥3.1 mm.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A combination structure of a piston and piston rings in a spark ignition engine, comprising the piston fitted in a cylinder in the spark ignition engine and a combination of a plurality of piston rings assembled to the piston, the combination of the plurality of piston rings including:
a first compression ring assembled at a position closest to a combustion chamber, a second compression ring assembled at a position close to the combustion chamber next to the first compression ring, an oil ring assembled at a position farthest from the combustion chamber, and a third compression ring assembled at a position between the second compression ring and the oil ring, wherein an axial width of the first compression ring is h1(1), an axial width of the second compression ring is h1(2), an axial width of the third compression ring is h1(3), and an axial width of the oil ring is h1(4), wherein h1(1)≥h1(2) and h1(1)≥h1(3),
wherein h1 (TOTAL)=h1(1)+h1(2)+h1(3)+h1(4), 10 mm≥h1(TOTAL)≥3.1 mm,
the piston has an outer peripheral surface that is formed with a first ring groove in which the first compression ring is fitted, a second ring groove in which the second compression ring is fitted, a third ring groove in which the third compression ring is fitted, and an oil ring groove in which the oil ring is fitted,
wherein a length from an end face of the first ring groove on a combustion chamber side to an end face of the oil ring groove on a crank chamber side in an axial direction of the piston is Lp, wherein Lp≥5.1 mm,
wherein a length, in the axial direction of the piston, of a second land portion that is a region defined between the first ring groove and the second ring groove in the outer peripheral surface of the piston is Lp2, and a length, in the axial direction of the piston, of a fourth land portion that is a region defined between the third ring groove and the oil ring groove is Lp4, wherein Lp2>Lp4, and
wherein a tension of the first compression ring is Ft(1), a tension of the second compression ring is Ft(2), a tension of the third compression ring is Ft(3), a tension of the oil ring is Ft(4), and a diameter of a cylinder bore of the spark ignition engine is d1, Ft(1)>Ft(3), and
wherein Ft(TOTAL)=Ft(1)+Ft(2)+Ft(3)+Ft(4), 0.68 N/mm≥Ft(TOTAL)/d1.

2. The combination structure of the piston and the piston rings according to claim 1 , wherein an inclination angle of an axial end face of the third compression ring relative to a plane orthogonal to an axis of the piston is a torsional angle, the torsional angle indicates a positive value in a case where the axial end face inclines on a combustion chamber side toward outside in a radial direction, and the torsional angle indicates a negative value in a case where the axial end face inclines on a crank chamber side toward outside in the radial direction, the torsional angle of the third compression ring is 20′±40′ in a state where the third compression ring is assembled to the piston and the piston is fitted in the cylinder.

3. The combination structure of the piston and the piston rings according to claim 1 , wherein the third compression ring has an outer peripheral surface formed in a tapered shape or a tapered undercut shape.

4. The combination structure of the piston and the piston rings according to claim 1 , wherein 1.8 mm≥h1(1), 1.2 mm≥h1(2), and 1.0 mm≥h1(3).

5. The combination structure of the piston and the piston rings according to claim 1 , wherein the oil ring includes a pair of segments that are formed annularly along a circumferential direction of the oil ring and that are provided independently of each other and side by side in an axial direction of the oil ring, and a spacer expander that is disposed between the pair of segments.

6. The combination structure of the piston and the piston rings according to claim 1 , wherein a length, in the axial direction of the piston, of a third land portion that is a region defined between the second ring groove and the third ring groove in the outer peripheral surface of the piston is Lp3, Lp3≥Lp4, Lp3≥0.5 mm, and wherein Lp4≥0.5 mm.

7. The combination structure of the piston and the piston rings according to claim 1 , wherein a volume of a second space that is a space surrounded by the piston, the cylinder, the first compression ring and the second compression ring is V2, and a volume of a fourth space that is a space surrounded by the piston, the cylinder, the third compression ring and the oil ring is V4, wherein V2>V4.

8. The combination structure of the piston and the piston rings according to claim 1 , wherein a volume of a fourth space that is a space surrounded by the piston, the cylinder, the third compression ring, and the oil ring is V4, a diameter of a cylinder bore of the spark ignition engine is d1 and Vp=(d1/2) 2 ×π×Lp, wherein V4/Vp≥0.00027.

9. A combination structure of a piston and piston rings in a spark ignition engine, comprising the piston fitted in a cylinder in the spark ignition engine and a combination of a plurality of piston rings assembled to the piston, the combination of the plurality of piston rings including:
a first compression ring assembled at a position closest to a combustion chamber, a second compression ring assembled at a position close to the combustion chamber next to the first compression ring, an oil ring assembled at a position farthest from the combustion chamber, and a third compression ring assembled at a position between the second compression ring and the oil ring, wherein an axial width of the first compression ring is h1(1), an axial width of the second compression ring is h1(2), an axial width of the third compression ring is h1(3), and an axial width of the oil ring is h1(4), wherein h1(1)≥h1(2) and h1(1)≥h1(3),
wherein h1 (TOTAL)=h1(1)+h1(2)+h1(3)+h1 (4), 10 mm≥h1 (TOTAL)≥3.1 mm,
the piston has an outer peripheral surface that is formed with a first ring groove in which the first compression ring is fitted, a second ring groove in which the second compression ring is fitted, a third ring groove in which the third compression ring is fitted, and an oil ring groove in which the oil ring is fitted,
wherein a length from an end face of the first ring groove on a combustion chamber side to an end face of the oil ring groove on a crank chamber side in an axial direction of the piston is Lp, wherein Lp≥5.1 mm,
wherein a length, in the axial direction of the piston, of a second land portion that is a region defined between the first ring groove and the second ring groove in the outer peripheral surface of the piston is Lp2, and a length, in the axial direction of the piston, of a fourth land portion that is a region defined between the third ring groove and the oil ring groove is Lp4, wherein Lp2>Lp4, and
wherein 1.8 mm≥h1(1), 1.2 mm≥h1(2), and 1.0 mm≥h1(3).

10. The combination structure of the piston and the piston rings according to claim 9 , wherein an inclination angle of an axial end face of the third compression ring relative to a plane orthogonal to an axis of the piston is a torsional angle, the torsional angle indicates a positive value in a case where the axial end face inclines on a combustion chamber side toward outside in a radial direction, and the torsional angle indicates a negative value in a case where the axial end face inclines on a crank chamber side toward outside in the radial direction, the torsional angle of the third compression ring is 20′±40′ in a state where the third compression ring is assembled to the piston and the piston is fitted in the cylinder.

11. The combination structure of the piston and the piston rings according to claim 9 , wherein the third compression ring has an outer peripheral surface forme

Assignees

• Tpr Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nagakura Hiroyuki
• Inamori Shuichi
• Hikone Akira

Classifications

• F16J9/20

  Rings with special cross-section (L-section rings F16J9/02); Oil-scraping rings {(F16J9/06 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F16J9/06 Primary

  using separate springs {or elastic elements} expanding the rings; Springs therefor {; Expansion by wedging} · CPC title

• F16J9/203

  Oil-scraping rings · CPC title

• Y02T10/12

  Improving ICE efficiencies · CPC title

• F16J1/001

  One-piece pistons · CPC title