Cover for internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12031476-B2
Application number	US-202117522278-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 9, 2021
Priority date	Nov 17, 2020
Publication date	Jul 9, 2024
Grant date	Jul 9, 2024

Abstract

A cover for an internal combustion engine is configured to be attached to an engine main body so as to cover a timing chain or a timing belt. The cover for the internal combustion engine includes insertion holes configured to receive a crankshaft or a camshaft. The cover for the internal combustion engine includes a first member made of a hard plastic and a second member made of a material different from the hard plastic. The first member is produced by insert molding with the second member embedded in the first member. A periphery of at least one of the insertion holes in the second member includes a joint surface that is joined to the first member. The joint surface includes annular grooves surrounding the insertion hole, the annular grooves being arranged in a radial direction of the insertion hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cover for an internal combustion engine, the cover being configured to be attached to an engine main body so as to cover a timing chain or a timing belt that transmits a rotational force of a crankshaft to a camshaft, and the cover including insertion holes configured to receive the crankshaft or the camshaft, the cover comprising: a first member made of a hard plastic; and a second member made of a material different from the hard plastic, wherein
the first member is produced by insert molding with the second member embedded in the first member, a periphery of at least one of the insertion holes in the second member includes a joint surface that is joined to the first member such that the second member and the first member are contiguous, the joint surface includes a plurality of annular grooves surrounding the at least one of the insertion holes, the plurality of annular grooves being arranged in a radial direction of the at least one of the insertion holes, the first member includes a plurality of protrusions arranged in a radial direction of the at least one of the insertion holes, and the plurality of protrusions are configured to protrude into a recessed portion of each of the plurality of annular grooves.

2. The cover for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein
the joint surface is a first joint surface,
a periphery of the second member includes a second joint surface that is joined to the first member, and
a lattice-shaped recess portion is formed at least in part of the second joint surface.

3. The cover for the internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein the recess portion is formed in the entire second joint surface.

4. The cover for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the second member comprises an upper second member and a lower second member, and
the upper second member is configured to receive the camshaft and the lower second member is configured to receive the crankshaft.

5. The cover for the internal combustion engine according to claim 4 , wherein the upper second member and the lower second member are made of a same material.

6. The cover for the internal combustion engine according to claim 4 , wherein a width of the upper second member is greater than a width of the lower second member.

7. The cover for the internal combustion engine according to claim 4 , wherein
the joint surface is a first joint surface,
a periphery of the upper second member and a periphery of the lower second member each includes a second joint surface that is joined to the first member, and
a lattice-shaped recess portion is formed at least in part of the second joint surface.

8. The cover for the internal combustion engine according to claim 7 , wherein the lattice-shaped recess portion is formed in the entire second joint surface.

9. The cover for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the second member is less than a width of the first member.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Doi Kensuke
• Horiuchi Yoji
• Morishita Hideto

Classifications

• F02F2007/0078

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• F16H7/18

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• F02F7/0068

  Adaptations for other accessories · CPC title

• F02B77/00 Primary

  Component parts, details or accessories, not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• F02F7/0073 Primary

  Adaptations for fitting the engine, e.g. front-plates or bell-housings · CPC title