V-type engine and work machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12110815-B2
Application number	US-202118549533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2021
Priority date	Mar 10, 2021
Publication date	Oct 8, 2024
Grant date	Oct 8, 2024

Abstract

A V-type engine includes an engine body including a crankcase configured to rotatably support a crankshaft, and a first and second cylinder banks extending from the crankcase, a first exhaust pipe connected to the first cylinder bank; a second exhaust pipe connected to the second cylinder bank; a merging pipe connected to the first and second exhaust pipes; a first catalyst accommodated in the first exhaust pipe; a second catalyst accommodated in the second exhaust pipe; and a muffler detachably connected to the merging pipe, wherein the first catalyst is arranged along an outer surface of the first cylinder bank, and the second catalyst is arranged along an outer surface of the second cylinder bank.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A V-type engine, comprising: an engine body including a crankcase configured to rotatably support a crankshaft, and a first and second cylinder banks extending from the crankcase; a first exhaust pipe connected to the first cylinder bank; a second exhaust pipe connected to the second cylinder bank; a merging pipe connected to the first and second exhaust pipes; a first catalyst accommodated in the first exhaust pipe; a second catalyst accommodated in the second exhaust pipe; a muffler detachably connected to the merging pipe, wherein the first catalyst is arranged along an outer surface of the first cylinder bank, and the second catalyst is arranged along an outer surface of the second cylinder bank, wherein provided that an axial direction of the crankshaft is defined as a first direction, the first catalyst is arranged along a surface of the first cylinder bank on one side in the first direction, and the second catalyst is arranged along a surface of the second cylinder bank on the one side in the first direction, wherein provided that a width direction of the engine body is defined as a second direction, an exhaust port is provided on an outside surface of the first and second cylinder banks in the second direction, and the first and second exhaust pipes include: an upstream portion connected to the exhaust port and arranged along the outside surface of the first and second cylinder banks in the second direction; and a downstream portion connected to the upstream portion and arranged along the surface of the first and second cylinder banks on the one side in the first direction, and the first catalyst is accommodated in the downstream portion of the first exhaust pipe, and the second catalyst is accommodated in the downstream portion of the second exhaust pipe.

2. The V-type engine according to claim 1 , wherein the upstream portion of the first and second exhaust pipes is formed of a pipe having a divided structure.

3. The V-type engine according to claim 2 , wherein the downstream portion of the first and second exhaust pipes is formed of a pipe having an undivided structure.

4. The V-type engine according to claim 1 , wherein an output portion of the crankshaft protrudes from a surface of the crankcase on the one side in the first direction, and the first and second catalysts are arranged closer to another side in the first direction than the surface of the crankcase on the one side in the first direction.

5. The V-type engine according to claim 1 , wherein the merging pipe integrally includes:
a first pipe detachably connected to the first exhaust pipe;
a second pipe detachably connected to the second exhaust pipe; and
a third pipe connected to a merging portion of the first and second pipes, and
the muffler is detachably connected to the third pipe.

6. The V-type engine according to claim 5 , wherein the muffler is arranged higher than the first and second pipes, and
a drain hole is provided on a bottom surface of the merging portion of the first and second pipes.

7. The V-type engine according to claim 1 , wherein when viewed in an axial direction of the crankshaft, the merging pipe is arranged between the first and second cylinder banks.

8. The V-type engine according to claim 1 , wherein the muffler includes a muffler body having a muffling chamber, and
the muffler body extends in a width direction of the engine body from a distal end side of the first cylinder bank to a distal end side of the second cylinder bank.

9. The V-type engine according to claim 1 , further comprising an air cleaner connected to the first and second cylinder banks,
wherein the air cleaner is arranged on an opposite side of the first and second catalysts with the first and second cylinder banks in between.

10. A work machine comprising the V-type engine according to claim 1 .

11. A V-type engine, comprising: an engine body including a crankcase configured to rotatably support a crankshaft, and a first and second cylinder banks extending from the crankcase; a first exhaust pipe connected to the first cylinder bank; a second exhaust pipe connected to the second cylinder bank; a merging pipe connected to the first and second exhaust pipes; a first catalyst accommodated in the first exhaust pipe; a second catalyst accommodated in the second exhaust pipe; and a muffler detachably connected to the merging pipe, wherein the first catalyst is arranged along an outer surface of the first cylinder bank, the second catalyst is arranged along an outer surface of the second cylinder bank, wherein the merging pipe integrally includes: a first pipe detachably connected to the first exhaust pipe; a second pipe detachably connected to the second exhaust pipe; and a third pipe connected to a merging portion of the first and second pipes, and the muffler is detachably connected to the third pipe, wherein the muffler is arranged higher than the first and second pipes, and wherein when viewed in an axial direction of the crankshaft, the merging pipe is arranged between the first and second cylinder banks.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• SUGIHARA Atsuki
• Kashima Soji
• Ishikawa Masanori

Classifications

• F01N13/10

  of exhaust manifolds {(with cooling jacket F01N3/046)} · CPC title

• F02B75/228 Primary

  with cylinders arranged in parallel banks · CPC title

• F01N13/1805

  Fixing exhaust manifolds, exhaust pipes or pipe sections to each other, to engine or to vehicle body (pipe joints in general F16L; fixing auxiliaries in motor vehicles in general B60K) · CPC title

• F01N13/107 Primary

  More than one exhaust manifold or exhaust collector · CPC title

• B60K13/04

  concerning exhaust · CPC title