Engine system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12180867-B2
Application number	US-202318535179-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2023
Priority date	Nov 9, 2021
Publication date	Dec 31, 2024
Grant date	Dec 31, 2024

Abstract

An engine system in which blow-by gas with a specific gravity less than 1 with reference to air is generatable includes a cylinder block. The cylinder block includes a cylinder and a crank chamber which are arranged in an up/down direction, the crank chamber being positioned below the cylinder. An internal peripheral face of the cylinder block has a ventilation port that connects to a ventilation passage that connects an internal space of the crank chamber with an external space out of the cylinder block, and that is open. The ventilation port is placed above a center in the up/down direction in the crank chamber.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An engine system in which blow-by gas with a specific gravity less than 1 with reference to air is generatable, the engine system comprising:
a cylinder block including a cylinder and a crank chamber which are arranged in an up/down direction, the crank chamber being positioned below the cylinder;
an intake port configured to supply air to a combustion chamber;
an injection unit configured to inject gaseous fuel into an internal space of the intake port; and
a refrigerant passage through which a refrigerant is configured to pass,
wherein the intake port and the refrigerant passage are physically separated by a first wall portion and a second wall portion that has a greater thickness between the intake port and the refrigerant passage than the first wall portion,
wherein a central axis of an injection area of the gaseous fuel from the injection unit intersects the first wall portion,
wherein an internal peripheral face of the cylinder block has a ventilation port that connects to a ventilation passage that connects an internal space of the crank chamber with an external space out of the cylinder block, and that is open, and
wherein the ventilation port is placed above a center in the up/down direction in the crank chamber.

2. The engine system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a fuel supply unit that includes the injection unit,
wherein, of an internal peripheral face of the intake port, the central axis of the injection area of the gaseous fuel from the injection unit intersects a cooled portion.

3. The engine system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a cylinder head formed with the intake port,
wherein the cylinder head includes the refrigerant passage, and
wherein the cooled portion is placed at a bulkhead portion that physically separates at least the refrigerant passage from the intake port.

4. The engine system according to claim 3 , wherein the bulkhead portion includes the first wall portion and the second wall portion, wherein:
of the first wall portion and the second wall portion, only the first wall portion has the cooled portion.

5. The engine system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a cylinder head that includes the intake port.

6. The engine system according to claim 1 , wherein the central axis of the injection area of the gaseous fuel from the injection unit intersects a cooled portion of an internal peripheral face of the intake port.

7. The engine system according to claim 6 , further comprising a bulkhead that includes the first and second wall portions, wherein the cooled portion is placed at the first wall portion of the bulkhead portion.

8. The engine system according to claim 7 , wherein the cylinder head includes the bulkhead.

9. The engine system according to claim 8 , wherein the second wall portion is free of cooled portion.

Assignees

• Yanmar Holdings Co Ltd

Inventors

• MATSURA Yoshimitsu
• Fukui Yoshinori
• YAMAGUCHI Eito
• Kobayashi Yuki
• Miyazaki Shinnosuke

Classifications

• F02M21/0284

  Arrangement of multiple injectors or fuel-air mixers per combustion chamber · CPC title

• F02M25/06

  adding lubricant vapours · CPC title

• F02M21/0281

  Adapters, sockets or the like to mount injection valves onto engines; Fuel guiding passages between injectors and the air intake system or the combustion chamber · CPC title

• F02M21/0275

  for in-cylinder direct injection, e.g. injector combined with spark plug · CPC title

• F02M21/0278

  Port fuel injectors for single or multipoint injection into the air intake system · CPC title