Volume measuring structure for cylinder head and piston for engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016369690-A1
Application number	US-201514858735-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 18, 2015
Priority date	Jun 18, 2015
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A volume measuring structure of a cylinder head and a piston for an engine includes: a cylinder block configured to form a frame of an engine and include a cylinder in which a piston reciprocates to generate power; a cylinder head configured to be mounted on the cylinder block to form a combustion chamber along with the cylinder and include an ignition plug which ignites the engine and a valve which opens and closes intake and exhaust passages; a first pressure sensor configured to be mounted in the cylinder block to determine a volume of the cylinder block; and a second pressure sensor configured to be mounted in the cylinder head to determine a volume of the cylinder head.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A volume measuring structure of a cylinder head and a piston for an engine, comprising:
a piston configured to be mounted in a cylinder block forming a frame of the engine and generate power in the cylinder inside the cylinder block; a cylinder head configured to be mounted on the cylinder block to form a combustion chamber along with the cylinder and include an ignition plug which ignites the engine and a valve which opens and closes intake and exhaust passages; a first pressure sensor configured to be mounted in the piston to determine a volume of the piston; and a second pressure sensor configured to be mounted in the cylinder head to determine a volume of the cylinder head.

2 . The volume measuring structure of claim 1 , wherein the first pressure sensor is mounted in the piston and is positioned to be close to a flat side of the cylinder head.

3 . The volume measuring structure of claim 1 , wherein the second pressure sensor is mounted in the ignition plug of the cylinder head and is positioned to be close to a flat side of the cylinder block.

4 . The volume measuring structure of claim 1 , wherein the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor interwork with a controller to reduce volume deviations and compression ratio deviations of the piston and the cylinder head based on the volumes measured by the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor.

5 . A volume measuring structure of a cylinder head and a piston for an engine, comprising:
a piston configured to be mounted in a cylinder block forming a frame of the engine and generate power in the cylinder inside the cylinder block; a cylinder head configured to be mounted on the cylinder block to form a combustion chamber along with the cylinder and include an ignition plug which ignites the engine and a valve which opens and closes intake and exhaust passages; a first pressure sensor configured to be mounted in the piston and to be positioned to be close to a flat side of the cylinder head to measure a volume of the piston; a second pressure sensor configured to be mounted in an ignition plug of the cylinder head and to be positioned to be close to a flat side of the cylinder block to measure a volume of the cylinder head; and a controller configured to interwork with the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor to reduce volume deviations and compression ratio deviations of the piston and the cylinder head based on the volumes determined by the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Baek Hong Kil
• Lee Seung Woo
• Lee Tae Won

Classifications

• F02B77/085 Primary

  with sensors measuring combustion processes, e.g. knocking, pressure, ionization, combustion flame · CPC title

• F02F1/242

  Arrangement of spark plugs or injectors · CPC title

• G01F17/00

  Methods or apparatus for determining the capacity of containers or cavities, or the volume of solid bodies (measuring linear dimensions to determine volume G01B) · CPC title

• F02F1/42

  Shape or arrangement of intake or exhaust channels in cylinder heads · CPC title

• F02P13/00

  Sparking plugs structurally combined with other parts of internal-combustion engines ({connection of ignition coil to spark plug connector F02P3/02;} with fuel injectors F02M57/06 {; spark plug connector per se H01T13/04 – H01T13/06; predominant aspects of sparking plug, see H01T13/40 – H01T13/44}) · CPC title