Internal combustion engine having a top-down cooling concept

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026071587-A1
Application number	US-202319101815-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 7, 2023
Priority date	Aug 8, 2022
Publication date	Mar 12, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

The invention relates to an internal combustion engine having a top-down cooling concept, in particular with a plurality of cylinders, having a liquid-cooled cylinder head with a first cooling chamber adjoining a fire deck and a second cooling chamber, which is separated from the first cooling chamber by an intermediate deck, and which is predominantly further away from the fire deck (10) than the first cooling chamber, wherein the first cooling chamber and the second cooling chamber are flow-connected to one another in the region of the ignition device, with an intake port arrangement on an intake side and an exhaust port arrangement on an exhaust side, having, per cylinder, two intake valves, two exhaust valves, an ignition device opening centrally into a combustion chamber and an injection device opening laterally into the combustion chamber, which is arranged between a first intake port and a second intake port of the intake port arrangement. In order to enable sufficient cooling of the injection device, the first intake port and the second intake port of each cylinder in the cylinder head are routed separately starting from at least one lateral flange surface of the cylinder head, and the injection device is at least partially surrounded by a cooling chamber, which is flow-connected to the second cooling chamber or is formed as part of the second cooling chamber.

First claim

1 . An internal combustion engine having a top-down cooling concept, in particular with a plurality of cylinders, having a liquid-cooled cylinder head with a first cooling chamber adjoining a fire deck and a second cooling chamber which is separated from the first cooling chamber by an intermediate deck and which is predominantly further away from the fire deck than the first cooling chamber, wherein the first cooling chamber and the second cooling chamber are flow-connected to one another in the region of the ignition device, having an intake port arrangement on an intake side and an exhaust port arrangement on an exhaust side of the cylinder head, having, per cylinder, two intake valves, two exhaust valves, an ignition device opening centrally into a combustion chamber, and an injection device opening laterally into the combustion chamber, which is arranged between a first intake port and a second intake port of the intake port arrangement, wherein:
the first intake port and the second intake port of each cylinder in the cylinder head are routed separately starting from at least one lateral flange surface of the cylinder head, and
the injection device is at least partially surrounded by a cooling chamber which is flow-connected to the second cooling chamber or is formed as part of the second cooling chamber.

2 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling chamber is connected to a cooling jacket of a cylinder block adjacent to the cylinder head via at least one connecting duct arranged in the firing deck on the intake side.

3 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein at least one first cylinder-head screw is arranged between the first intake port and the injection device.

4 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 wherein at least one second cylinder-head screw is arranged between the second intake port and the injection device.

5 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 wherein at least two adjacent intake ports of two adjacent cylinders extend from a common flange surface.

6 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 wherein at least two adjacent intake ports of adjacent cylinders are arranged directly on either side of a transverse engine plane extending between two adjacent cylinders.

7 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein in at least one cylinder, the first intake port and the second intake port are spaced apart as far as possible, and wherein a maximum distance between the two intake ports preferably corresponds to the bore diameter of the cylinder.

8 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein at least one third cylinder-head screw is arranged in the region of at least one transverse engine plane between two adjacent cylinders, wherein the third cylinder-head screw is at a shorter distance from a longitudinal engine plane spanned by the cylinder axes than the first cylinder-head screw and/or the second cylinder-head screw.

9 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the first cooling chamber has at least one first cooling duct arranged between the first intake port and the injection device and at least one second cooling duct arranged between the second intake port and the injection device, wherein the first cooling duct and/or the second cooling duct is preferably cast and at least partially surrounds the injection device.

10 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the intake valves and/or exhaust valves are arranged-with a maximum deviation of ±5°—parallel to the cylinder axis.

11 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the injection device opens into a combustion chamber at an angle of approximately 45°±15° to the cylinder axis.

12 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein a distance (a) between the orifice of the injection device and the cylinder axis is 35% to 45% of a bore diameter of the cylinder.

13 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein at least one intake port is configured to generate tumble.

14 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein at least one asymmetrical chamfer is machined into the fire deck of the cylinder head on the side of at least one intake valve seat facing the exhaust side.

15 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the first intake port and the second intake port of at least one cylinder are designed symmetrically with respect to at least one transverse engine plane.

16 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal axis of the injection device is arranged in a transverse engine plane containing the cylinder axis.

17 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein at least one exhaust port adjoins the first cooling chamber and the second cooling chamber, wherein the second cooling chamber is arranged on a side of the exhaust port facing away from the first cooling chamber.

18 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the first cooling chamber in the region of the ignition device is flow-connected to the second cooling chamber via at least one connecting duct arranged on the exhaust side and/or the intake side, wherein the connecting duct is a cast duct.

19 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein an ignition device sleeve is arranged in the cylinder head to accommodate the ignition device, wherein the ignition device sleeve is of wet design and directly adjoins the first cooling chamber and/or the second cooling chamber.

20 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein an injector sleeve for receiving the injection device is arranged in the cylinder head, the injector sleeve being of wet design and directly adjoining the cooling chamber and/or the second cooling chamber.

Assignees

• Avl List Gmbh

Inventors

• Zurk Andreas
• Arnberger Anton
• Klampfer Martin

Classifications

• F02F1/4235

  of intake channels · CPC title

• F02F1/242

  Arrangement of spark plugs or injectors · CPC title

• F02F2007/0063

  Head bolts; Arrangements of cylinder head bolts · CPC title

• F02B2023/106

  Tumble flow, i.e. the axis of rotation of the main charge flow motion is horizontal · CPC title

• F02F1/40 Primary

  cylinder heads with means for directing, guiding, or distributing liquid stream · CPC title