Coolant circulation system for engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9115633-B2
Application number	US-201314145544-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2013
Priority date	Mar 26, 2013
Publication date	Aug 25, 2015
Grant date	Aug 25, 2015

Abstract

A coolant circulation system for an engine efficiently cools the engine to prevent the capacity of an electronic water pump from being excessively increased. The system includes: a water pump; a cylinder block; a cylinder head; an intake block water jacket formed on one side of the cylinder block; an exhaust block water jacket formed on another side of the cylinder block; an intake side chamber provided on one surface of the cylinder block in a length direction of the engine about which a plurality of cylinders are arranged in parallel; an exhaust side chamber provided on the other surface of the cylinder block; and a head water jacket formed in the cylinder head to allow the intake block water jacket and the exhaust block water jacket to communicate with each other and the intake side chamber and the exhaust side chamber to communicate with each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A coolant circulation system for an engine, comprising:
a water pump supplying coolant to the engine;
a cylinder block including a plurality of cylinders;
a cylinder head coupled to the top of the cylinder block;
an intake block water jacket formed on one side of the cylinder block based on the plurality of cylinders;
an exhaust block water jacket formed on another side of the cylinder block based on the plurality of cylinders;
an intake side chamber provided on one surface of the cylinder block in a length direction of the engine in which the plurality of cylinders are arranged in parallel;
an exhaust side chamber provided on another surface of the cylinder block in the length direction of the engine in which the plurality of cylinders are arranged in parallel; and
a head water jacket formed in the cylinder head, wherein the intake block water jacket is disposed upstream of the head water jacket and the exhaust block water jacket is disposed downstream of the head water jacket to allow the intake block water jacket and the exhaust block water jacket to be in fluid-communication with each other through the head water jacket and, wherein the intake side chamber is disposed upstream of the head water jacket and the exhaust side chamber is disposed downstream of the head water jacket to allow the intake side chamber and the exhaust side chamber to be in fluid-communication with each other through the head water jacket;
wherein the intake block water jacket, the exhaust block water jacket, the intake side chamber, and the exhaust side chamber are formed for the coolant supplied to the engine to cool the engine while passing through the cylinder block; and
the head water jacket is formed for the coolant supplied to the engine to cool the engine while passing through the cylinder head,
wherein the intake block water jacket and the intake side chamber are separately formed to the cylinder block, and the exhaust block water jacket and the exhaust side chamber are separately formed to the cylinder block, and
wherein the coolant supplied to the engine cools the cylinder block while circulating in the length direction of the engine along the intake side chamber and the exhaust side chamber.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a radiator provided to cool the coolant that passes through the intake block water jacket, the exhaust block water jacket, the intake side chamber, the exhaust side chamber, and the head water jacket.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the coolant supplied to the engine sequentially passes through the intake side chamber, the head water jacket, and the exhaust side chamber.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the coolant supplied to the engine sequentially passes through the intake block water jacket, the head water jacket, and the exhaust block water jacket.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the coolant supplied to the engine cools the cylinder block and the cylinder head while circulating upward and downward of the engine along the intake block water jacket, the head water jacket, and the exhaust block water jacket.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Lee Bong Sang

Classifications

• F01P2060/08

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• F01P2003/028

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• F01P3/02 Primary

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• F01P2060/04

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