Crankcase ventilation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9238980-B2
Application number	US-201314379233-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2013
Priority date	Feb 16, 2012
Publication date	Jan 19, 2016
Grant date	Jan 19, 2016

Abstract

A vehicle may include an internal combustion engine having a crankcase and a crankcase ventilation device. The crankcase ventilation device may have at least one oil separating device and an oil return that feeds separated oil back to the crankcase. The vehicle may include a conveying device for driving a fluid other than blow-by gas. The conveying device may also drive the blow-by gas in the crankcase ventilation device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle, comprising:
an internal combustion engine having a crankcase,
a crankcase ventilation device, which has at least one oil separating device and an oil return that feeds separated oil back to the crankcase,
a conveying device for driving a fluid other than a blow-by gas,
wherein the conveying device is also configured to drive the blow-by gas in the crankcase ventilation device,
an intake line of the crankcase ventilation device for communicating the blow-by gas and connecting the crankcase to an intake side of the conveying device, wherein the intake line includes the oil separating device and is connected downstream the oil separating device to a fresh air system of the internal combustion engine, and
a control device for actuating a control member in response to a current pressure in fresh air in a region of the connection of the fresh air system to the intake line to control the connection between the intake line and the conveying device,
wherein the control device actuates the control member to deactivate the driving of the blow-by gas via the conveying device in response to the current pressure exceeding a pressure threshold.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a pressure line of the crankcase ventilation device connects a pressure side of the conveying device to at least one of the crankcase and the fresh air system of the internal combustion engine.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the oil separating device is arranged in the pressure line.

4. The vehicle according to claim 3 , further comprising a bypass line to bypass the oil separating device, the bypass line connecting the pressure line between the conveying device and the oil separating device to the crankcase, wherein the bypass line includes an overpressure regulation valve.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 wherein the conveying device drives the fluid other than the blow-by gas in a main stream, and drives the blow-by gas in a secondary stream.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the oil separating device is at least one of configured as an impactor and has an impactor.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the crankcase ventilation device has an injector pump, the injector pump including a working fluid inlet, a suction fluid inlet and a mixed outlet,
wherein the working fluid inlet is connected via a supply line to a pressure side of the conveying device,
the suction fluid inlet is connected via an intake line to the crankcase, and
the mixed outlet is connected via a return line to at least one of the crankcase and a fresh air system of the internal combustion engine.

8. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid other than the blow-by gas is divided into a plurality of part-streams, and wherein at least one part-stream of the fluid other than the blow-by gas that is conveyed by the conveying device is fed to the oil separating device.

9. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of:
the conveying device is a component of a pneumatic braking system,
the conveying device is a component of a compressed air system,
the conveying device is a component of a tank ventilation device,
the conveying device is a component of a diagnostic device for at least one of diagnosing a fuel tank and the crankcase ventilation device, and
the conveying device is an exhaust gas turbocharger of the internal combustion engine.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further including an additional oil separating device, the oil separating devices each connected fluidically to the crankcase via such an oil return, wherein
one of the oil separating devices is arranged in at least one of the intake line and a pressure line of the crankcase ventilation device connecting a pressure side of the conveying device to at least one of the crankcase and the fresh air system, and
the other oil separating device is arranged in a ventilation line that fluidically connects the crankcase to the fresh air system.

11. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein in each case a switching valve is arranged in (i) the at least one of the pressure line and intake line and (ii) in the ventilation line, wherein the switching valves are controlled via a control system.

12. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the oil separating device has an oil container for collecting oil separated out of the blow-by gas.

13. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a circulating conveying device for circulating blow-by gas between the crankcase and the oil separating device.

14. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure threshold corresponds to a pressure difference between the region of connection of the fresh air system to the intake line and the crankcase sufficient to convey the blow-by gas when the conveying device is deactivated.

15. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control member blocks the connection between the intake line and the conveying device in response to the current pressure exceeding the pressure threshold.

16. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the blow-by gas is discharged from the crankcase via the intake line in response to a pressure difference between (i) the region of connection of the fresh air system to the intake line and (ii) the crankcase when the control device actuates the control member to deactivate the driving of the blow-by gas via the conveying device.

17. A vehicle, comprising:
an internal combustion engine having a crankcase,
a crankcase ventilation device, which has at least one oil separating device and an oil return that feeds separated oil back to the crankcase,
a conveying device for driving a fluid other than a blow-by gas,
wherein the conveying device is also configured to drive the blow-by gas in the crankcase ventilation device,
an intake line of the crankcase ventilation device for communicating the blow-by gas and connecting the crankcase to an intake side of the conveying device, wherein the intake line includes the oil separating device and is connected downstream the oil separating device to a fresh air system of the internal combustion engine, and
a control device for actuating a control member in response to a current pressure in fresh air in a region of the connection of the fresh air system to the intake line to control the connection between the intake line and the conveying device,
wherein the control device actuates the control member between an active state and a passive state, wherein the blow-by gas is driven by the conveying device in the active state, and wherein the blow-by gas is driven by a pressure difference between the fresh air system and the crankcase in the passive state.

18. The vehicle according to claim 17 , wherein the oil separating device is at least one of configured as an impactor and has an impactor.

19. The vehicle according to claim 17 , wherein the control device actuates the control member to the passive state in response to the current pressure at least one of meeting and exceeding a pressure threshold, and wherein the control device actuates the control member to the active state when the current pressure is below the pressure threshold.

20. The vehicle according to claim 17 , wherein the control member blocks the connection between the intake line and the conveying device in the passive state to deactivate the driving of the blow-by gas via the conveying device.

Assignees

• Mahle Int Gmbh

Inventors

• An Dimitri
• Barthelmess Sebastian
• Goerlich Leszek
• Krampe Corinna
• Kull Niklas
• Oezkaya Yakup
• Rohde Frank
• Ruppel Stefan
• Sauter Harmut

Classifications

• F01M2013/0422

  Separating oil and gas with a centrifuge device · CPC title

• F01M13/02 Primary

  by means of additional source of positive or negative pressure · CPC title

• F01M13/04 Primary

  having means for purifying air before leaving crankcase, e.g. removing oil · CPC title