Exhaust brake

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9341122-B2
Application number	US-201414226574-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2014
Priority date	Nov 20, 2013
Publication date	May 17, 2016
Grant date	May 17, 2016

Abstract

An exhaust brake may include an exhaust pipe configured to include an exhaust upstream and an exhaust downstream, a butterfly configured to be mounted between the exhaust upstream and the exhaust downstream in the exhaust pipe, a bypass pipe configured to include a bypass upstream starting between the exhaust upstream and the butterfly and a bypass downstream ending between the butterfly and the exhaust downstream, and a check valve configured to be mounted between the bypass upstream and the bypass downstream. The piston head of a piston of the check valve may be disposed at the bypass downstream and a direction in which the piston head moves to the bypass downstream is a direction in which the check valve is opened.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An exhaust brake, comprising:
an exhaust pipe configured to include an exhaust upstream and an exhaust downstream;
a butterfly configured to be mounted between the exhaust upstream and the exhaust downstream in the exhaust pipe;
a bypass pipe configured to include a bypass upstream starting between the exhaust upstream and the butterfly and a bypass downstream ending between the butterfly and the exhaust downstream; and
a check valve configured to be mounted between the bypass upstream and the bypass downstream,
wherein a gas hole is disposed at a side of the check valve and an end of the gas hole is opened toward the bypass downstream, and a piston head of a piston of the check valve is disposed at the bypass downstream and a direction in which the piston head moves to the bypass downstream is a direction in which the check valve is opened.

2. The exhaust brake according to claim 1 , wherein the check valve includes:
a cover configured to form an appearance of the check valve;
a piston configured to allow a piston rod to be slidably inserted into the cover in a longitudinal direction; and
a spring configured to elastically support the piston in a direction in which the check valve is closed.

3. The exhaust brake according to claim 2 , wherein the spring is a coil spring which is inserted outside the piston and is received in the cover,
one side of the spring is supported by the cover, and
an other side of the spring is supported by the piston.

4. The exhaust brake according to claim 3 , wherein the piston rod is movably inserted with a piston guide in a longitudinal direction,
an end of the piston rod is screw-fastened with a nut to prevent the piston guide from separating from the piston rod in the state in which the piston rod is inserted with the piston guide, and
a movable range of the piston guide with respect to the piston rod is controlled by controlling a position of the nut.

5. The exhaust brake according to claim 4 , wherein the other side of the spring is supported by the piston guide and thus the other side of the spring is supported by the piston.

6. The exhaust brake of any one of claims 2 to 5 , wherein the cover is divided into a spring receiving part, a gas passage part, and a piston rod support part connecting between the spring receiving part and the gas passage part along the longitudinal direction of the piston which is inserted into the cover,
the piston head is disposed at the gas passage part side,
the piston rod support part has a cross section corresponding to a cross section of the piston rod, and
the spring receiving part has the spring received therein.

7. The exhaust brake according to claim 1 , wherein both ends of a rotating shaft of the butterfly are equipped with bushings.

8. The exhaust brake according to claim 7 , wherein the both ends of the rotating shaft are provided with reduction parts of a diameter and the bushings are mounted at the reduction parts.

9. The exhaust brake according to claim 7 , wherein air tightness is kept by sealing between the butterfly and the bushing.

10. The exhaust brake according to claim 3 , wherein:
the cover is divided into a spring receiving part, a gas passage part, and a piston rod support part between the spring receiving part and the gas passage part along the longitudinal direction of the piston which is inserted into the cover;
the piston head is disposed at the gas passage part side;
the piston rod support part has a cross section corresponding to a cross section of the piston rod; and
the spring receiving part has the spring received therein.

11. The exhaust brake according to claim 4 , wherein:
the cover is divided into a spring receiving part, a gas passage part, and a piston rod support part between the spring receiving part and the gas passage part along the longitudinal direction of the piston which is inserted into the cover;
the piston head is disposed at the gas passage part side;
the piston rod support part has a cross section corresponding to a cross section of the piston rod; and
the spring receiving part has the spring received therein.

12. The exhaust brake according to claim 5 , wherein:
the cover is divided into a spring receiving part, a gas passage part, and a piston rod support part between the spring receiving part and the gas passage part along the longitudinal direction of the piston which is inserted into the cover;
the piston head is disposed at the gas passage part side;
the piston rod support part has a cross section corresponding to a cross section of the piston rod; and
the spring receiving part has the spring received therein.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Cho Jae Seoul

Classifications

• F02D9/04

  concerning exhaust conduits (throttle valves, or arrangements thereof in conduits F02D9/08) · CPC title

• F01L13/065

  Compression release engine retarders of the "Jacobs Manufacturing" type · CPC title

• F02D9/106

  Sealing of the valve shaft in the housing, e.g. details of the bearings · CPC title

• F02B3/06

  with compression ignition (compression ignition engines using air or gas for blowing fuel into compressed air in cylinder F02B13/02) · CPC title

• F02D9/1055

  having a fluid by-pass · CPC title