Engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9670883-B2
Application number	US-201414455421-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 8, 2014
Priority date	Sep 26, 2013
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

An engine includes an engine body, a DPF case therein, high pressure and low pressure EGR paths, and a supercharger. The high pressure EGR path is between exhaust and intake manifolds. An exhaust gas discharge path extends from the DPF case. An intake pipe extends from the supercharger air compressor. The low pressure EGR path is between the exhaust gas discharge path of the DPF case and the intake pipe. The low pressure EGR path includes a low pressure EGR cooler. An extending direction of a crankshaft defines a longitudinal direction. A flywheel exists on a rear side. A width direction of the engine body defines a lateral direction. The low pressure EGR path includes a rear path portion extending along a rear side of the engine body, and a side path portion extending along a lateral side of the engine body on a side close to the exhaust manifold.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An engine comprising an engine body, a DPF case, a high pressure EGR path, a supercharger and a low pressure EGR path, in which the high pressure EGR path is interposed between an exhaust manifold and an intake manifold, an exhaust gas discharge path extends from the DPF case, an intake pipe extends from an air compressor of the supercharger, the low pressure EGR path is interposed between the exhaust gas discharge path of the DPF case and the intake pipe, and the low pressure EGR path is provided with a low pressure EGR cooler, wherein the DPF case is installed in an engine body, and when an extending direction of a crankshaft is defined as a longitudinal direction and a flywheel is defined as existing on a rear side and a width direction of the engine body is defined as a lateral direction, the low pressure EGR path includes a rear path portion extending along a rear side of the engine body, and a side path portion extending along a lateral side of the engine body on a side close to the exhaust manifold, and
wherein the side path portion of the low pressure EGR path includes a downward convex bypass path portion which extends downward and then upward, and an upper side terminal end of the downward convex bypass path portion is connected to the intake pipe.

2. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the low pressure EGR cooler is placed upstream of the downward convex bypass path portion, the low pressure EGR valve case is placed on the downward convex bypass path portion, and a lowest portion of the downward convex bypass path portion is a condensed water reservoir for condensed water which flows out from the low pressure EGR cooler and the low pressure EGR valve case.

3. The engine according to claim 2 , wherein the condensed water reservoir is placed in a lower portion of the low pressure EGR valve case.

4. The engine according to claim 3 , wherein the low pressure EGR valve case is oriented to a direction extending along a horizontal direction, and a valve stem of an EGR valve is also oriented to a direction extending along the horizontal direction.

5. The engine according to claim 4 , wherein the condensed water reservoir is detachably mounted on the low pressure EGR valve case.

6. The engine according to claim 3 , wherein the condensed water reservoir is composed of a cast or forged water saucer.

7. The engine according to claim 2 , wherein the low pressure EGR valve case downwardly inclines toward the condensed water reservoir.

8. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the lowest portion of the downward convex bypass path portion is placed at a position lower than the exhaust manifold, the supercharger is placed on an upper portion of the exhaust manifold, the intake pipe includes a diagonally upwardly extending inclined intake pipe portion, and a terminal end of the low pressure EGR path is connected to the inclined intake pipe portion.

9. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein a rising path portion of the downward convex bypass path portion is bent along a shape of the intake pipe.

10. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the downward convex bypass path portion is placed below the supercharger at a position overlapping with the supercharger as viewed from directly above.

11. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the downward convex bypass path portion is placed below the intake pipe at a position overlapping with the intake pipe as viewed from directly above.

12. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the low pressure EGR cooler is placed on a side path portion of the low pressure EGR path at a position lower than an upper surface of a cylinder head, a start end-close portion of a rear path portion of the low pressure EGR path is placed right behind a cylinder head cover, a terminal end-close portion of the rear path portion is bent downward from the start end-close portion, and a terminal end of the rear path portion is connected to the low pressure EGR cooler.

13. The engine according to claim 12 , wherein engine cooling water which passes through a cooling water jacket of the cylinder head is used as refrigerant of the low pressure EGR cooler which is lower than the cylinder head.

14. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the exhaust gas discharge path extends from a DPF case end on a side close to the intake manifold, and the rear path portion of the low pressure EGR path branches off from the exhaust gas discharge path on the side of the intake manifold.

15. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the DPF case is placed above the engine body, and the exhaust gas discharge path and the rear path portion of the low pressure EGR path are placed below the DPF case at positions overlapping with the DPF case as viewed from directly above.

16. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the DPF case is placed above the engine body, and a portion of the side path portion of the low pressure EGR path is placed at a position overlapping with the DPF case as viewed from directly above.

17. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the supercharger is mounted on the exhaust manifold, and a portion of the side path portion of the low pressure EGR path is placed at a position overlapping with the supercharger as viewed from directly above.

18. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the high pressure EGR path is placed below the DPF case at a position overlapping with the DPF case as viewed from directly above.

19. An engine comprising an engine body, a DPF case, a high pressure EGR path, a supercharger and a low pressure EGR path, in which the high pressure EGR path is interposed between an exhaust manifold and an intake manifold, an exhaust gas discharge path extends from the DPF case, an intake pipe extends from an air compressor of the supercharger, the low pressure EGR path is interposed between the exhaust gas discharge path of the DPF case and the intake pipe, and the low pressure EGR path is provided with a low pressure EGR cooler, wherein the DPF case is installed in an engine body, and when an extending direction of a crankshaft is defined as a longitudinal direction and a flywheel is defined as existing on a rear side and a width direction of the engine body is defined as a lateral direction, the low pressure EGR path includes a rear path portion extending along a rear side of the engine body, and a side path portion extending along a lateral side of the engine body on a side close to the exhaust manifold, and
wherein a terminal end of the low pressure EGR path is provided with a low pressure EGR outlet which opens at the intake pipe, a terminal end of the blow-by gas passage is provided with a blow-by gas outlet which opens at the intake pipe, the low pressure EGR outlet and the blow-by gas outlet are placed at positions opposed to each other while sandwiching a passage in the intake pipe therebetween, and during a predetermined period of an engine cold start warming-up period including an engine cold start period and a subsequent warming-up period, low pressure EGR gas flows out from the low pressure EGR outlet toward the blow-by gas outlet.

20. The engine according to claim 19 , wherein the low pressure EGR outlet which is oriented laterally is placed in a lateral peripheral wall of the intake pipe.

21. The engine according to claim 19 , wherein the intake pipe includes a diagonally upwardly extending inclined intake pipe portion, the low pressure EGR outlet is placed in a lower peripheral wall of the inclined intake pipe portion

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Matsuishi Kazumichi
• Kosaka Tetsuya
• Ninomiya Tomohiro
• Suzuki Yusuke
• Nakanishi Toshio
• Lee Yongchol
• Kushigemachi Takashi

Classifications

• F02M26/32

  Liquid-cooled heat exchangers · CPC title

• F02M26/12

  characterised by means for attaching parts of an EGR system to each other or to engine parts · CPC title

• F02M26/15

  in relation to engine exhaust purifying apparatus · CPC title

• F02M26/28

  with liquid-cooled heat exchangers · CPC title

• F02M26/05

  High pressure loops, i.e. wherein recirculated exhaust gas is taken out from the exhaust system upstream of the turbine and reintroduced into the intake system downstream of the compressor · CPC title