Engine capable of reducing noise

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9784104-B2
Application number	US-201514602622-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2015
Priority date	Jan 29, 2014
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

An engine includes a cylinder system, a driving system including a piston and a crankshaft, a power generating system and a cooling system. The power generating system is disposed on a side of the driving system and includes a generator and a counterweight. The generator includes a main body and a rotor pivotally disposed within the main body. The cooling system is disposed on an opposite side of the driving system and includes a first water pump in fluid communication with the cylinder system. An outline of the rotor is projected along the crankshaft to form a first projecting zone. Projections of the first water pump and the driving system along the crankshaft overlap the first projecting zone.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An engine, comprising:
a cylinder system;
a driving system disposed under said cylinder system and including a piston that is capable of moving upwardly and downwardly in said cylinder system and a crankshaft that is driven by said piston;
a power generating system disposed on a side of said driving system and including a generator that is disposed on one end of said crankshaft and that is driven by said crankshaft, and a counterweight that is disposed on said crankshaft, said generator including a main body and a rotor that is pivotally disposed within said main body and that is adjacent to said counterweight; and
a cooling system disposed on an opposite side of said driving system and including a first water pump that is in fluid communication with said cylinder system;
wherein an outline of said rotor is projected along an axis of said crankshaft to form a first projecting zone, projected areas of said first water pump and said driving system along the axis of said crankshaft overlapping the first projecting zone; and
wherein an outline of said main body of said generator is projected along the axis of said crankshaft to form a second projecting zone, said cooling system further including a second water pump that is in fluid communication with said generator, a projected area of said second water pump along the axis of said crankshaft being located in the second projecting zone.

2. The engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said cooling system further includes a first heat exchanger 4 that is in fluid communication with said first water pump and said cylinder system, and a second heat exchanger that is in fluid communication with said second water pump and said generator.

3. The engine as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said driving system further includes a first gear that is disposed on said crankshaft, a balancing shaft that is parallel to and space-apart from said crankshaft and that drives said first water pump, and a second gear that is disposed on said balancing shaft and that meshes with said first gear, at least one of said first gear and said second gear being a damping gear.

4. The engine as claimed in claim 3 , wherein tooth number of said first gear is the same as that of said second gear.

5. The engine as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said driving system further includes a third gear that is disposed on said balancing shaft and that is spaced-apart from said second gear, a rotating shaft that is parallel to and space-apart from said balancing shaft and that drives said second water pump, a fourth gear that is disposed on said rotating shaft, and a transmissive unit that is belt-shaped and that surrounds and meshes with said third and fourth gears.

6. The engine as claimed in claim 5 , wherein tooth number of said third gear is less than that of said fourth gear.

7. The engine as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said transmissive unit is a chain.

8. The engine as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said transmissive unit is a belt having a plurality of teeth.

Assignees

• Kwang Yang Motor Co

Inventors

• Li Wei-Chung
• Cheng Wen-Tso
• Yang Sai-Dai

Classifications

• F01B23/10

  Adaptations for driving, or combinations with, electric generators · CPC title

• F01B31/005

  Silencing equipment (F01B31/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F01P5/12

  Pump-driving arrangements · CPC title

• F01B9/02 Primary

  with crankshaft · CPC title

• F16F15/264

  Rotating balancer shafts (F16F15/262 takes precedence) · CPC title