Engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9784153-B2
Application number	US-201514614483-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2015
Priority date	Feb 6, 2014
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

An engine capable of reducing the content of hydrocarbon in exhaust gas is provided. When viewed parallel to cylinder center axes, tangential virtual lines extending from endpoints of curved port central axes along tangent lines of the endpoints pass intake valve ports, straight port central axes extending from the endpoints of the curved port central axes are further away from a partition wall than the tangential virtual lines, and intake air bent through curved ports passes straight ports and is sucked through the intake valve ports along the wall between the cylinders.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vertical, straight two-cylinder engine comprising:
a cylinder head including combustion chamber roofs of the two adjacent cylinders,
a branched intake port for introducing intake air into the adjacent cylinders,
intake valve ports provided at branched ends of the intake port, an intake poppet valve provided in each intake valve port and intake air being sucked through the intake valve ports along a wall between the cylinders,
one throttle body attached to the cylinder head,
one fuel injector attached to the one throttle body, and
a pair of crank pins having a crank pin angle set to 360 degrees,
wherein:
when viewed parallel to cylinder center axes, assuming a width direction of the cylinder head as a horizontal direction, a port inlet of the intake port is disposed just beside a partition wall for partitioning the combustion chamber roofs of the adjacent cylinders, port central axes of the intake port are disposed closer to the partition wall than a central virtual line of each cylinder, the central virtual line passing corresponding one of the cylinder center axes and extending horizontally,
when viewed parallel to the cylinder center axes, the intake port comprises a pair of curved ports protrudingly curving in a direction away from the partition wall, extending from the port inlet and terminating atop the cylinders, and a corresponding pair of straight ports extending straight in a direction toward the centers of the combustion chamber roofs, from terminal ends of the curved ports to the intake valve ports at the combustion chamber roofs,
when viewed parallel to the cylinder center axes, tangential virtual lines extending from endpoints of curved port central axes along tangent lines of the endpoints pass the intake valve ports, and straight port central axes extending from the endpoints of the curved port central axes are further away from the partition wall than the tangential virtual lines,
such that the intake air bent through the curved ports passes the straight ports, and is sucked through the intake valve ports along the wall between the cylinders,
wherein fuel injected from the one fuel injector hits directly against a valve head of each intake valve at the same time, and the fuel is injected from the fuel injector to the intake port within a crank angle range from preceding 40 degrees to subsequent 30 degrees of a bottom dead center, partitioning an explosion stroke and an exhaust stroke of one cylinder and partitioning an intake stroke and a compression stroke of another cylinder at the same time.

2. The engine according to claim 1 , further comprising a combustion chamber recessed section recessed at a center of the combustion chamber roof of the cylinder head, wherein
when viewed parallel to the cylinder center axis, given the central virtual line passing a center of the combustion chamber recessed section and one area and the other area that are divided by the central virtual line,
the intake valve port is provided in one area of one opposed section of the combustion chamber recessed section, and an exhaust valve port is provided in the other area of the other opposed section,
one area of the other opposed section serves as an intake guide surface, and the intake guide surface has a center axis in common with the intake valve port, and is a partial circumferential surface of a conical frustum extending toward a cylinder.

3. The engine according to claim 2 , wherein
when viewed parallel to the cylinder center axis, in the other area located on one side of the central virtual line, a spark-plug attachment hole is provided in one opposed section of the combustion chamber recessed section, and the exhaust valve port is opened to the other opposed section, and
an end part of the combustion chamber recessed section located between the spark-plug attachment hole and the exhaust valve port has a center axis in common with the exhaust valve port, and serves as an exhaust guide surface that is a partial circumferential surface of a conical frustum extending toward the cylinder.

4. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein a largest squish flow ejected from a squish area maximum-width section in the vicinity of the exhaust top dead center is directed to an exhaust port opposing surface of a valve head of an opened exhaust valve.

5. The engine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an exhaust port provided in the cylinder head;
an exhaust muffler; and
an exhaust treatment member, wherein
the exhaust muffler includes muffling chambers, and the exhaust treatment member is disposed between the exhaust port and the muffling chambers and is made of stainless steel such that the surface of a stainless steel material makes contact with exhaust gas.

6. The engine according to claim 5 , further comprising an exhaust manifold attached to the cylinder head, wherein the exhaust treatment member is disposed in the exhaust manifold.

7. The engine according to claim 6 , wherein the exhaust treatment member is disposed in a collector section of the exhaust manifold.

8. The engine according to claim 7 , wherein a circumferential wall of the collector section into which the exhaust treatment member is incorporated is disposed along a circumferential wall of a branch section of the exhaust manifold.

9. The engine according to claim 5 , wherein the exhaust treatment member is disposed in an exhaust inlet of an exhaust muffler body.

10. The engine according to claim 9 , further comprising an exhaust manifold attached to the cylinder head, wherein a circumferential wall of the exhaust inlet of the exhaust muffler body into which the exhaust treatment member is incorporated is disposed along a circumferential wall of a branch section of the exhaust manifold.

11. The engine according to claim 5 , wherein the exhaust treatment member is formed of a three-dimensional mesh structure made of a stainless steel wire.

12. The engine according to claim 5 , wherein the exhaust treatment member is formed of a stainless steel honeycomb.

13. The engine according to claim 2 , wherein a largest squish flow ejected from a squish area maximum-width section in the vicinity of the exhaust top dead center is directed to an exhaust port opposing surface of a valve head of an opened exhaust valve.

14. The engine according to claim 2 , further comprising:
an exhaust port provided in the cylinder head;
an exhaust muffler; and
an exhaust treatment member, wherein
the exhaust muffler includes muffling chambers, and the exhaust treatment member is disposed between the exhaust port and the muffling chambers and is made of stainless steel such that the surface of a stainless steel material makes contact with exhaust gas.

15. The engine according to claim 13 , wherein
when viewed parallel to the cylinder center axis, in the other area located on one side of the central virtual line, a spark-plug attachment hole is provided in one opposed section of the combustion chamber recessed section, and the exhaust valve port is opened to the other opposed section, and
an end part of the combustion chamber recessed section located between the spark-plug attachment hole and the exhaust valve port has a center axis in common with the exhaust valve port, and serves as an exhaust guide surface that is a partial circumferential surface of a conical frustum extending toward the cylinder.

16. The engine according to claim 14 , wherein
when viewed parallel to the cylinder center axis, in the other area located on one side of the central virtual line, a spark-plug attachment hole is provided in one oppose

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Okano Shunji
• Inoue Naoki
• Ohashi Tamotsu
• Kawasoe Hiroyuki

Classifications

• F02B31/02

  in engines having inlet valves arranged eccentrically to cylinder axis (F02B31/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F01N3/2885

  with exhaust silencers in a single housing · CPC title

• Y02T10/125

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F01N3/2807

  Metal other than sintered metal (F01N3/2832 and F01N3/2835 take precedence) · CPC title

• F01N2470/02

  Tubes being perforated · CPC title