Abstract:
A personal watercraft is disclosed with a hull, a seating assembly, and a four stroke internal combustion engine below the seating assembly. The engine has at least one intake valve for each of the combustion cylinder chambers, at least one exhaust valve for each of the combustion cylinder chambers, and a valve actuation assembly located in a cylinder head for operating the intake and exhaust valves. At least one air intake passageway is operatively coupled to the combustion cylinder chambers through the intake valves. An air intake manifold is connected to the cylinder head and operatively connected to the at least one air intake passageway. The engine also has a supercharger for boosting air to the air intake manifold. The watercraft also includes a propulsion unit, operatively coupled to the crankshaft, which is located on one end of the two ends of the crankcase.
Abstract:
A non-circular sprocket component comprises a rotor (11) having a plurality of teeth (16) arranged around the perimeter of the rotor, each tooth having a crown (9), and each pair of adjacent teeth having a valley (8) therebetween. The crowns of the teeth lie on a curved envelope forming the perimeter of the motor. The perimeter has a non-circular profile having at least two protruding portions (22, 23) alternating with receding portions (24, 25). The distance between the midpoints (V) of the crowns (9) of each pair of adjacent teeth is substantially the same. The profile of the valley (8) between each pair of adjacent teeth is substantially the same. The distance between the midpoint (V), of each crown (9) and the axis (A) of the rotor varies around the perimeter to produce the said non-circular profile.
Abstract:
Variable valve control method and apparatus for an internal combustion engine provided with a variable valve mechanism that varies an operating characteristic of an intake valve, for controlling a gas amount passing back through the intake valve by variably controlling the operating characteristic. A storage section stores previously a correlation between a value equivalent to an opening area of the intake valve and a valve passing gas amount, corresponding to predetermined effective cylinder capacity. A conversion section converts that value equivalent into the valve passing gas amount by referring to the correlation. A correction section corrects the value equivalent based on a ratio between the converted valve passing gas amount and a requested valve passing gas amount. A calculating section calculates requested effective cylinder capacity (by which the requested valve passing gas amount can be obtained based on the value equivalent to the opening area) based on the valve passing gas amount obtained by referring to the correlation based on the corrected value equivalent to the opening area, and the requested valve passing gas amount. A control section controls the variable valve mechanism according to the requested effective cylinder capacity calculated.
Abstract:
The hydraulic play compensation device, having an outer cylinder part which is closed on one side by a base and in which a piston element which lies on its inside is guided so as to be longitudinally displaceable, with a guide gap, having an oil pressure space having an oil inlet which supplies the oil supply space, and having a connecting duct controlled by a nonreturn valve between the oil supply space and the oil pressure space. For optimized removal of air which is introduced via the oil inlet, it is proposed that a ventilation path which connects the oil supply space and the guide gap is formed in the piston element downstream of the oil inlet and upstream of the connecting duct.
Abstract:
Rotary valve system for controlling communication with a port in an internal combustion engine which, in one disclosed embodiment, has a crankshaft, compression and expansion pistons connected to the crankshaft for reciprocating movement within compression and expansion chambers, a combustion chamber in which air from the compression chamber is combined with fuel and burned to produce an increased gas volume. The valve system has an outer valve member which is rotatively mounted in a bore and has an opening which moves into and out of communication with the port as the outer valve member rotates, an inner valve member rotatably mounted within the outer valve member with an opening at least partly overlapping the opening in the outer valve member, a flange extending along one edge of the opening in the inner valve member and through the opening in the outer valve member for sealing engagement with the wall of the bore, and means for effecting rotation of the valve members to change the degree of overlap between the openings and thereby control the timing and duration of communication between the openings and the port.
Abstract:
Internal combustion engine and method with compression and expansion chambers of variable volume, a combustion chamber, a variable intake valve for controlling air intake to the compression chamber, a variable outlet valve for controlling communication between the compression chamber and the combustion chamber, means for introducing fuel into the combustion chamber to form a mixture of fuel and air which burns and expands in the combustion chamber, a variable inlet valve for controlling communication between the combustion chamber and the expansion chamber, a variable exhaust valve for controlling exhaust flow from the expansion chamber, means for monitoring temperature and pressure conditions, and a computer responsive to the temperature and pressure conditions for controlling opening and closing of the valves and introduction of fuel into to the combustion chamber to optimize engine efficiency over a wide range of engine load conditions The relative volumes of the compression and expansion chambers and the timing of the valves are such that the pressure in the combustion chamber remains substantially constant throughout the operating cycle of the engine, and exhaust pressures are very close to atmospheric pressure regardless of the load on the engine The engine runs so quietly and burns so cleanly that in some applications it may not require a muffler and/or a catalytic converter.
Abstract:
Constant pressure internal combustion engine having an elongated combustion chamber which in some embodiments is folded back upon itself and has a rough, twisting interior side wall, a fuel inlet for introducing fuel into the chamber, a compression chamber in communication with the combustion chamber, means for varying the volume of the compression chamber and combustion chamber to form a mixture of fuel and air that burns as it travels through the chamber and is further mixed by the rough, twisting side wall of the chamber, an expansion chamber in communication with the combustion chamber, and an output member in the expansion chamber which is driven by pressure produced by the burning mixture, with the means for varying the volume of the compression chamber and the output member in the expansion chamber being connected together for movement in concert such that the pressure remains substantially constant within the combustion chamber. A gas flow separator near the fuel inlet forms one or more smaller volumes within the combustion chamber where the fuel can mix and burn with only a portion of the air introduced into the chamber. Long, sharp protrusions extend inwardly from the wall of the combustion chamber and form hot spots which help to provide complete combustion of the fuel mixture throughout the combustion chamber, and these protrusions, together with flow turbulators within the chamber, promote complete mixing and, hence, combustion of the fuel and air.
Abstract:
A hydraulic valve actuator for reciprocating engine includes at least a hydraulic cylinder (3) for opening at least one valve (2) via at least one valve opening selector (11) with at least one hydraulic positive displacement pump (4) whereof the hydraulic fluid supplied at the output can be forced into a high pressure circuit (10) by at least one pump outlet closure (8), the valve (2) capable of being maintained opened by an opening non-return valve (24), then of being reseated by a valve closing selector (25) which directs the hydraulic fluid contained in the hydraulic cylinder (3) in the hydraulic positive displacement pump (4) input by co-operating with a pump input non-return valve (26).
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for the variable setting of the control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine, having a stator (2) and an output element (3) which is arranged coaxially with respect to the former, the two components being mounted such that they can rotate with respect to one another, and having a housing (11) which is configured separately with respect to the stator (2) and with respect to the output element (3) and which surrounds the stator (2) and the output element (3) at least partly and prevents engine oil escaping from the apparatus (1), an outer circumferential surface of the stator (2) being configured in the circumferential direction with a radial profile, into which the housing (11) protrudes in such a way that a form-fitting connection of both components is produced in the circumferential direction.
Abstract:
An engine comprising a cylinder housing (105) and an engine cylinder (110) at least partially housed within the housing (105). The cylinder (110) has a cylinder wall (118) extending about a cylinder axis (119), and a first cylinder end (120) provided at one axial end of the cylinder wall (118). A piston (115) is mounted for movement within the cylinder (110) in the direction of the cylinder axis (119). The piston (115), the cylinder wall (118) and the first cylinder end (120) define a cylinder chamber (140). The cylinder (110) is moveable in the direction of the cylinder axis (119) relative to the housing (105) to vary the volume of the cylinder chamber (140) for any given position of the piston (115) relative to the housing (105).