Abstract:
A control system for an engine having a first cylinder and a second cylinder is disclosed having a first engine valve movable to regulate a fluid flow of the first cylinder and a first actuator associated with the first engine valve. The control system also has a second engine valve movable to regulate a fluid flow of the second cylinder and a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a pressure within the first cylinder. The control system also has a controller that is in communication with the first actuator and the sensor. The controller is configured to compare the pressure within the first cylinder with a desired pressure and selectively regulate the first actuator to adjust a timing of the first engine valve independently of the timing of the second engine valve based on the comparison.
Abstract:
A valve train mechanism for an internal combustion engine in which each cylinder of the engine has a pair of angulated exhaust valves and a pair of angulated intake valves and in which a crosshead is operated by a rocker arm for actuating a pair of same function valves through spherical connections below a pair inverted bucket tappets that are located in a pair of tappet guides for movement along a pair of axes which are inclined towards each other and which lie in a plane extending normal to the rotational axis of the crankshaft of the engine.
Abstract:
A valve train mechanism for a multi-valve internal combustion engine having hemispherical combustion chambers and in which each chamber has a pair of radial exhaust valves located along one side of the longitudinal axis of the engine and has a pair of radial intake valves located along the other side of the aforementioned longitudinal axis and in which an inverted "L" shaped actuator is provided for actuating each of the exhaust and intake valves and the guide pins supporting the actuators associated with at least one pair of same-function valves are positioned relative to the valves so as to cause the actuators to reciprocate along and oscillate about the associated guide pins while the associated pair of same-function valves are moved between an open position and a closed position.
Abstract:
A valve train for an internal combustion engine of the type having two inlet valves and two exhaust valves per cylinder, with these valves being in a splayed configuration, has a pivotal rocker arm for each of these valves, with these rocker arm sets for the inlet valves and exhaust valves being actuated from a single camshaft having inlet and exhaust cams thereon by the use of cylindrical inner and outer lifter concentrically positioned and located such that their axis of reciprocation is at the intersection of imaginary planes extending through the reciprocating axes of the valves.
Abstract:
An engine employing multiple valves which are mutually inclined. A valve actuating assembly includes two camshafts. Primary rocker arms are driven by the camshafts and in turn drive secondary rocker arms. The secondary rocker arms are pivotally mounted about common shafts and extend to the valves. The common shafts are located between the valves.
Abstract:
In an internal combustion engine with a cylinder (1), the cylinder head (2) has four valves (3, 4) inclined towards each other and arranged to be radially aligned with respect to the combustion chamber, pairs of the valves being operable by a common camshaft (6) by means of conical cams (7). To make it possible to use such a valve control for high rotational speeds, too, bucket type tappets (8) are displaceably mounted between the radially aligned valves (3, 4) and the conical cams (7) in the cylinder head (2).
Abstract:
To achieve further reduction in size and weight of a cylinder head in a four-cycle engine having a connection surface formed on the cylinder head to connect a head cover set so as to follow along a plane that is inclined so as to be spaced further away from a cylinder block toward a first side wall. A camshaft holder is integrally formed on a cylinder head so as to protrude from a connection surface as viewed from an axial direction of a camshaft. An intake port is disposed in the first side wall such that an upstream end thereof is disposed at the same position as part of the bearing portion in a direction along an axis of a cylinder bore. An exhaust valve has a stem end disposed at a position protruding from the connection surface as viewed in a direction along the axial direction of a camshaft.
Abstract:
An engine can include a first catalyst disposed in a first exhaust passage, a second catalyst disposed in a second exhaust passage to be located upstream of the first catalyst, a variable valve operating mechanism configured to make lifting amounts of a first and second exhaust valves variable between approximate zero and maximum, and a lifting amount control unit for controlling the lifting amounts of the first and second exhaust valves with the variable valve operating mechanism such that an exhaust gas amount passing through the second exhaust passage is larger than that passing through the first exhaust passage.
Abstract:
A multi-valve internal combustion engine having a plurality of valves having skewed axes that are operated by cam lobes of a single cam shaft. The cam shaft operates the valves through rocker arms each of which are pivoted independently about axes that are skewed relative to the cam shaft axis so as to minimize bending stresses on the valve during its actuation. This also avoids scuffing between the rocker and the valve stem. At the same time, good contact is maintained between the cam lobe and the follower surface by machining the cam lobe so that it will have a slight concavity at least in its tip portion so as to ensure constant line contact with the follower.