Abstract:
An engine oil system for an internal combustion engine comprises an electronic control module, an engine oil sump, an engine oil pump, an engine oil gallery, an engine oil pressure sensor, a solenoid control valve, and at least one oil receiving component. The engine oil pump is in fluid communication with the engine oil sump. The engine oil gallery is in fluid communication with at least one engine bearing and a turbocharger. The engine oil pressure sensor and at least one oil receiving component are in fluid communication with the oil gallery. The oil pressure sensor generates an output signal that is transmitted to the electronic control module. The solenoid control valve is in fluid communication with the engine oil gallery and electronic communication with the electronic control module. The solenoid control valve is moveable between at least an open position and a closed position.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for delivering oil to an engine are provided herein. According to one embodiment, the oil delivery system includes an oil supply, a feeder passage fluidically coupled to the oil supply and a cylinder head, the feeder passage coupled to a pump and a filter positioned downstream from the pump. The oil delivery system further includes a squirter passage in fluidic communication with a plurality of piston squirters and the feeder passage at a position between the pump and the filter. In this way, less-filtered oil is selectively routed through a cooling circuit to reduce engine warm-up time.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a piston cooling device wherein the cooling efficiency of a piston is improved by oil injected from an oil jet and supplied to a cooling passage provided in the piston, and the amount of cooling oil is reduced when an internal combustion engine is operated at maximum output. The piston cooling device is provided with a piston for an internal combustion engine, in which a circumferential passage and a cooling passage having an inlet passage and an outlet passage are provided, and an oil jet for injecting oil from an injection port to the inlet passage. The oil jet injects oil at every stroke of the piston so that a two-phase plug flow composed of gas and oil is formed in the cooling passage at least when an internal combustion engine is operated at maximum output.
Abstract:
A rotatable member (40) such as a sprocket is rotatably mounted on a fixed shaft member (32), and a first oil passage (72) extending in a radial direction is formed by a thrust member (36) abutting an axial end surface of the rotating member. The inner end of the first oil passage communicates with a radial bearing interface (A) of the rotatable member, and an oil jet ejected from an orifice (68) of an oil nozzle (66) is directed to an open outer end of the first lubricating oil passage. Because the first oil passage is fixed in position, the radial bearing interface receives an adequate supply of lubricating oil fed from the oil nozzle. The other axial end of the rotating member may be provided with a second lubricating oil passage (82) which also extends in a radial direction, the second lubricating oil passage having an open outer end and an open inner end communicating with the radial bearing interface. The centrifugal force acting on the lubricating oil in the second lubricating oil passage promotes a favorable re-circulation of the lubricating oil, and hence a favorable lubrication.
Abstract:
There is provided an internal combustion engine in which the inside thereof is uniformly cooled. In an engine serving as the internal combustion engine, a piston reciprocates within a bore provided in a cylinder block, and a connecting rod coupled to the piston transmits motive power to a crankshaft. The internal combustion engine includes a rear-side oil jet through which oil is injected from the connecting rod side of the piston to a skirt inner region and a skirt outer region of the piston.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for delivering oil to an engine are provided herein. According to one embodiment, the oil delivery system includes an oil supply, a feeder passage fluidically coupled to the oil supply and a cylinder head, the feeder passage coupled to a pump and a filter positioned downstream from the pump. The oil delivery system further includes a squirter passage in fluidic communication with a plurality of piston squirters and the feeder passage at a position between the pump and the filter. In this way, less-filtered oil is selectively routed through a cooling circuit to reduce engine warm-up time.
Abstract:
An engine lubrication and speed control method is provided. The four-cycle engine has a lightweight aluminum alloy engine block having a cylindrical bore and an enclosed oil reservoir formed therein. A vertical or horizontal crankshaft is rotatably mounted in the engine block for rotation about a crankshaft axis. A piston reciprocates within the bore and is connected to the crankshaft by a connecting rod. A trochoid or screw oil pump is driven by the camshaft connected with a cam gear, which mates with a crank gear that is driven by the crankshaft, inhales the oil from the oil reservoir to splash lubricate into the cylinder bore and valve chamber. The engine is provided with a cylinder head assembly defining a compact combustion chamber having a pair of overhead intake and exhaust ports and cooperating intake and exhaust valves. A commonality of parts between the horizontal and the vertical engine is highly achieved.
Abstract:
A hydraulic control device is equipped with an oil jet that injects oil to a piston, an oil gallery through which oil injected by the oil jet and oil supplied to a lubrication part of an engine pass, an oil pump that pumps oil to the oil gallery, and a switching valve that is provided on an oil jet passage connecting the oil gallery and the oil jet together and leads oil supplied from the oil gallery to either the oil jet or an oil pan disposed at an upstream side of the oil pump. An ECU controls the switching valve on the basis of an engine speed and an engine cooling water temperature.
Abstract:
An oil-spraying apparatus includes: a base frame provided with a guide rail on an upper surface thereof; a mounting plate movably mounted on the guide rail by a rail block; a moving unit mounted at one side of the base frame so as to reciprocate the mounting plate on the base frame; and an oil-spraying unit mounted on an upper portion of the mounting plate, receiving compressed air and oil respectively from an air compressor and an oil distributor connected to an oil tank through an oil hose and an air hose. The apparatus can spray the oil to both the oil seal mounting hole and the one end portion of the crankshaft.
Abstract:
There is provided an engine in which sliding surfaces of a cylinder and a piston do not tend to seize and the ratio of a lubricating oil to a composite fuel can be reduced. There is also provided a piston that allows the lubricating oil to be intentionally supplied to the surface of the piston that slides along the cylinder or a cylinder liner. In an aspect of the present invention, an engine in which an air-fuel mixture containing a lubricating oil is supplied into a combustion chamber includes supply means for supplying the air-fuel mixture to the interface between an inner wall of a cylinder or a cylinder liner and a tubular portion of a piston (portion between piston rings and/or piston ring portion). The supply means is, for example, through holes passing through the tubular portion of the piston and groove portions.