Infinitely variable compression ratio and single stroke length mechanism or dual stroke length mechanism of reciprocating 2-cycle or 4-cycle internal combustion engine

    公开(公告)号:US10119463B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-06

    申请号:US15819084

    申请日:2017-11-21

    摘要: A balanced and rotating mechanism of an internal combustion engine, which combines adjustable variable compression ratio with long power and exhaust strokes and short intake and compression strokes to obtain an internal combustion engine with variable air intake flow and maintain a constant pressure ignition. The mechanism includes a mirror-image planetary-gear assembly, a gear-pin assembly, and a piston-and-connecting rod assembly. The mirror-image planetary-gear assembly includes a first planetary-gear assembly and a second planetary-gear assembly; wherein each includes a sun gear, a primary planet gear, a plurality of secondary planet gears, and a ring gear. The first planetary-gear assembly and the second planetary-gear assembly are mounted along a main rotation axis, offset from each other and mirroring each other. The gear-pin assembly is eccentrically connected between the primary planet gears. Resultantly, rotating the sun gears alters the orientation of the gear-pin assembly, and thus changing the top dead center height.

    Irreversible mechanism
    25.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10001177B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-19

    申请号:US15306649

    申请日:2014-04-25

    发明人: Keitaro Otozai

    摘要: This irreversible mechanism (1) includes a rotatable input shaft (3), an output shaft (4) that rotates according to the input shaft, a conversion mechanism (5) that converts back drive torque from an output shaft side to an axial force, a brake portion (6) that includes a first brake surface (61), and a second brake surface (56) provided to rotate integrally with the output shaft and pressed against the first brake surface according to the axial force of the conversion mechanism. The first brake surface and the second brake surface include taper surfaces tapered in the action direction of the axial force of the conversion mechanism.

    CARRIER STOP FOR SPLIT RING PLANETARY DRIVE
    29.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180003277A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-04

    申请号:US15635281

    申请日:2017-06-28

    申请人: BorgWarner Inc.

    IPC分类号: F16H35/00 F16H1/28 F16H57/08

    摘要: A split ring planetary drive with at least one travel end stop received in at least one pocket of a first ring gear. The travel end stop is moveable between a first stop position in which as the planetary drive rotates in a direction the travel end stop engages the stop on the planet carrier, preventing further rotation of the split ring planetary drive in the direction, and a second position in which the travel end stop does not engage the stop on the planet carrier. The travel end stop may be a deadbolt, a snap ring or pivoting pawl.

    Method and control unit for a drivetrain

    公开(公告)号:US09840255B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-12

    申请号:US15006488

    申请日:2016-01-26

    摘要: A method provides for operating a drive train having several drive assemblies, a transmission and an output A first drive assembly acts on a first transmission shaft of the transmission, and a second drive assembly acts on a second transmission shaft. The transmission includes several shift elements, whereas an output torque depending on a driver's requested torque is provided at the output. For the opening of a shift element the shift element is placed without load. The probability of a gearshift request is determined on the control side by a shifting strategy. If the probability of a gearshift request is greater than the defined threshold, a torque provided by a first drive assembly and the second drive assembly is changed on the control side in advance of an actual gearshift request, while maintaining the driver's requested torque at the output, in such a manner that a torque, which is transferred by a shift element to be opened for the gearshift that is detected to be probable, is reduced as much as possible in order to minimize the time required after the actual gearshift request for the execution of the gearshift.