摘要:
An internal combustion engine is provided with a valve lift varying mechanism for intake valves and a valve phase varying mechanism for exhaust valves. A controller performs a control operation in response to a request to pause at least one cylinder while the engine is in operation. The control operation includes: a first operation of setting an intake valve lift to a zero-lift setpoint by the valve lift varying mechanism; and a second operation of setting an exhaust valve phase by the valve phase varying mechanism so as to set an exhaust valve opening timing to a first timing setpoint on an advance side of bottom dead center and set an exhaust valve closing timing to a second timing setpoint on a retard side of bottom dead center. The first and second timing setpoints are closer to top dead center than to bottom dead center.
摘要:
A variable valve actuation apparatus of an internal combustion engine has a multinodular-link motion converter, to vary at least a working angle. A position of rotation of a control shaft, variably adjusting the attitude of the motion converter, is set, so that, at a peak lift during a valve opening period, an angle γ2 between an extension line of a line segment connecting a first fulcrum corresponding to a drive-eccentric-cam center and a second fulcrum provided on a rocker arm and a line segment connecting the second fulcrum and a third fulcrum provided on the rocker arm at a position different from the second fulcrum at a middle working-angle control mode is less than both an angle γ1 between the two line segments at a minimum working-angle control mode and an angle γ3 between the two line segments at a maximum working-angle control mode.
摘要:
A valve operating mechanism of an internal combustion engine, comprises a drive cam rotatable with and eccentric to a drive shaft; a link arm having a circular opening in which the drive cam is rotatably received, so that rotation of drive cam about an axis of the drive shaft produces a swing movement of the link arm; a pair of swing cams swingably disposed on the drive shaft at both sides of the drive cam, the swing cams being connected through a movement transmission mechanism to the link arm to be swung when the link arm is subjected to the swing movement; a pair of swing arms respectively actuated by the swing cams for carrying out an open/close operation of a pair of engine valves; a pair of spring retainers respectively provided by the pair of engine valves; and a pair of valve springs respectively held by the spring retainers and biasing the engine valves in a close direction. A lubricating oil passage is formed in the drive cam. The oil passage has one end exposed to an oil feeding passage formed in the drive shaft and the other end exposed to a minute clearance defined between a cylindrical outer surface of the drive cam and a cylindrical inner surface of the circular opening of the link arm.
摘要:
In a valve operating apparatus of an engine capable of varying a valve lift characteristic, rotary motion of a drive cam is converted through a motion-conversion linkage including a rocker arm into oscillating motion of a valve actuation member for operating an engine valve. Also provided is a control shaft whose angular position is adjusted depending on an engine operating condition for changing a linkage attitude. The valve actuation member has an arcuate portion curved to bypass the drive shaft. The control shaft has a coaxial shaft portion and an eccentric control cam. The control cam is a fulcrum of oscillating motion of the rocker arm and the coaxial shaft portion of the control shaft is a fulcrum of oscillating motion of the valve actuation member. The fulcrums are laid out in close proximity to each other.
摘要:
A lubricating oil supplying system for an internal combustion engine includes a lubricating oil storage section for storing lubricating oil. A driven pump is driven by the internal combustion engine to suck the lubricating oil from the lubricating oil storage section and discharge the lubricating oil to a discharge passage. An electric pump is provided for sucking the lubricating oil discharged from the driven pump to the discharge passage and discharge the lubricating oil to a lubricating oil requiring section in the internal combustion engine. A controlling mechanism is provided for drivingly controlling the electric pump in accordance with a control signal. A bypass passage is provided for bypassing the driven pump. A check valve is disposed in the bypass passage to allow the lubricating oil in the lubricating oil storage section to flow only through a path bypassing said driven pump and toward side of the discharge passage.
摘要:
A valve operating mechanism of an internal combustion engine, comprises a drive cam rotatable with and eccentric to a drive shaft; a link arm having a circular opening in which the drive cam is rotatably received, so that rotation of drive cam about an axis of the drive shaft produces a swing movement of the link arm; a pair of swing cams swingably disposed on the drive shaft at both sides of the drive cam, the swing cams being connected through a movement transmission mechanism to the link arm to be swung when the link arm is subjected to the swing movement; a pair of swing arms respectively actuated by the swing cams for carrying out an open/close operation of a pair of engine valves; a pair of spring retainers respectively provided by the pair of engine valves; and a pair of valve springs respectively held by the spring retainers and biasing the engine valves in a close direction. A lubricating oil passage is formed in the drive cam. The oil passage has one end exposed to an oil feeding passage formed in the drive shaft and the other end exposed to a minute clearance defined between a cylindrical outer surface of the drive cam and a cylindrical inner surface of the circular opening of the link arm.
摘要:
A valve operating device for an internal combustion engine enabling both valve timing and valve lift characteristic to be varied depending on engine operating conditions includes intake and exhaust camshafts, an eccentric cam fixed to a first one of the intake and exhaust camshafts so that an axis of the eccentric cam is eccentric to an axis of the first camshaft. A rockable cam is supported on the first camshaft so that the rockable cam rotates or oscillates about the axis of the first camshaft. A rocker arm is oscillatingly supported on an outer periphery of the eccentric cam so that a center of an oscillating motion of the rocker arm revolves around the axis of the first camshaft. Also provided is a control shaft variably controlling the center of the oscillating motion of the rocker arm.
摘要:
A VVA apparatus includes a driving shaft, a crank cam arranged at an outer periphery of the driving shaft, a VO cam swingably supported by the driving shaft to actuate an engine valve, and a rocker arm having a first arm swingably mounted to an eccentric control cam at a first pivotal point and a second arm rotatably mounted to the crank cam and the VO cam at a second pivotal point and a third pivotal point, respectively, the rocker arm transmitting a driving force of the crank cam to the VO cam. The valve lift produced by the VO cam is varied by changing a rocking fulcrum of the rocker arm through rotation control of the control cam, and the second pivotal point and the third pivotal point are located on the side of the second arm of the rocker arm.
摘要:
A variable valve actuation apparatus incorporates a mechanism, mounted to a control shaft, to convert rotational motion of a camshaft into pivotal motion of a valve operating cam. The mechanism has different states corresponding to varying angular positions which the control shaft is adjustable to, respectively, The mechanism is continuously variable in state to one of the different states in response to a shift of the control shaft to one of the varying angular positions. The mechanism is also operative to vary the valve operating cam, in position, relative to the associated cylinder valve in response to a shift between the different states.
摘要:
An electromagnetically operating actuator includes a casing (29) that accommodates an armature (30), a valve-closing electromagnet (32), a valve-opening electromagnet (32), and a valve-opening spring (33). The casing is fixed to an upper face of a cylinder head (21) in which an intake valve (23) and a valve litter (27) are slidably moveable. A valve-closing spring (28) is installed between the valve lifter and a bottom face of a retention hole (21a). Further, a transmission cam (46) with first and second cam surfaces (51, 52) is interposed between the valve lifter and a tappet (39) connected with the center of the armature through a tappet shaft (38). The transmission cam is pivotable upward and downward. A hydraulic lash adjuster (47) associated with the transmission cam is disposed within the casing. This arrangement can prevent the intake and/or exhaust valves from abruptly moving at the opening and closing timings, to reduce strike and abrasion noise and to improve mountability of the actuator relative to an engine.