Abstract:
A crankshaft for an integral gas compressor and internal combustion engine. The cylinder block of the integral gas compressor and internal combustion engine has a bank of compressor cylinders and a bank of engine cylinders, such as in a V-shaped configuration. The crankshaft has four journals, each adapted to carry two connecting rods. The journals include two coaxial end journals and two coaxial intermediate journals.
Abstract:
The invention relates to mechanical, variable valve lift controllers, which, during the operation of the engine, permit a throttle-free load control, or a cylinder shutdown, by means of the rotation of control shafts with tappets or pushrods, for individual valves or valve groups, whereby the valve stroke length can be steplessly adjusted from a maximum stroke length to a continuous closure, a stepless phase shift in the valve operation may be easily achieved, which leads to the replacement of camshaft adjusters and the continuous opening of the valves can be set to permit an increase in the brake capacity of the engine. The tappets are themselves driven by pivoting or rotating levers and correspondingly operate the valves by engagement in further pivoting or rotating levers. The alternate activation by the valve lift controllers of several adjacent pivoting or rotating levers, which are driven by their own independent cams, permits the operation of single valves or valve groups by means of a common or individual pivoting or rotating lever, whereby, alongside a combustion driven operation, a generation of compressed air and a compressed air driven operation of the engine can be achieved.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine, in particular a large two-stroke crosshead engine for propelling a ship, has a number of cylinders (Cn) each of which has a piston connected with an associated throw (2, 3) in a crankshaft (1) common to the cylinders, the throw being so connected through main journals journalled in main bearings (MBn) that adjacent throws have a predetermined mutual angularity ( alpha ) and that said angularity is varying for at least some of the neighbouring throws. A control device doses a larger amount of oil to cylinders (Cn) whose throw (2, 3) forms a large angle ( alpha ) with the adjacent throws than is dosed to the cylinders whose throw forms the smallest angle with a neighbouring throw. In an eight-cylinder engine the control device may dose most oil to cylinders Nos. 1, 2, 7 and 8. In a twelve-cylinder engine the control device may dose least oil to cylinders Nos. 9 and 10.
Abstract:
A fuel injection system (10) is disclosed comprising a high pressure actuating fluid pump (332), a first plurality of hydraulically-actuated unit injectors (18), and a first high pressure actuating fluid manifold (334) arranged in fluid communication with each of the first plurality of unit injectors (18). The system further comprises a second plurality of hydraulically-actuated unit injectors (18), a second high pressure actuating fluid manifold (336) arranged in fluid communication with each of the second plurality of unit injectors (18), and a device (338) for controlling Helmholtz resonation of pressure waves between the manifolds (334, 336) and/or between the pump (332) and either manifold (334, 336). Hydraulically-actuated unit injector fuel systems, having multiple manifolds for supplying high pressure actuating fluid to the unit injectors, can establish a Helmholtz resonance effect between the manifolds. The present invention controls the creation of Helmholtz resonance between the manifolds (334, 336) and also between the pump (332) and either manifold (334, 336).
Abstract:
An actuator and valve assembly (28) for an electronically-controlled unit injector (18) is disclosed which comprises an electrically-energizable actuator assembly (36) and a device (56) for communicating, collecting and draining damping fluid with respect to at least one cavity (57, 89) of the actuator assembly (36). If too much damping fluid remains in the actuator assembly (36) after engine shutdown, that damping fluid may cool off and cause slow response of the actuator and valve assembly (28) during cold engine starting. The end result is that quick starting and/or operation of the engine (12) may be hindered, particularly under cold engine conditions. The communicating, collecting and draining means (56) permits at least a portion of the hot damping fluid to automatically drain from the cavity (57, 89) after the engine (12) has been shutdown.
Abstract:
The present invention provides in all aspects an intake manifold (10) for an internal combustion engine having a plenum (22) to be filled with combustible charge and inlet passage means (27) serving in use of the manifold (10) to connect the plenum (22, 23) with a cylinder (11 to 18) of the engine. In a first aspect of the invention the intake manifold has first and second plena (22, 23) and the inlet passage means (27) connect each plenum (22, 23) with a cylinder (11 to 18) of the engine such that combustion chamber means of the engine which fire consecutively are respectively supplied with combustible charge from a different plenum (22, 23). In a second aspect of the invention the manifold (10) has inlet passage means (27) comprising wall means (46) dividing at least a part of the inlet passage means (27) into a plurality of paths (44, 45) for fluid flow, and valve means (47) operable to open and close at least one of said paths (44, 45). In a third aspect, the invention provides an inlet manifold having a first and second plena (68, 69) each supplying a different plurality of cylinders of an engine and plena connecting means (60, 61, 62) operable to connect first (68) and second (69) plena to allow all of the cylinders (71 to 78) of the engine (90) to receive charge from both plena (68, 69) and to allow the resonant frequency of the intake manifold to be altered.
Abstract:
A suction pipe arrangement for a multicylinder internal combustion engine with two banks of cylinders in V formation has a cylindrical intake manifold chamber (2) from which first individual suction pipes (3a-3d) extend to the first bank of cylinders A and second individual suction pipes (3--3h) extend to the second bank of cylinders B. The first individual suction pipes run clockwise and the second suction pipes run anticlockwise around the intake manifold chamber and communicate with the latter via first and second orifices (8, 9; 8a, 9a) spaced apart at a given angle. These orifices are controlled by a rotary slide valve (10) arranged in the intake manifold chamber. The rotary slide valve has a control slit (16) for each orifice (8 and 9) and a common control slit (16), subdivided by a small bar (19), for the orifices (8a, 9a). In order to obtain a long swing pipe, the second orifices (9, 9a) ar e closed in the first position of the rotary slide valve. In order to obtain a short swing pipe, the rotary slide valve is rotated into its second position, in which the second orifices (9, 9a) are freed whereas the first orifices (8, 8a) remain partly open.
Abstract:
The present invention is an aero engine that is provided with compression combustion and weighs less than 725 lbs. The present invention is further a method of forming the aero engine.
Abstract:
Le but de cette invention est la création d'une nouvelle génération de moteurs dont la transformation de l'énergie de combustion en mouvement rotatif ne se fera plus par l'interposition de bielles entre les pistons et le vilebrequin telle qu'elle est en usage actuellement. Le transfert du mouvement entre les pistons et le vilebrequin se fera dorénavant par un mécanisme de substitution qui est la substance de l'invention.