Abstract:
A torque increase resonator includes: a plurality of resonance pipes that extend outward from an intake passage supplying air to an internal combustion engine; one resonance chamber that is formed so that end portions of extending portions of the plurality of resonance pipes are positioned in an internal space of the resonance chamber; and a valve that opens and closes an opening of the extending portion of at least one resonance pipe of the plurality of resonance pipes, wherein the intake passage and the resonance chamber communicate with each other through the plurality of resonance pipes, and the plurality of resonance pipes are close to each other, and are disposed on a downstream side of a throttle in a flow direction of air in the intake passage.
Abstract:
A fluid control valve, which includes a body forming a fluid passage and including a sealing surface positioned in the fluid passage, a valve body configured to rotate between an open position and closed position within the fluid passage, an elastic sealing member provided at a rim portion of the valve body, and a lip portion extended from the elastic sealing member to be directed towards a center portion of the valve body. The lip portion contacts the sealing surface and a surface of the lip portion facing the sealing surface is exposed to the fluid passage.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a double-plenum or double-chamber inlet manifold or splitter, made up of a structural unit comprising two distinct coupled plenums with a common wall, an inlet opening for each of the two plenums and several pipes through each of the said plenums, the said superimposed plenums having substantially flattened general structures and forming, with their respectively connected inlet openings and pipes, two independent circulation circuits running from the entrance at the inlet openings to the outlet at the external openings of the pipes, the said external or outlet openings of the pipes being grouped in pairs, with each pair having an opening of each of the two types of pipes; the manifold comprises two one-piece parts assembled together, in a gas-tight manner, at the continuous assembly areas, a first part incorporating at least the two inlet openings and first portions of the walls of the two plenums, contiguous to the said openings and the second part incorporating the pipes and second portions of the walls of the two plenums, contiguous to the said pipes and complementary to the above-mentioned first portions.
Abstract:
A variable intake system may include a single plenum that is connected to runners and that has a space formed therein, a first barrier that divides the space inside the plenum into a first space and a second space, a first variable valve that is mounted on the first barrier to connect or isolate the first space and the second space to/from each other, a variable pipe of which one side thereof is connected to the plenum and the other side is closed, a second barrier that divides the variable pipe into at least two spaces, and a second variable valve that is mounted on the second barrier to connect or isolate the at least two spaces to/from each other to improve intake efficiency.
Abstract:
A switching resonance intake system is provided an internal combustion engine with a first and a second cylinder bank. The cylinder banks are each coordinated with a resonance container with a group of swing pipes leading to the cylinders, and the resonance containers are joined together by resonance pipes provided with switching valves. In the intake system, the swing pipes coordinated with the one cylinder bank are connected to the resonance container adjacent to the other cylinder bank. The intake system is intended for use in an internal combustion engine with cylinder banks having a V-layout.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine has a plurality of cylinders and an air intake system. The air intake system is formed from at least one distributor pipe, a plurality of intake pipes, and at least one plenum. The plenum is located between the distributor pipe and the intake pipes. Here, the combustion air is fed to the air intake system via an air guiding duct which opens out into the distributor pipe. The charge pressure of the combustion air is reduced between the outlet out of the compressor and the inlet into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. A distributor pipe length is dimensioned as a function of an equivalent distributor pipe diameter such that it is possible for a reduction in the charge pressure to be obtained within the air intake system by way of an expansion, with the expansion taking place partially in the plenum in the respective intake pipe and/or within the distributor pipe.
Abstract:
A variable air intake control system includes first and second variable intake control valves, a vacuum tank, actuators, a one-way valve and a controller. The controller selectively is configured to control the first and second actuators to offset operating timings of the first and second variable intake control valves so as to suppress the noise in the one-way valve, when the first and second variable intake control valves are switched from a first operating state in which the first and second variable intake control valves are both in one of the open and closed states to a second operating state in which the first and second variable intake control valves are both in one of the open and closed states that is opposite to the first operating state.
Abstract:
An engine air intake device comprises a collector divided by a partition wall into first and second volume chambers, first and second upstream intake pipe portions, a plurality of first and second downstream branch pipes, and a first communication valve. The first and second upstream intake pipe portions are connected to an upstream side of the first and second volume chambers, respectively. The first and second downstream branch pipes extend from the first and second volume chambers, respectively, to respective intake ports of first and second banks of first and second cylinders, respectively. The first communication valve is mounted to the partition wall in a position that does not interfere with a path of a main flow of intake air inside the collector and configured and arranged to allow communication between the first volume chamber and the second volume chamber when the first communication valve is open.
Abstract:
The butterfly valve of the invention is provided with a valve shaft to which a valve body is mounted, and a pair of slide bearings which rotatably support both ends of the valve shaft. Inner peripheral surfaces of the slide bearings being in contact with the valve shaft are formed in a convex curved surface protruding to an inner peripheral side, and the inner peripheral surfaces of the slide bearings are formed in a circular arc shape in cross section along an axial direction. The inner peripheral surfaces in the slide bearings in both sides being in contact with the valve shaft are formed in a convex curved shape protruding to the inner peripheral side, and the inner peripheral surfaces of the slide bearings are formed in a circular arc shape in cross section along the axial direction. Accordingly, the inner peripheral surfaces of the bearings are in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the valve shaft in a substantially line contact manner. Therefore, even in the case that the valve holder to which both of the slide bearings are mounted are deformed at a time of being manufactured and a displacement is generated at an axial position of the slide bearings at both ends, it is possible to well fit the valve shaft to both of the slide bearings because the bearings in both ends serve to absorb the displacement in the axis.
Abstract:
An intake air control valve of the invention has a valve body and a valve holder, and is attached to a communication hole on a partition wall separating a surge tank chamber within a surge tank of a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine by fitting and inserting a valve holder. A valve hole is formed within the valve holder, and a butterfly type valve body is attached via a valve shaft so as to freely open and close a valve hole. A seal member is fitted to a groove provided in a peripheral edge portion of the valve holder. The seal member is formed by a fitting and attaching portion fitted and attached to an inner side of the groove of the valve holder and a leading end seal portion brought into contact with an inner peripheral portion of the communication hole in the partition wall. Recess portions open to an inner side of the groove is provided in the fitting and attaching portion in parallel in a longitudinal direction so as to be sectioned by a plurality of ribs. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the seal member fitted to a peripheral edge portion of the valve holder from falling away and it is possible to secure a good sealing property at a time of full closing.