IP Library Granted Patent US 12674433
Granted Patent B2
US 12674433 · App. 19/055,708 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Internal combustion engine

Inventors: Hiroaki Adachi (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Shunsuke Fushiki (Susono, JP); Tadashi Okuda (Hadano, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F02N19/10F02M31/125
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12674433
App. No.
19/055,708
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block. The cylinder block includes a cylinder liner having an outer peripheral surface, an opposing wall opposed to the outer peripheral surface, a water jacket defined by the outer peripheral surface and the opposing wall, and a heater accommodated in the water jacket in contact with the outer peripheral surface.

Claims (19)

1 . An internal combustion engine including a cylinder block, wherein the cylinder block includes:

a cylinder liner having an outer peripheral surface;

an opposing wall that opposes the outer peripheral surface;

a water jacket defined by the outer peripheral surface and the opposing wall; and

a heater housed in the water jacket in contact with the outer peripheral surface.

2 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , comprising:

a piston accommodated in the cylinder liner; and

an injector that injects fuel, wherein:

an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder liner includes a fuel adhesion surface to which liquid fuel injected from the injector adheres; and

a contact surface as a portion of the outer peripheral surface in contact with the heater includes an opposite surface as a portion of the outer peripheral surface that is located on an opposite side of the fuel adhesion surface in a radial direction of the piston.

3 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein:

the injector is a direct injection injector that injects fuel into the cylinder liner; and

the fuel adhesion surface is a portion of the inner peripheral surface that is located closer to an injection port of the injector in a direction along an axis of the piston than a top surface of the piston located at a bottom dead center.

4 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 3 , wherein

when a line segment orthogonal to the axis of the piston and connecting the injection port of the injector and the axis is defined as an imaginary line segment, and a plane including the axis and orthogonal to the imaginary line segment is a first imaginary plane,

the fuel adhesion surface is a semi-cylindrical surface located on an opposite side of the injection port with reference to the axis, of two semi-cylindrical surfaces obtained by equally dividing the inner peripheral surface by the first imaginary plane.

5 . The internal combustion engine according to claim 4 , wherein

when a plane including the imaginary line segment and orthogonal to the first imaginary plane is defined as a second imaginary plane,

the contact surface includes an intersection line between the second imaginary plane and the opposite surface.