IP Library Granted Patent US 9,371,751
Granted Patent B2
US 9,371,751 · App. 12/311,885 · Granted Jun 21, 2016

Two stroke combustion engine

Inventor: Johan Bram (Kalmar, SE)
Assignee: Construction Tools PC AB
F01M3/00F01M11/08F02B17/005F02B25/18F02B33/04F02F1/22F02F7/0036F02B2075/025F02B2075/125
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Patent No.
US 9,371,751
App. No.
12/311,885
Granted
Jun 21, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention related to a two-stroke internal combustion engine ( 1 ), comprising a crankcase ( 2 ), which has an air intake ( 3 ), and at least one cylinder ( 4 ), which is connected to the crankcase ( 2 ) and which, together with a piston ( 5 ) arranged therein, defines a combustion chamber ( 6 ). The cylinder ( 4 ) has at least one air inlet ( 7 ), which via an air duct ( 8 ) communicates with the crankcase ( 2 ), in which a mixture of air and lubricating oil and fuel, if any, is contained. The air duct ( 8 ) is connected to the crankcase ( 2 ) via a separator ( 10 ) for cleaning of air coming from the crankcase ( 2 ) from lubricating oil and fuel, if any. The separator ( 10 ) has a centrifugal chamber ( 11 ), in which the lubricating oil and the fuel, if any, in a circulating motion are thrown outwards to a circumferential wall ( 12 ) and thus substantially cleaned air is passed, through a chamber outlet ( 13 ), which with respect to said circulating motion is a radially inner outlet, to said air duct ( 8 ) to be supplied to the combustion chamber ( 6 ) through the air inlet ( 7 ).

Claims (12)

1. A two-stroke internal combustion engine, comprising a crankcase, which has an air intake, and at least one cylinder, which is connected to the crankcase and which, together with a piston arranged therein, defines a combustion chamber, the cylinder having at least one air inlet, which via an air duct communicates with the crankcase, in which a mixture of air and lubricating oil and fuel, if any, is contained, wherein the air duct is connected to the crankcase via a separator for cleaning of air coming from the crankcase from lubricating oil and fuel, if any, said separator having a centrifugal chamber, in which the lubricating oil and the fuel, if any, in a circulating motion are thrown outwards to a circumferential wall and thus substantially cleaned air is passed, through a chamber outlet, which with respect to said circulating motion is a radially inner outlet, to said air duct to be supplied to the combustion chamber through the air inlet; said centrifugal chamber of the separator having, with respect to said circulating motion, an axially first end portion connected to the crankcase by an inlet duct; said inlet duct being arranged substantially tangentially relative to said centrifugal chamber resulting in said circulating motion inside said centrifugal chamber along said circumferential wall thereof; said centrifugal chamber of the separator having, with respect to said circulating motion, an axially second end portion in which the radially inner chamber outlet is formed; said second end portion having, with respect to said circulating motion, a radially outer chamber outlet connected to the crankcase by a return duct.

2. An engine as claimed in claim 1 , in which the inlet duct is arranged to drain by gravity said lubricating oil back to the crankcase.

3. An engine as claimed in claim 1 , in which a collar extends from said second end portion into the centrifugal chamber, said collar surrounding the radially inner chamber outlet.

4. An engine as claimed in claim 1 , in which said second end portion has, with respect to said circulating motion, a radially outer chamber outlet, which by a suction duct is connected to a suction port in the cylinder.

5. An engine as claimed in claim 4 , in which the suction duct connects substantially tangentially to the centrifugal chamber.

6. An engine as claimed In claim 4 , in which air inlets are formed in the cylinder on both sides of the suction port, said air inlets being connected by air ducts to at least one separator.

7. An engine as claimed in claim 6 , in which the air ducts are each connected to a separator, which by a suction duct of its own is connected to one and the same suction port.

8. An engine as claimed in claim 1 , in which said return duct has an opening, which in the crankcase is formed in an eccentric part of a crank mechanism.

9. An engine as claimed in claim 3 , in which said second end portion has, with respect to said circulating motion, a radially outer chamber outlet, which by a suction duct is connected to a suction port in the cylinder.

10. An engine as claimed in claim 5 , in which air inlets are formed in the cylinder on both sides of the suction port, said air inlets being connected by air ducts to at least one separator.

11. An engine as claimed in claim 1 , in which the inlet duct is arranged to drain by gravity said lubricating oil back to the crankcase.

12. A two-stroke Internal combustion engine, comprising a crankcase which has an air intake, and at least one cylinder, which is connected to the crankcase and which. together with a piston arranged therein, defines a combustion chamber, the cylinder having at least one air inlet, which via an air duct communicates with the crankcase, in which a mixture of air and lubricating oil and fuel, if any, is contained, wherein the air duct is connected to the crankcase via a separator for cleaning of air coming from the crankcase from lubricating oil and fuel, if any, said separator having a centrifugal chamber, in which the lubricating oil and the fuel, if any, in a circulating motion are thrown outwards to a circumferential wall and thus substantially cleaned air is passed, through a chamber outlet, which with respect to said circulating motion is a radially inner outlet, to said air duct to be supplied to the combustion chamber through the air inlet; said centrifugal chamber of the separator having, with respect to said circulating motion, an axially first end portion connected to the crankcase by an inlet duct; said centrifugal chamber of the separator having, with respect to said circulating motion, an axially second end portion in which the radially inner chamber outlet is formed; said second end portion having, with respect to said circulating motion, a radially outer chamber outlet connected to the crankcase by a return duct; wherein the inlet duct connects substantially axially to the centrifugal chamber, a turbulator being arranged in the first end portion of centrifugal chamber so that a mixture of air and lubricating oil and fuel, if any, which flows into the centrifugal chamber, is put in a circulating motion along the circumferential wall of the centrifugal chamber.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2023
From: COMERICA BANK
To: VIXS SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 064224/0885 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2018
From: CONSTRUCTION TOOLS PC AB
To: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER N.V.
Reel/Frame 045229/0111 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S CORRECTED ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 033049 FRAME 0142. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 30, 2014
From: ATLAS COPCO CONSTRUCTION TOOLS AB
To: CONSTRUCTION TOOLS PC AB
Reel/Frame 033255/0747 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 29, 2014
From: ATLAS COPCO CONSTRUCTION TOOLS AB
To: CONSTRUCTION TOOLS PC AB
Reel/Frame 033049/0142 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2009
From: BRAM, JOHAN
To: ATLAS COPCO CONSTRUCTION TOOLS AB
Reel/Frame 022577/0937 →
Priority Claims (1)
SE 0602508-4 · Nov 27, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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