IP Library Granted Patent US 9,835,523
Granted Patent B2
US 9,835,523 · App. 14/380,561 · Granted Dec 5, 2017

Combustion pressure detection device, and internal combustion engine equipped with combustion pressure detection device

Inventors: Tsuyoshi Misaizu (Kitasaku-gun, JP); Kazuo Takahashi (Kitasaku-gun, JP); Yoshihiko Soga (Kitasaku-gun, JP); Hiromichi Yasuda (Toyota, JP)
Assignees: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G01M15/08G01L23/10F02D35/023
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Patent No.
US 9,835,523
App. No.
14/380,561
Granted
Dec 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A combustion pressure detection device for detecting combustion pressure inside a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, the combustion pressure detection device being attachable to a communication hole communicating an inside of a cylinder head configuring the combustion chamber and an outside thereof, the combustion pressure detection device includes: a housing; and an piezoelectric element and the like that are located in the housing and detect the combustion pressure. The housing has an attachment structural part attachable to the communication hole, the attachment structural part has a third outer peripheral surface to which a first seal member is attachable, and a inclined surface to which a second seal member is attachable, and the inclined surface is arranged at a front end side in a direction to the combustion chamber relative to the third outer peripheral surface when the combustion pressure detection device is attached to the communication hole.

Claims (26)

1. A combustion pressure detection device for detecting combustion pressure inside a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, the combustion pressure detection device being attachable to a communication hole communicating an inside of a cylinder head configuring the combustion chamber and an outside thereof, the combustion pressure detection device comprising:

a housing;

a first seal member;

a second seal member; and

a detector that is located in the housing and detects the combustion pressure, wherein

the housing has an attachment structural part attachable to the communication hole,

the attachment structural part has a first attachment structural part which the first seal member is attached to and pressed against, and a second attachment structural part which the second seal member is attached to and pressed against,

at least any one of the first attachment structural part and the second attachment structural part is provided with a tapered part having a sloped face and a diameter increasing as approaching a rear end side that is an opposite side of a direction to the combustion chamber from a front end side, and one of the first seal member and the second seal member is attached to and pressed against the sloped face of the tapered part for attaching the combustion pressure detection device to the communication hole,

the first seal member is attached and pressed between the cylinder head and the first attachment structural part,

the second seal member is attached and pressed between the communication hole and the second attachment structural part,

the first seal member deforms in a fastening direction.

2. The combustion pressure detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second attachment structural part is provided with the tapered part, and is arranged at the front end side in the direction to the combustion chamber relative to the first attachment structural part, and

the first attachment structural part is provided with a face perpendicular to a centerline of the communication hole, and the first seal member is attached to and pressed against the face.

3. The combustion pressure detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing has a fastening part that is fastened to the cylinder head by being screwed into a female screw formed on the communication hole, and the fastening part is provided between the first attachment structural part and the second attachment structural part.

4. The combustion pressure detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first attachment structural part is arranged at the rear end side in the direction to the combustion chamber and at a position that does not overlap the communication hole when the combustion pressure detection device is attached to the communication hole.

5. The combustion pressure detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second attachment structural part is arranged inside the communication hole when the combustion pressure detection device is attached to the communication hole.

6. An internal combustion engine equipped with a combustion pressure detection device for detecting combustion pressure inside a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine comprising:

the combustion pressure detection device according to claim 1 .

7. The combustion pressure detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first seal member is removably attached to the first attachment structural part and the second seal member is removably attached to the second attachment structural part.

8. The combustion pressure detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first seal member is configured to seal between the cylinder head and the housing by being in direct contact with the cylinder head and the housing.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 21, 2015
From: CITIZEN FINETECH MIYOTA CO., LTD.
To: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036643/0660 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2014
From: MISAIZU, TSUYOSHI; TAKAHASHI, KAZUO; SOGA, YOSHIHIKO; YASUDA, HIROMICHI
To: CITIZEN FINETECH MIYOTA CO., LTD.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 033593/0316 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-040311 · Feb 27, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150128687A1 · May 14, 2015