IP Library Granted Patent US 9,726,062
Granted Patent B2
US 9,726,062 · App. 14/427,805 · Granted Aug 8, 2017

Engine device

Inventors: Shinji Nishimura (Osaka, JP); Taichi Togashi (Osaka, JP); Hiroyasu Nishikawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,726,062
App. No.
14/427,805
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An engine device in which an exhaust gas purification device can be disposed without substantially increasing mounting width dimensions (height, lateral width, front and rear width) of an engine. The engine device includes the exhaust gas purification device connected to an exhaust manifold of the engine, an oil pan disposed on a bottom of the engine, a support body for linking the exhaust gas purification device to the oil pan, so that the exhaust gas purification device is supported by the oil pan.

Claims (17)

1. An engine device comprising:

an exhaust gas purification device connected to an exhaust manifold of an engine having a cylinder block;

an oil pan disposed on a bottom of the engine; and

a support body for linking the exhaust gas purification device to the oil pan, so that the exhaust gas purification device is supported by the oil pan,

wherein the oil pan is configured to be divided into an upper oil pan and lower oil pan, a stiffening rib-like vertical plate tilted to a drain hole in a side view is disposed on a bottom of the lower oil pan, an oil filter attachment recess is formed on one side portion of the oil pan in which the drain hole is formed, and the support body is disposed on the other side portion of the oil pan.

2. The engine device according to claim 1 , wherein openings of the same number as that of cylinders of the engine are formed in an engine mounting seat on a top face of the upper oil pan, each of the openings is opposed to a bottom face of the cylinder block of the engine, an oil gage is disposed on a top face of the upper oil pan above the drain hole, and the support body and the oil gage are disposed on each of both sides of the oil pan with respect to the cylinder block.

3. The engine device according to claim 1 , wherein a side face of the oil pan protrudes outward from a side face of the cylinder block among side faces of the engine, and the exhaust gas purification device is disposed adjacent to the side face of the cylinder block and a top face of the oil pan.

4. The engine device according to claim 3 , mounted in a container, in which an air conditioning unit mounted in a cargo transportation container is driven by the engine, wherein an intake air throttle valve, an exhaust gas recirculation valve, a fuel filter, and a common rail are disposed on a side on which an intake manifold of the engine is disposed, exhaust gas cooling means for cooling recirculation exhaust gas is disposed on a side face of the engine adjacent to the side on which the intake manifold is disposed, and the side on which the intake manifold of the engine is disposed faces a maintenance door of an engine room in which the engine is installed.

5. The engine device according to claim 4 , wherein an exhaust gas coupling for communicating the exhaust gas cooling means to the exhaust manifold of the engine is disposed at a corner portion of a face on which the exhaust manifold is disposed and a face on which a flywheel housing is disposed among outer side faces of the engine, so that the exhaust gas cooling means can be fastened to the exhaust gas coupling from the side on which the intake manifold is disposed via a top face side or a bottom face side of the exhaust gas cooling means.

6. The engine device according to claim 5 , wherein an exhaust gas inlet side end portion of the exhaust gas cooling means is fastened to the exhaust gas coupling with an exhaust gas coupling bolt that can be screwed from the side on which the intake manifold is disposed or the side on which the flywheel housing is disposed.

7. The engine device according to claim 1 , wherein a first bracket is disposed on a side face of a cylinder block portion forming the engine, a second bracket is disposed on a side face portion of the oil pan, the second bracket constitutes the support body, the exhaust gas purification device is linked to the first bracket and the second bracket, and the exhaust gas purification device is connected to the exhaust manifold of the engine via an expansion joint.

8. The engine device according to claim 1 , wherein an exhaust gas recirculation device is attached to the intake manifold of the engine, a flywheel housing is disposed in the engine, and exhaust gas cooling means for cooling the recirculation exhaust gas is disposed on a top face side of the flywheel housing.

9. The engine device according to claim 8 , wherein a recirculation coupling for communicating the exhaust gas recirculation device and the exhaust gas cooling means is disposed on a corner portion of a face on which the intake manifold is disposed and a face on which the flywheel housing is disposed among outer side faces of the engine.

10. The engine device according to claim 8 , wherein the exhaust gas purification device is attached to the exhaust manifold of the engine, and an exhaust gas coupling for communicating the exhaust manifold to the exhaust gas cooling means or the exhaust gas purification device is disposed on a corner portion of a face on which the exhaust manifold is disposed and a face on which the flywheel housing is disposed, among outer side faces of the engine.

11. The engine device according to claim 8 , wherein an exhaust gas coupling for communicating the exhaust manifold to the exhaust gas cooling means is provided, the exhaust gas coupling is integrally molded to the exhaust manifold of the engine, and an exhaust gas inlet side of the exhaust gas cooling means is supported by the exhaust manifold via the exhaust gas coupling.

12. The engine device according to claim 1 , wherein a cooling water pump for circulating cooling water for the engine is provided, the cooling water pump and the exhaust gas cooling means are disposed on each of both sides of opposed side faces among side faces of the engine, a cooling water pipe for connecting a cooling water inlet of the exhaust gas cooling means to a cooling water outlet of the cooling water pump is disposed, and an intermediate portion of the cooling water pipe extends on the top face side of the exhaust manifold of the engine.

13. The engine device according to claim 1 , wherein the engine is continuously operated at a specific rotation speed, and the exhaust gas purification device is made of an oxidation catalyst for oxidizing carbonous matter or nitrogen oxide in exhaust gas.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: YANMAR CO., LTD.
To: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054162/0112 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2015
From: NISHIMURA, SHINJI; TOGASHI, TAICHI; NISHIKAWA, HIROYASU
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035198/0742 →
Continuity (1)
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