IP Library Granted Patent US 10,647,199
Granted Patent B2
US 10,647,199 · App. 15/463,708 · Granted May 12, 2020

Arrangement of auxiliary assemblies in a combustion machine

Inventors: Gottfried Raab (Perg, AT); Josef Klammer (Steyr, AT)
Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS ÖSTERREICH GESMBH
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Patent No.
US 10,647,199
App. No.
15/463,708
Granted
May 12, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an arrangement of auxiliary assemblies in a combustion machine including an electric machine which is operable as a generator and preferably also as a motor. The arrangement further includes an expansion machine, in particular an expansion machine of a waste heat recovery system for converting waste heat of the combustion machine or of an engine braking system into utilizable energy by way of a steam circuit, and a first group of auxiliary assemblies, including a water pump, a fuel predelivery pump, a high-pressure fuel pump, a steering assistance pump and an oil pump.

Claims (30)

1. An arrangement of auxiliary assemblies in a combustion machine, comprising:

first electric machine which is operable as a generator;

an expansion machine;

wherein the first electric machine and the expansion machine are operatively connected by way of a gear drive to a crankshaft of the combustion machine; and

an arrangement of auxiliary assemblies, having a water pump, a fuel pre-delivery pump, a high-pressure fuel pump, a steering assistance pump and an oil pump;

wherein the arrangement of auxiliary assemblies is implemented without a belt drive; and

wherein the water pump, the fuel pre-delivery pump, and the steering assistance pump are electrically driven with the electric power coming from the first electric machine or an on board electrical system; and

wherein the high-pressure fuel pump and the oil pump are mechanically driven by the gear drive operatively connected to the combustion machine.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the electric machine which is operable as a generator is also operable as a motor and is arranged laterally on the combustion machine, in particular on a gearbox-side lateral end region of the combustion machine.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising a compressor device for generating compressed air for a compressed-air system, wherein at least one cylinder of the combustion machine has a controllable valve arranged in a cylinder head, by way of which valve, when the valve is in an open state, a connection can be produced from a combustion chamber of the at least one cylinder to the compressed-air system and compressed gas from the combustion chamber can be supplied to a compressed-air accumulator of the compressed-air system.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a shaft which is operatively connected to the crankshaft of the combustion machine and which has two shaft ends, in particular two free shaft ends, which are adapted for connection to a power-outputting or power-receiving machine arranged outside the crankcase.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein as viewed from the gearbox in the direction of the combustion machine and proceeding upward clockwise from an angle of 0° at the bottom side of the crankcase,

a) the fuel pump is arranged laterally on the crankcase in an angle range from 60° to 120° or from 240° to 300°; or

b) the oil pump is arranged in an angle range from −90° to 90°.

6. The arrangement according to claim 4 , further comprising and intermediate case in which the shaft is mounted, wherein the intermediate case is fastened to the crankcase or is formed as part of the crankcase.

7. The arrangement according to claim 4 , further comprising and intermediate case in which the shaft is mounted, wherein the intermediate case is fastened to a control case, in which a gear drive which is operatively connected to the combustion machine is arranged, or said intermediate case is formed as part of the control case.

8. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the shaft is mounted in a case section of the crankcase.

9. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the shaft is mounted in a case section of a control case in which a rear gear drive which is operatively connected to the combustion machine is mounted.

10. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the shaft is mounted in the intermediate case or in the case section by way of at least one radial and/or at least one axial bearing.

11. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein on opposite face sides of the intermediate case or of the case section, there is provided a fastening interface for the rotationally secured fastening of a case of the power-outputting or power-receiving machine.

12. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein one of the shaft ends is connected to the expansion machine.

13. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein one of the shaft ends is connected to the first electric machine or a second electric machine which is operable as a generator or as a motor.

14. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein one of the shaft ends is connected to the first electric machine and the other shaft end is connected to a second electric machine which is operable as a generator or a motor.

15. The arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising a feed pump, a distributor valve, a bypass valve and a condenser which are arranged on the combustion machine.

16. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the shaft is arranged on a cold side of the combustion machine.

17. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the water pump is arranged on a front face side of the combustion machine or on a lateral wall of the crankcase.

18. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the electric machine is operable also as a motor.

19. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the expansion machine is an expansion machine of a waste heat recovery system for converting waste heat of the combustion machine or of an engine braking system into utilizable energy by way of a steam circuit.

20. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein as viewed from the gearbox in the direction of the combustion machine and proceeding upward clockwise from an angle of 0° at the bottom side of the crankcase in that the shaft is arranged in an angle range from 110° to 160° or from 200° to 250°.

21. The arrangement according to claim 15 , wherein the feed pump, the distributor valve, the bypass valve and the condenser are part of a waste heat utilization system for converting waste heat of the combustion engine or of an engine braking system into utilizable energy by way of a steam circuit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2022
From: MAN TRUCK & BUS ÖSTERREICH GESMBH
To: MAN TRUCK & BUS SE
Reel/Frame 061475/0624 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2017
From: RAAB, GOTTFRIED; KLAMMER, JOSEF
To: MAN TRUCK & BUS ÖSTERREICH GESMBH
Reel/Frame 041646/0822 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A151/2016 · Mar 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170274766A1 · Sep 28, 2017