IP Library Granted Patent US 10,337,398
Granted Patent B2
US 10,337,398 · App. 15/651,250 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Blowby gas treatment device for internal combustion engine with supercharger

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Patent No.
US 10,337,398
App. No.
15/651,250
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a blowby gas treatment device for an internal combustion engine with a supercharger, the blowby gas treatment device comprising: a fresh air introduction passage wherein one end of the fresh air introduction passage is connected to an upstream side of the supercharger and the other end is communicated with a crankcase of the internal combustion engine; a first blowby gas passage wherein one end of the first blowby gas passage is connected to a venturi part provided in an upstream side of the supercharger in the intake passage and the other end is communicated with the crankcase; a first check valve being interposed in the fresh air introduction passage and preventing a flow from the crankcase side to the intake passage side; and a second check valve being interposed in the blowby gas passage and preventing a flow from the intake passage side to the crankcase side.

Claims (12)

1. A blowby gas treatment device for an internal combustion engine with a supercharger, the internal combustion engine provided with a supercharger in an upstream side of a throttle valve in an intake passage,

the blowby gas treatment device comprising:

a fresh air introduction passage, wherein one end of the fresh air introduction passage is connected to an upstream side of the supercharger and another end of the fresh air introduction passage is communicated with a crankcase of the internal combustion engine;

a first blowby gas passage, wherein one end of the first blowby gas passage is connected to a venturi part provided in the upstream side of the supercharger in the intake passage and another end of the first blowby gas passage is communicated with the crankcase;

a first check valve being interposed in the fresh air introduction passage and structured to prevent a flow from a crankcase side to an intake passage side; and

a second check valve being interposed in the first blowby gas passage and structured to prevent a flow from the intake passage side to the crankcase side.

2. The blowby gas treatment device for the internal combustion engine with the supercharger as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fresh air introduction passage is connected with a cylinder head cover of the internal combustion engine and communicated with the crankcase through an inner space of the cylinder head cover.

3. The blowby gas treatment device for the internal combustion engine with the supercharger as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first blowby gas passage is connected with a cylinder head cover of the internal combustion engine and communicated with the crankcase through an oil mist separator provided inside the cylinder head cover.

4. The blowby gas treatment device for the internal combustion engine with the supercharger as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first blowby gas passage is communicated with the crankcase through an oil mist separator provided on a side part of a cylinder block.

5. The blowby gas treatment device for the internal combustion engine with the supercharger as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the blowby gas treatment device further comprises:

a second blowby gas passage wherein one end of the second blowby gas passage is connected to a downstream side of the throttle valve and another end of the second blowby gas passage is communicated with the crankcase; and

a flow control valve being interposed in the second blowby gas passage and being adjustable in opening such that opening of the valve changes responsive to a pressure difference between front and rear sides of the flow control valve.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 1, 2023
From: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
To: MAHLE JAPAN LTD
Reel/Frame 062609/0769 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2017
From: NONAKA, ATSUSHI; ITO, DAIZO; MOCHIZUKI, TERUMOTO; IIJIMA, AKIRA; SAKAI, TAKAYUKI
To: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043034/0904 →