IP Library Granted Patent US 10,451,015
Granted Patent B2
US 10,451,015 · App. 15/764,081 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Diesel engine

Inventors: Seiji Yukishige (Osaka, JP); Ryuichiro Murakami (Osaka, JP); Hiroyuki Nakagawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
F02M59/102F02M39/02F02M59/10F02N19/00
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Patent No.
US 10,451,015
App. No.
15/764,081
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A diesel engine including: a cam shaft driven by a crankshaft, a fuel injection pump driving cam provided on the cam shaft and configured to drive a fuel injection pump, and an intake cam provided on the cam shaft and configured to drive an intake valve. The fuel injection pump driving cam has a maximum radius portion, a minimum radius portion, an intermediate portion having a radius smaller than that of the maximum radius portion and larger than that of the minimum radius portion, and a slant portion where the intermediate portion shifts to the minimum radius portion in a reverse rotation direction of the driving cam. The position where the intermediate portion shifts to the slant portion begins after the intake valve is opened to an extent corresponding to at least half of a maximum lift of the intake valve.

Claims (34)

1. A diesel engine comprising:

a cam shaft configured to be driven by a crankshaft;

a fuel injection pump driving cam coupled to the cam shaft and configured to drive a fuel injection pump, the fuel injection pump driving cam comprising:

a maximum radius portion,

a minimum radius portion,

an intermediate portion having a constant radius that is smaller than that of the maximum radius portion and larger than that of the minimum radius portion, and

one or more slant portions, where a first slant portion is positioned between the intermediate portion and the minimum radius portion; and

an intake cam coupled to the cam shaft and configured to drive an intake valve, wherein:

in forward rotational operation with respect to a fuel injection pump, the fuel injection pump driving cam is formed such that a position where the intermediate portion shifts to the first slant portion begins after the intake valve is opened to an extent corresponding to at least half of a maximum lift of the intake valve.

2. The diesel engine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the fuel injection pump driving cam has an upper portion having a constant radius that is smaller than that of the maximum radius portion and larger than that of the intermediate portion, and

the intermediate portion, the first slant portion, and the upper portion, are positioned sequentially along a reverse rotation direction.

3. The diesel engine according to claim 2 , wherein:

the fuel injection pump comprises a roller that abuts the fuel injection pump driving cam;

in the forward rotational operation, the roller sequentially contacts the intermediate portion, the first slant portion, and the upper portion; and

the first slant portion is in direct contact with the upper portion and the intermediate portion.

4. The diesel engine according to claim 3 , wherein the one or more slant portions further comprises a second slant portion positioned between the upper portion and the minimum radius portion.

5. The diesel engine according to claim 4 , wherein, the fuel injection pump driving cam is positioned such that a position where the upper portion abuts the roller corresponds to a position of the intake valve being in a substantially full-open state.

6. The diesel engine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the intermediate portion, the first slant portion, and the minimum radius portion are formed in sequence along a reverse rotation direction of the fuel injection pump driving cam; and

in the forward rotational operation with respect to a fuel injection pump, the fuel injection pump driving cam is formed such that a position where the intermediate portion shifts to the first slant portion corresponds to a position of the intake valve being in a substantially full-open state.

7. The diesel engine according to claim 6 , wherein a substantially full-open state of the intake valve corresponds to the maximum lift of the intake valve.

8. The diesel engine according to claim 7 , further comprising:

an exhaust valve coupled to the cam shaft and configured to drive the exhaust valve;

wherein in the forward rotational operation, the fuel injection pump driving cam is formed such that a position where the intermediate portion shifts to the first slant portion begins after the exhaust valve is in a completely closed state.

9. The diesel engine according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an exhaust valve coupled to the cam shaft and configured to drive an exhaust valve;

wherein:

the intermediate portion of the fuel injection pump driving cam is formed such that the exhaust valve performs an open/close operation, and

in the forward rotational operation with respect to the fuel injection pump, a position of shifting from the intermediate portion to the one or more slant portions, corresponds to the exhaust valve being in a completely-closed state.

10. The diesel engine according to claim 1 , wherein in reverse rotational operation with respect to a fuel injection pump, the fuel injection pump driving cam is formed such that a position where a second slant portion abuts the fuel injection pump corresponds to an intake valve being in an open state such that injected fuel from the fuel injection pump is discharged through an intake port.

11. The diesel engine according to claim 10 , wherein the one or more slant portions further comprises:

a third slant portion positioned between the minimum radius portion and the maximum radius portion; and

a fourth slant portion positioned between the maximum radius portion and the intermediate portion.

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 28, 2018
From: YUKISHIGE, SEIJI; MURAKAMI, RYUICHIRO; NAKAGAWA, HIROYUKI
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045375/0590 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-195400 · Sep 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180283335A1 · Oct 4, 2018