IP Library Granted Patent US 11,492,955
Granted Patent B2
US 11,492,955 · App. 16/762,545 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Engine

Inventors: Hiroaki Naganawa (Osaka, JP); Takayuki Onodera (Osaka, JP); Kazuma Sugimoto (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
F01P7/16F01M5/002F01M5/007F02F1/10F01P2060/04
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Patent No.
US 11,492,955
App. No.
16/762,545
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An engine includes: a cylinder block in which a cooling water passage is formed; an oil cooler accommodated in an accommodation part provided in the cooling water passage and having a plurality of cores for cooling an engine oil; a first oil pipe and a second oil pipe configured to support an oil inflow port and an oil ejection port of each of the cores; a cooling water inflow port provided in a lower portion of one end portion of the accommodation part relative to a front-and-rear direction; a cooling water outflow port provided in an upper portion of the accommodation part; and a cooling water inflow passage having an inclined portion inclined downward and connecting to the cooling water inflow port.

Claims (14)

1. An engine, comprising:

a cylinder block in which a cooling water passage is formed;

an oil cooler accommodated in an accommodation space provided in the cooling water passage and having a plurality of cores for cooling an engine oil;

a pair of support members configured to support an oil inflow port and an oil ejection port of each of the cores;

a cooling water inflow port provided in a lower portion of one end portion of the accommodation space and guiding water to the accommodation space;

a cooling water outflow port provided in an upper portion of the accommodation space; and

a cooling water inflow passage having an inclined portion inclined downwardly guiding water towards under the oil cooler and connecting to the cooling water inflow port.

2. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling water inflow passage has an upper protrusion protruding downward from an upper passage wall and a lower protrusion protruding upward from a lower passage wall, and

the upper protrusion is arranged closer to the oil cooler than the lower protrusion.

3. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein a wax pellet that expands or shrinks depending on a temperature of the cooling water is arranged between the oil cooler and a side wall of the accommodation space.

4. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling water inflow passage includes a current plate.

5. The engine according to claim 1 , comprising a protrusion protruding upward, the protrusion being arranged between the pair of support members constituting a bottom surface of the accommodation space.

6. The engine according to claim 4 , wherein the current plate is provided along a straight portion which is located upstream from the inclined portion.

7. The engine according to claim 5 , wherein the protrusion protrudes upward towards the oil cooler but space away from the oil cooler.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 8, 2020
From: YANMAR CO., LTD.
To: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053156/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2020
From: NAGANAWA, HIROAKI; ONODERA, TAKAYUKI; SUGIMOTO, KAZUMA
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053107/0856 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-240460 · Dec 15, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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