IP Library Granted Patent US 11,879,400
Granted Patent B2
US 11,879,400 · App. 17/577,572 · Granted Jan 23, 2024

Variable compression ratio device

Inventors: Almir Gonçalves Pereira (Juiz de Fora, BR); Paulo Roberto De Oliveira (Juiz de Fora, BR)
Assignees: Almir Gonçalves Pereira; Paulo Roberto De Oliveira; Reinaldo de Souza Barreto
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Patent No.
US 11,879,400
App. No.
17/577,572
Granted
Jan 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A variable compression ratio device configured to be incorporated into an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine including one or more cylinders housing pistons that are coupled to a crankshaft. The variable compression ratio device including rotation coupler assemblies formed by gears that have internal and external teeth that are disposed at distal ends of the crankshaft to cause the crankshaft to rotate, and two or more eccentrics configured to cause translation variations of the crankshaft. Where the two or more eccentrics are positioned on trunnions of the crankshaft before and after each connecting rod and respective balances, the translation variations are to be converted into rotation and transmitted to a toothed gear and to a flange of a flywheel, and the two or more eccentrics are aligned with corresponding gears to cause changes in translation of a position of the crankshaft.

Claims (47)

1. A variable compression ratio device configured to be incorporated into an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine comprising one or more cylinders housing pistons that are coupled to a crankshaft, the variable compression ratio device comprising:

rotation coupler assemblies, formed by gears that have internal and external teeth that are disposed at distal ends of the crankshaft to cause the crankshaft to rotate; and

two or more eccentrics configured to cause translation variations of the crankshaft, wherein:

the two or more eccentrics are positioned on trunnions of the crankshaft before and after each connecting rod and respective balances;

the translation variations are to be converted into rotation and transmitted to a toothed gear and to a flange of a flywheel; and

the two or more eccentrics are aligned with corresponding gears to cause changes in translation of a position of the crankshaft in any angle from 0° to 180° responsive to actuation by an electronic control unit that causes a step motor or servomotor to transfer movements of the step motor or the servomotor to a shaft that has a same quantity of intermediate gears as a quantity of the corresponding gears joined to the two or more eccentrics.

2. The variable compression ratio device of claim 1 , wherein the rotation coupler assemblies comprise:

a first rotation coupler assembly comprising a crown coupled to a flywheel and a first sprocket coupled to a first distal end of a crankshaft; and

a second rotation coupler assembly comprising a crown assembly coupled to the toothed gear and a second sprocket coupled to a second distal end of the crankshaft, wherein the rotation coupler assemblies are configured to transfer rotation of the crankshaft while isolating translational motion of the crankshaft.

3. The variable compression ratio device of claim 1 , wherein:

the rotation coupler assemblies comprise a first rotation coupler comprising a crown coupled to the flywheel and a first sprocket coupled to a first distal end of the crankshaft; and

wherein the variable compression ratio device further comprises an eccentric actuator.

4. The variable compression ratio device of claim 1 , wherein the variable compression ratio device is an accessory or kit to be installed in the internal combustion engine.

5. The variable compression ratio device of claim 1 , wherein the gears are at least one of partial or complete, the gears being associated with the eccentrics, wherein the eccentrics are configured to turn to alter the position of the crankshaft in relation to a top of the cylinders.

6. The variable compression ratio device of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the rotation coupler assemblies is attached directly to the flange of the flywheel.

7. The variable compression ratio device of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the rotation coupler assemblies is attached directly to a flange of the toothed gear.

8. A variable compression ratio device configured to be incorporated into an internal combustion engine, the variable compression ratio device comprising:

rotation coupler assemblies, formed by gears that have internal and external teeth that are disposed at distal ends of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine to cause the crankshaft to rotate;

an eccentric actuator configured to cause changes in a relative position of the crankshaft; and

an electronic control unit that is configured to actuate a step motor or servomotor to cause eccentrics of the eccentric actuator to change the relative position of the crankshaft in relation to a top of cylinders of the internal combustion engine to control a compression rate of combustion chambers of the internal combustion engine, wherein a turn of the crankshaft is transferred to a flywheel and a toothed gear via the rotation coupler assemblies belt.

9. The variable compression ratio device of claim 8 , wherein the rotation coupler assemblies comprise:

a first rotation coupler assembly comprising a crown coupled to a flywheel and a first sprocket coupled to a first distal end of a crankshaft; and

a second rotation coupler assembly comprising a crown assembly coupled to the toothed gear and a second sprocket coupled to a second distal end of the crankshaft, wherein the rotation coupler assemblies are configured to transfer rotation of the crankshaft while isolating translational motion of the crankshaft.

10. The variable compression ratio device of claim 8 , wherein:

the rotation coupler assemblies comprise a first rotation coupler comprising a crown coupled to the flywheel and a first sprocket coupled to a first distal end of the crankshaft; and

the variable compression ratio device further comprises an eccentric actuator.

11. The variable compression ratio device of claim 8 , wherein the variable compression ratio device is an accessory or kit to be installed in the internal combustion engine.

12. The variable compression ratio device of claim 8 , wherein the gears are at least one of partial or complete, the gears being associated with the eccentrics, wherein the eccentrics are configured to turn to alter the position of the crankshaft in relation to a top of the cylinders.

13. The variable compression ratio device of claim 8 , wherein a portion of the rotation couple assemblies is attached directly to a flange of the flywheel.

14. The variable compression ratio device of claim 8 , wherein a portion of the rotation coupler assemblies is attached directly to a flange of the toothed gear.

15. An internal combustion engine comprising:

one or more cylinders housing pistons that are coupled to a crankshaft; and

variable compression ratio device comprising:

rotation coupler assemblies formed by gears that have internal and external teeth that are disposed at distal ends of the crankshaft to cause the crankshaft to rotate; and

two or more eccentrics configured to cause translation variations of the crankshaft, wherein:

the two or more eccentrics are positioned on trunnions of the crankshaft before and after each connecting rod and respective balances;

the translation variations are to be converted into rotation and transmitted to a toothed gear and to a flange of a flywheel; and

the two or more eccentrics are aligned with corresponding gears to cause changes in translation of a position of the crankshaft in any angle from 0° to 180° responsive to actuation by an electronic control unit that causes a step motor or servomotor to transfer movements of the step motor or the servomotor to a shaft that has a same quantity of intermediate gears as a quantity of the corresponding gears joined to the two or more eccentrics.

16. The internal combustion engine of claim 15 , wherein the rotation coupler assemblies comprise:

a first rotation coupler assembly comprising a crown coupled to a flywheel and a first sprocket coupled to a first distal end of a crankshaft; and

a second rotation coupler assembly comprising a crown assembly coupled to the toothed gear and a second sprocket coupled to a second distal end of the crankshaft, wherein the rotation coupler assemblies are configured to transfer rotation of the crankshaft while isolating translational motion of the crankshaft.

17. The internal combustion engine of claim 15 , wherein:

the rotation coupler assemblies comprise a first rotation coupler comprising a crown coupled to the flywheel and a first sprocket coupled to a first distal end of the crankshaft; and

wherein the variable compression ratio device further comprises an eccentric actuator.

18. The internal combustion engine of claim 15 , wherein the gears are at least one of partial or complete, the gears being associated with the eccentrics, wherein the eccentrics are configured to turn to alter, the position of the crankshaft in relation to a top of the cylinders.

19. The internal combustion engine of claim 15 , wherein a portion of the rotation coupler assemblies s attached directly to the flange of the flywheel.

20. The internal combustion engine of claim 15 , wherein a portion of the rotation coupler assemblies s attached directly to the flange of the toothed gear.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2022
From: DE SOUZA BARRETO, REINALDO
To: GONÇALVES PEREIRA, ALMIR; ROBERTO DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO
Reel/Frame 058729/0012 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2022
From: ROBERTO DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO
To: GONÇALVES PEREIRA, ALMIR; DE SOUZA BARRETO, REINALDO
Reel/Frame 058729/0328 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2022
From: GONÇALVES PEREIRA, ALMIR
To: ROBERTO DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO; DE SOUZA BARRETO, REINALDO
Reel/Frame 058729/0673 →
Priority Claims (2)
BR 102019015490-0 · Jul 28, 2019 · national
BR 102020006998.5 · Apr 7, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part PCTBR2020050281 · Jul 22, 2020
Related Publication 20220136431A1 · May 5, 2022
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