IP Library Granted Patent US 10,844,809
Granted Patent B2
US 10,844,809 · App. 16/490,455 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Engine

Inventors: Toshihiko Hirata (Hiroshima, JP); Keita Sakamoto (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
F02M25/08F02M35/10078F02M35/10157F02B37/16F02M35/10216F02M35/161F02M2200/185
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Patent No.
US 10,844,809
App. No.
16/490,455
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An engine includes fuel system components provided on a cylinder head, a purge control valve that controls an amount of evaporated fuel purged to a portion of an intake passage on a downstream side of a throttle valve, and intake pipes that form the portion of the intake passage on the downstream side of the throttle valve and extend in a cylinder array direction, in which the purge control valve is disposed in front of the intake pipes and the fuel system components are disposed on an opposite side of the purge control valve across the intake pipes in vehicle front view or vehicle side view.

Claims (38)

1. An engine comprising:

a fuel system component provided on a cylinder head;

a purge control valve configured to control an amount of evaporated fuel purged from a canister to a portion of an intake passage on a downstream side of a throttle valve; and

an intake pipe that forms the portion of the intake passage on the downstream side of the throttle valve, the intake pipe extending in a cylinder array direction,

wherein the purge control valve is disposed in front of the intake pipe and the fuel system component is disposed on an opposite side of the purge control valve across the intake pipe in vehicle front view or vehicle side view.

2. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein

the intake pipe that forms the portion of the intake passage on the downstream side of the throttle valve includes

a main air intake pipe that is connected to a supercharger and extends in the cylinder array direction, and

a bypass air intake pipe that branches from the main air intake pipe to bypass the supercharger and extends in the cylinder array direction,

the bypass air intake pipe extends in the cylinder array direction above the main air intake pipe, and

the purge control valve is provided to purge the evaporated fuel into the main air intake pipe.

3. The engine according to claim 2 , wherein

an evaporated fuel vapor inlet related to the purge control valve is opened in a portion of the main air intake pipe on an upstream side of the supercharger, and

the bypass air intake pipe branches from a portion of the main air intake pipe on the upstream side of the evaporated fuel vapor inlet and is connected to the main air intake pipe on the downstream side of the supercharger.

4. The engine according to claim 3 , wherein

the evaporated fuel vapor inlet is opened in an upper portion of the intake pipe that forms the portion of the intake passage on the downstream side of the throttle valve.

5. The engine according to claim 4 , wherein

the purge control valve has an outflow connection pipe projecting from a valve body, and

the outflow connection pipe is directly connected to the intake pipe that forms the portion of the intake passage on the downstream side of the throttle valve.

6. The engine according to claim 3 , wherein

the purge control valve has an outflow connection pipe projecting from a valve body, and

the outflow connection pipe is directly connected to the intake pipe that forms the portion of the intake passage on the downstream side of the throttle valve.

7. The engine according to claim 2 , wherein

the evaporated fuel vapor inlet is opened in an upper portion of the intake pipe that forms the portion of the intake passage on the downstream side of the throttle valve.

8. The engine according to claim 7 , wherein

the purge control valve has an outflow connection pipe projecting from a valve body, and

the outflow connection pipe is directly connected to the intake pipe that forms the portion of the intake passage on the downstream side of the throttle valve.

9. The engine according to claim 2 , wherein

the purge control valve has an outflow connection pipe projecting from a valve body, and

the outflow connection pipe is directly connected to the intake pipe that forms the portion of the intake passage on the downstream side of the throttle valve.

10. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein

the evaporated fuel vapor inlet is opened in an upper portion of the intake pipe that forms the portion of the intake passage on the downstream side of the throttle valve.

11. The engine according to claim 10 , wherein

the purge control valve has an outflow connection pipe projecting from a valve body, and

the outflow connection pipe is directly connected to the intake pipe that forms the portion of the intake passage on the downstream side of the throttle valve.

12. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein

the purge control valve has an outflow connection pipe projecting from a valve body, and

the outflow connection pipe is directly connected to the intake pipe that forms the portion of the intake passage on the downstream side of the throttle valve.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2019
From: HIRATA, TOSHIHIKO; SAKAMOTO, KEITA
To: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-056473 · Mar 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200018264A1 · Jan 16, 2020