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Granted Patent B2
US 12,000,354 · App. 18/128,793 · Granted Jun 4, 2024

Internal combustion engine

Inventors: Kazunari Yamamoto (Fujisawa, JP); Misao Goto (Fujisawa, JP); Takumi Komiyama (Fujisawa, JP)
Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
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Patent No.
US 12,000,354
App. No.
18/128,793
Granted
Jun 4, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An internal combustion engine includes: a cylinder in which a piston reciprocates; a cylinder head positioned above the cylinder; a gasket disposed between the cylinder and the cylinder head; a stepped portion that is formed at an upper end portion of an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder and positioned below the gasket; a ring member having a cylindrical shape provided to the stepped portion; and a protrusion portion that is formed in a manner to protrude from the ring member and bites into a lower surface of the gasket.

Claims (28)

1. An internal combustion engine comprising:

a cylinder in which a piston reciprocates;

a cylinder head positioned above the cylinder;

a gasket disposed between the cylinder and the cylinder head;

a stepped portion that is formed at an upper end portion of an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder and positioned below the gasket;

a ring member having a cylindrical shape provided to the stepped portion; and

a protrusion portion that is formed in a manner to protrude from the ring member and bites into a lower surface of the gasket.

2. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein

an edge of a tip of the protrusion portion bites into a lower surface of the gasket.

3. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein

a side surface of the gasket is positioned closer to the piston than an inner peripheral surface of the stepped portion, in a radial direction of the cylinder, and

the protrusion portion protrudes from an upper surface of the ring member.

4. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein

the protrusion portion is formed in an annular shape on an upper portion of the ring member along a circumferential direction.

5. The internal combustion engine according to claim 3 , wherein

a plurality of the protrusion portions are formed on the upper surface of the ring member at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction.

6. The internal combustion engine according to claim 3 , wherein

a plurality of the protrusion portions are formed on the upper surface of the ring member at predetermined intervals in the radial direction.

7. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein

an outer peripheral surface of the piston is an ellipse when the piston is viewed in a plane, and

an inner peripheral surface of the ring member facing the outer peripheral surface is an ellipse such that the inner peripheral surface is separated from the outer peripheral surface by a predetermined distance when the ring member is viewed in a plane.

8. The internal combustion engine according to claim 7 , wherein

the ring member has a convex portion protruding outwards from the outer peripheral surface in a radial direction, and

a concave portion fitted into the convex portion is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the stepped portion.

9. The internal combustion engine according to claim 8 , wherein

the convex portion is formed from one end to the other end in an axial direction of the ring member.

10. The internal combustion engine according to claim 7 , wherein

an outer peripheral surface of the ring member is a true circle when the ring member is viewed in a plane.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2023
From: YAMAMOTO, KAZUNARI; GOTO, MISAO; KOMIYAMA, TAKUMI
To: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 063178/0840 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-066317 · Apr 13, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230332558A1 · Oct 19, 2023