IP Library Granted Patent US 8,978,615
Granted Patent B2
US 8,978,615 · App. 14/155,750 · Granted Mar 17, 2015

Device for the sealed connection of communicating ducts in adjoining and/or connected components of an internal combustion engine

Inventor: Sergiy Fedotov (Nuremberg, DE)
Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus AG
F02F11/00F01M11/00
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Patent No.
US 8,978,615
App. No.
14/155,750
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for the sealed connection of communicating ducts in adjoining components or an internal combustion engine includes a connecting pipe inserted into the ducts and which has a pipe portion which projects into a first component. A sealing ring is disposed between the pipe portion and an associated duct wall of the first component. The connecting pipe furthermore has an annular collar accommodated in a duct-side recess of the second component, wherein an axially sealing second sealing ring is arranged between a face-side portion of the annular collar and a wall region of a duct-side recess, the annular collar accommodated in the recess with a radial circumferential gap.

Claims (14)

1. A device for a sealed connection of a first duct in a first component and a second duct in a second component, the first component and the second component are adjoining components of an internal combustion engine, wherein the second component includes a duct-side recess, the device comprising:

a connecting pipe having a pipe portion inserted into the duct of the first component and an annular collar, wherein the annular collar is accommodated in the duct-side recess of the second component;

a radially sealing first sealing ring disposed between the pipe portion and a duct wall of the duct of the first component;

an axially sealing second sealing ring disposed between an axially-facing face-side portion of the annular collar and a wall region of the duct-side recess such that the second sealing ring is preloaded with an axially oriented seal pressure,

wherein the annular collar is accommodated in the duct-side recess with a radial circumferential gap, whereby tolerance corrections are allowed for compensating manufacturing tolerances without impairing a sealing action of the axially sealing second sealing ring.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the face-side portion of the annular collar includes an annular groove into which the second sealing ring is inserted.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the face-side portion of the annular collar includes a projection which runs around thereon at least in sections, the second sealing ring being held on the face-side portion by the projection.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the projection is formed on the inner edge region of the face-side portion of the annular collar and, by or includes an inner circumference forming a constituent part of a pipe wall of the connecting pipe.

5. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the projection has an outer circumference that tapers conically toward the annular collar.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the radially sealing first sealing ring is arranged in a duct-wall-side annular groove of the first duct.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the duct-side recess is formed by a widening with a step-shaped cross section, in a mouth region of the second duct.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first component is a crankcase of the internal combustion engine, and the second component is one of an oil sump, a lower crankcase bearing part, and a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the ducts which receive the connecting pipe are one of oil suction ducts and oil return ducts of a lubricating oil system of the internal combustion engine.

10. A vehicle having a device, a first component, and a second component according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 6, 2020
From: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
To: MAN TRUCK & BUS SE
Reel/Frame 052119/0144 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2014
From: FEDOTOV, SERGIY
To: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
Reel/Frame 031974/0818 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 000 510 · Jan 15, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140197634A1 · Jul 17, 2014