# US 10,480,463 B2 · Engine

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- Number: US 10,480,463 B2
- Document ID: US10480463B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/747,637
- Filed: 2016-08-04
- Published: 2018-08-02
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2015-08-06
- Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd.
- Applicants: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd.
- Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshizumi; Hideaki Okumura; Shoji Namekawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480463B2

## CPC

- F02M 35/10045: {Multiple plenum chambers; Plenum chambers having inner separation walls (for V-engines F02M35/116; for resonance charging F02B27/02)}
- F02B 75/22: with cylinders in V, fan, or star arrangement
- F02M 35/10052: {special shapes or arrangements of plenum chambers; Constructional details}
- F02M 35/104: Intake manifolds
- F02M 35/116: for engines with cylinders in V-arrangement or arranged oppositely relative to the main shaft
- F02B 29/04: Cooling of air intake supply
- F02B 29/0443: {Layout of the coolant or refrigerant circuit}
- F02B 77/11: Thermal or acoustic insulation
- F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02B: INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (gas-turbine plants F02C; hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants F02G)

## Abstract

An engine includes a plurality of cylinders, a gas chamber, and a heat shielding member. The plurality of cylinders are provided along a crankshaft. The gas chamber extends from a first end portion toward a second end portion in a direction of an axial line of the crankshaft and distributes gas into the plurality of cylinders. The heat shielding member is provided in the gas chamber. The heat shielding member extends from the first end portion toward the second end portion and shields heat radiated from an inner wall surface of the gas chamber.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An engine comprising:
a plurality of cylinders provided along a crankshaft;
a gas chamber configured to extend from a first end portion toward a second end portion in a direction of an axial line of the crankshaft and to distribute gas into the plurality of cylinders; and
a heat shielding member provided in the gas chamber and configured to extend from the first end portion toward the second end portion and to shield heat radiated from an inner wall surface of the gas chamber
wherein a plurality of air supply pipes that supply the gas in the gas chamber to the plurality of cylinders, respectively, are connected to an upper wall of the gas chamber or a plurality of lid members that respectively closes a plurality of openings formed in the upper wall, and
the engine further comprises a cooling device configured to cause coolant cooling the cylinders to flow from the first end portion toward the second end portion in the direction of the axial line, wherein the heat shielding member partitions an internal space of the gas chamber into a first space configured to guide the gas introduced into the gas chamber from the first end portion toward the second end portion, and a second space configured to communicate with the first space and to distribute the gas flowing in from the first space into the plurality of cylinders while guiding the gas from the second end portion toward the first end portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The engine according to claim 1, wherein the heat shielding member extends in the direction of the axial line so that the second space is disposed between an inner wall surface of the gas chamber adjacent to the cylinder and the first space.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The engine according to claim 1, wherein the heat shielding member is formed in a cylindrical shape extending in the direction of the axial line.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The engine according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of cylinders are arranged in a V shape, and the gas chamber is arranged between banks of the cylinders arranged in the V shape.

### Claim 5

An engine comprising:
a plurality of cylinders provided along a crankshaft;
a gas chamber configured to extend from a first end portion toward a second end portion in a direction of an axial line of the crankshaft and to distribute gas into the plurality of cylinders; and
a heat shielding member provided in the gas chamber and configured to extend from the first end portion toward the second end portion and to shield heat radiated from an inner wall surface of the gas chamber
wherein a plurality of air supply pipes that supply the gas in the gas chamber to the plurality of cylinders, respectively, are connected to an upper wall of the gas chamber or a plurality of lid members that respectively closes a plurality of openings formed in the upper wall, and
the engine further comprises a supercharger configured to compress the gas introduced from the outside, a gas cooler configured to cool the gas compressed by the supercharger before being introduced into the gas chamber, and a guide surface provided in the gas chamber and configured to guide condensed water contained in the gas introduced into the gas chamber.