# US 11,441,525 B2 · Port injection engine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,441,525 B2 - Document ID: US11441525B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/325,195 - Filed: 2021-05-19 - Published: 2021-11-25 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-05-21 - Assignees: Kubota Corporation - Applicants: KUBOTA Corporation - Inventors: Kosuke Aoki; Michisuke Iga - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11441525B2 ## CPC - F02M 69/044: {for injecting into the intake conduit downstream of an air throttle valve} - F02M 61/145: {the injection nozzle opening into the air intake conduit} - Y02T 10/12: Improving ICE efficiencies - F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A port injection engine, in which injected fuel readily vaporizes inside suction ports, includes: a suction port; a suction valve; and a port injector that injects fuel to an inner peripheral surface of the suction port. When the fuel is burned in a predetermined combustion cycle, an injection start of a fuel injection period is set within an end part of a valve opening period before the suction valve is fully closed, during a combustion cycle previous to the predetermined combustion cycle. The end part of the valve opening period is preferably set from 50° to 20° before the suction valve is fully closed at a crank angle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A port injection engine comprising: a suction port; a suction valve; and a port injector that injects fuel to an inner peripheral surface of the suction port, and an engine ECU, wherein the port injector is electrically connected to the engine ECU, and the engine ECU is configured such that when the fuel is burned in a predetermined combustion cycle, an injection start of a fuel injection period is set within an end part of a valve opening period before the suction valve is fully closed, during a combustion cycle previous to the predetermined combustion cycle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The port injection engine according to claim 1, wherein the end part of the valve opening period is set in a range of 50° to 20° before the suction valve is fully closed at a crank angle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The port injection engine according to claim 1, wherein an opening of the suction valve at an injection start is set in a range of 25% to 45% relative to full opening. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The port injection engine according to claim 2, wherein an opening of the suction valve at an injection start is set in a range of 25% to 45% relative to full opening. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The port injection engine according to claim 1, wherein when the fuel is burned in the predetermined combustion cycle, an injection end of the fuel injection period is set within an explosion stroke in the combustion cycle previous to the predetermined combustion cycle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The port injection engine according to claim 2, wherein when the fuel is burned in the predetermined combustion cycle, an injection end of the fuel injection period is set within an explosion stroke in the combustion cycle previous to the predetermined combustion cycle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The port injection engine according to claim 3, wherein when the fuel is burned in the predetermined combustion cycle, an injection end of the fuel injection period is set within an explosion stroke in the combustion cycle previous to the predetermined combustion cycle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The port injection engine according to claim 4, wherein when the fuel is burned in the predetermined combustion cycle, an injection end of the fuel injection period is set within an explosion stroke in the combustion cycle previous to the predetermined combustion cycle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The port injection engine according to claim 1, wherein a cylinder head is attached to a cylinder block in which a combustion chamber is provided, as viewed from a direction parallel to a crankshaft central axis, a suction port wall includes a combustion-chamber-side port wall part and a combustion-chamber-opposite-side port wall part that are separated from each other by a suction port central axis as a boundary, the port injector is attached onto the combustion-chamber-opposite-side port wall part, and a fuel injection central axis of the port injector is directed to an inner peripheral surface of the combustion-chamber-side port wall part. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The port injection engine according to claim 2, wherein a cylinder head is attached to a cylinder block in which a combustion chamber is provided, as viewed from a direction parallel to a crankshaft central axis, a suction port wall includes a combustion-chamber-side port wall part and a combustion-chamber-opposite-side port wall part that are separated from each other by a suction port central axis as a boundary, the port injector is attached onto the combustion-chamber-opposite-side port wall part, and a fuel injection central axis of the port injector is directed to an inner peripheral surface of the combustion-chamber-side port wall part. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The port injection engine according to claim 3, wherein a cylinder head is attached to a cylinder block in which a combustion chamber is provided, as viewed from a direction parallel to a crankshaft central axis, a suction port wall includes a combustion-chamber-side port wall part and a combustion-chamber-opposite-side port wall part that are separated from each other by a suction port central axis as a boundary, the port injector is attached onto the combustion-chamber-opposite-side port wall part, and a fuel injection central axis of the port injector is directed to an inner peripheral surface of the combustion-chamber-side port wall part. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The port injection engine according to claim 4, wherein a cylinder head is attached to a cylinder block in which a combustion chamber is provided, as viewed from a direction parallel to a crankshaft central axis, a suction port wall includes a combustion-chamber-side port wall part and a combustion-chamber-opposite-side port wall part that are separated from each other by a suction port central axis as a boundary, the port injector is attached onto the combustion-chamber-opposite-side port wall part, and a fuel injection central axis of the port injector is directed to an inner peripheral surface of the combustion-chamber-side port wall part. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The port injection engine according to claim 9, wherein the suction port is formed from the cylinder head to the injector holder, and the port injector is attached onto the combustion-chamber-opposite-side port wall part of the injector holder. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The port injection engine according to claim 9, wherein the suction port includes an inlet-side port part and a valve-port-side port part, the inlet-side port part having a linear suction port central axis, the valve-port-side port part being curved in an arc shape from the inlet-side port part to a suction valve port of the suction valve, as viewed from the direction parallel to the crankshaft central axis, the linear suction port central axis of the inlet-side port part, an intersection at which the linear suction port central axis intersects the fuel injection central axis, and an engine-width-direction virtual line directed perpendicularly to a cylinder central axis are taken into account, and as viewed from the direction parallel to the crankshaft central axis, an inclination of the inlet-side port part is determined such that a dip angle is set in a range of 20° to 40°, the dip angle being an angle between the engine-width-direction virtual line passing through the intersection and the linear suction port central axis. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The port injection engine according to claim 14, wherein as viewed from the direction parallel to the crankshaft central axis, a dip angle is set in a range of 30° to 50°, the dip angle being an angle between the linear suction port central axis of the inlet-side port part and the fuel injection central axis. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The port injection engine according to claim 9, wherein the fuel injection central axis is directed to the inner peripheral surface of the combustion-chamber-side port wall part disposed at an end of the inlet-side port part, and an inclination of the fuel injection central axis is determined such that a central axis incidence angle is set in a range of 35° to 55°, the central axis incidence angle being an angle between the fuel injection central axis and the inner peripheral surface of the combustion-chamber-side port wall part. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The port injection engine according to claim 9, wherein the combustion chamber includes a combustion chamber ceiling surface of a roof vent shape which is inserted into the cylinder head, the combustion chamber ceiling surface having a suction-side slope that opens a suction valve port, as viewed from the direction parallel to the crankshaft central axis, a recessed opening edge of the suction-side slope and an engine-width-direction virtual line directed perpendicularly to a cylinder central axis are taken into account, and as viewed from the direction parallel to the crankshaft central axis, an elevation angle is set in a range of 5° to 15°, the elevation angle being an angle between the suction-side slope and the engine-width-direction virtual line passing through the recessed opening edge on the suction-side slope. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The port injection engine according to claim 1, wherein a fuel injection central axis of the port injector is oriented toward the suction valve, and a spray spread angle of the fuel injected from the port injector is set in a range of 6° to 26°. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The port injection engine according to claim 1, wherein the suction port includes a pair of valve-port-side port parts that extends separately toward a pair of suction valve ports, the port injector has a pair of fuel injection central axes extending to the pair of valve-port-side port parts, and the pair of fuel injection central axes extending to the pair of valve-port-side port parts are oriented toward the suction valve. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The port injection engine according to claim 19, wherein a central axis expansion angle between the pair of fuel injection central axes is set in a range of 10° to 30°.