Engine system
AssigneeYanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshimitsu Matsura, Yoshinori Fukui, Eito Yamaguchi, Yuki Kobayashi, Shinnosuke Miyazaki
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Abstract
An engine system in which blow-by gas with a specific gravity less than 1 with reference to air is generatable includes a cylinder block. The cylinder block includes a cylinder and a crank chamber which are arranged in an up/down direction, the crank chamber being positioned below the cylinder. An internal peripheral face of the cylinder block has a ventilation port that connects to a ventilation passage that connects an internal space of the crank chamber with an external space out of the cylinder block, and that is open. The ventilation port is placed above a center in the up/down direction in the crank chamber.
Claims21
An engine system in which blow-by gas with a specific gravity less than 1 with reference to air is generatable, the engine system comprising:
- a cylinder block including a cylinder and a crank chamber which are arranged in an up/down direction, the crank chamber being positioned below the cylinder,
- wherein
- an internal peripheral face of the cylinder block has a ventilation port that is open and connects to a ventilation passage that connects an internal space of the crank chamber with an external space outside of the cylinder block,
- the ventilation port is placed above a center in the up/down direction of the crank chamber,
- an internal peripheral face of the cylinder block has a gas introduction port that is open and connects the internal space of the crank chamber with the external space out of the cylinder block, and
- the engine system further comprises an airflow forming portion that forms an airflow from the gas introduction port toward the ventilation port,
- in an output axis direction along a rotational axis of a crankshaft placed in the crank chamber, the ventilation port and the gas introduction port are placed at positions different from each other,
- the cylinder includes multiple cylinders provided to be arranged in the output axis direction,
- the multiple cylinders include a one end side cylinder and another end side cylinder which are positioned on both sides of the multiple cylinders in the output axis direction,
- the ventilation port is placed at a position that corresponds to the one end side cylinder, and
- the gas introduction port is placed at a position that corresponds to the other end side cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.