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US 4,682,576 AGranted
Intake system for diesel cycle engines
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsSaburo Nakamura, Shigeru Sakurai, Takumi Nishida, Masanori Sahara
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AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsSaburo Nakamura, Shigeru Sakurai, Takumi Nishida, Masanori Sahara
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A diesel engine intake system including a timing valve which is positioned in the intake system in engine starting and warming-up period under a cold engine condition. The timing valve is opened in the final period of the intake stroke so that a strong suction pressure is produced in the combustion chamber before the timing valve is opened. When the timing valve is opened, the intake air is rushed into the combustion chamber at a high speed whereby the intake air is compressed under the inertia of the high speed flow to thereby increase the temperature of the intake air. The timing valve is responsive to the suction pressure in the combustion chamber and opened when the suction pressure becomes stronger than a predetermined level.
An intake system for diesel cycle engines comprising intake passage means leading through intake port means to combustion chamber means, timing suction pressure responsive valve means provided in said intake passage means for closing said intake passage means in a beginning period of intake stroke wherein the intake port means is opened to said combustion chamber means and opening the intake passage means in the remainder period of the intake stroke, characterized by the fact that said valve means includes a valve member which is movable between a closed position wherein it closes the intake passage means and an open position wherein it opens the intake passage means, biasing means for biasing the valve member toward said closed position, said valve member having a first surface which is subjected in said closed position to a pressure in said intake passage means upstream the valve means and a second surface which is subjected in said closed position to a pressure in the combustion chamber means so that a difference between the pressures on the first and second surfaces of the valve member assists the biasing means biasing the valve member to the closed position, valve actuator means comprising suction pressure chamber means defined at least partly by pressure responsive movable member, means connecting said movable member with said valve member so that a movement of the movable member is transmitted to the valve member and communicating passage means for communicating said suction pressure chamber means with said intake passage means downstream the valve means so that a suction pressure produced in said intake passage means downstream the valve means in the intake stroke is introduced into the suction pressure chamber means to cause a movement of the movable member for moving the valve member under said suction pressure from the closed position to the open position after said beginning period of the intake stroke and maintaining the valve member at the open position at least until bottom dead center of the intake stroke.
An intake system for diesel cycle engines which includes intake passage means leading to combustion chamber means, timing valve means provided in said intake passage means for closing said intake passage means in an initial period of intake stroke and opening said intake passage means in an intermediate period of the intake stroke until at least bottom dead center, heating means provided in said intake passage means upstream the timing valve means, and operating means for operating the heating means and making the timing valve means operative under a low engine temperature.
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