# US 5,701,851 A · Cooling system for spark-ignition two-cycle engine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,701,851 A - Document ID: US5701851A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/747,820 - Filed: 1996-11-13 - Granted: 1997-12-30 - Earliest claimed: 1993-11-27 - Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yasuhiko Nakano; Yoichi Ishibashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5701851A ## CPC - F02B 61/02: for driving cycles - F01P 7/165: {characterised by systems with two or more loops} - F02B 75/16: Engines characterised by number of cylinders, e.g. single-cylinder engines (F02B75/26 takes precedence) - F01P 3/02: Arrangements for cooling cylinders or cylinder heads - F01P 2003/021: {Cooling cylinders} - F01P 2003/024: {Cooling cylinder heads} - F01P 2003/027: {Cooling cylinders and cylinder heads in parallel} - F01P 2005/105: {Using two or more pumps} - F01P 2007/143: {using restrictions} - F01P 2007/146: {using valves} - F01P 2025/33: Cylinder head temperature - F01P 2025/50: using two or more temperature sensors - F01P 2037/02: starting - F02B 2075/025: {two} - F02B: INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (gas-turbine plants F02C; hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants F02G) - F01P: COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES (arrangements in connection with cooling of propulsion units in vehicles B60K11/00; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials C09K5/00; {cooling of gas-turbine engines F02C7/12}; heat exchange in general, radiators F28) ## Abstract In a spark-ignition two-cycle engine, the inlet end of a cylinder cooling water passage is connected to the discharge port of a cooling water pump by a cooling water pipe. The inlet end of a cylinder head cooling water passage is connected to the discharge port of a cooling water pump by a cooling water pipe. The outlet end of the cylinder cooling water passage is connected through a thermostat to the upper end of a cylinder cooling radiator, and the outlet end of the cylinder head cooling water passage is connected through a three-way valve to the upper end of a cylinder head cooling radiator and a pipe fitting. Upon the increase of the temperature of the cooling water for cooling the cylinder head to a predetermined temperature, a CPU provides a control signal to a servomotor to close a port of the three-way valve connected to the pipe fitting and to open a port of the three-way valve connected to the cylinder head cooling radiator. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cooling system for a spark-ignition two-cycle engine that causes a fresh charge, charged into its combustion chamber, to self-ignite at least in a low-load operation mode, said cooling system comprising: a cylinder cooling system; a cylinder head cooling system combined in parallel with the cylinder cooling system operating said cylinder head cooling system at a cooling capacity lower than that of the cylinder cooling system when the engine is in a cold condition, and for and a cooling fluid temperature regulating means responsive to a plurality of different operating conditions of the spark-ignition two-cycle engine for increasing a cooling capacity of the cylinder head cooling system after a temperature of the cooling fluid circulating through the cylinder head cooling system has reached a predetermined temperature. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cooling system according to claim 1, wherein said cylinder head cooling system includes a cylinder head fluid cooling passage, a three-way valve and a cylinder head cooling radiator connectable in series, whereby said three-way valve can be operated by said cooling fluid temperature regulating means to cause cooling fluid in said cylinder head cooling system to either bypass said cylinder head cooling radiator or to deliver said cooling fluid to said cylinder head cooling radiator. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cooling system according to claim 2, wherein said cooling fluid temperature regulating means includes a CPU and a servomotor for opening and closing said three-way valve. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The cooling system according to claim 3, wherein the CPU is responsive to signals indicating a valve opening in the two-cycle engine. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The cooling system according to claim 3, wherein the CPU is responsive to speed and an intake pressure of the two-cycle engine. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The cooling system according to claim 1, wherein said cylinder head cooling system includes a first cooling fluid pump, a cylinder head fluid cooling passage, a three-way valve and a cylinder head cooling radiator connectable in series, whereby said three-way valve can be operated by said cooling fluid temperature regulating means to cause cooling fluid in said cylinder head cooling system to either bypass said cylinder head cooling radiator or to deliver said cooling fluid to said cylinder head cooling radiator. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The cooling system according to claim 6, wherein said cylinder cooling system includes a second cooling fluid pump, a cylinder cooling radiator and a cylinder cooling fluid passage connected in series. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The cooling system according to claim 6, wherein said cooling water temperature regulating means includes a CPU and a servomotor for opening or closing said three-way valve. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The cooling system according to claim 2, wherein said cylinder cooling system includes a cylinder cooling radiator and a cylinder cooling fluid passage connected in series. ### Claim 10 A cooling system for a spark-ignition two-cycle engine that causes a fresh charge, charged into its combustion chamber, to self-ignite at least in a low-load operation mode, said cooling system comprising: solely two radiators for cooling; a cylinder cooling system including a cylinder fluid passage, a thermostat connected in series with one of said radiators; and a cylinder head cooling system, including a cylinder head fluid cooling passage, a thermostat connected in series with a second of said radiators, the cylinder cooling system and the cylinder head cooling system combined in parallel, with said cylinder head cooling system during a cold condition of the engine such as a cooling capacity lower than that of the cylinder cooling system during a cold condition of the two-cycle engine so that a fresh charge, charged into a combustion chamber of the spark-ignition two-cycle engine self-ignites in a low operational mode.