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US 8,573,188 B2Granted
Cylinder head of an internal combustion engine
AssigneeMahle International GmbH
InventorsMirko Braun, Michael Feil, Edwin Hartmann, Stefan Ruppel
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Abstract
The invention relates to a cylinder head (1) of an internal combustion engine, comprising at least one hollow camshaft (2) which forms an exhaust for blow-by gases containing oil mist from the crank housing and is also embodied as an oil mist pre fractionator for the preliminary separation of the oil part from these gases. Furthermore, an oil mist post-fractionator (5) is axially arranged on the end of the camshaft (2), in order to carry out an especially effective separation of oil dissolved in the blow-by gases.
Claims4
An internal combustion engine with a cylinder head, comprising:
- at least one hollow camshaft;
- a crank housing, the at least one hollow camshaft taking in blow by gases containing oil mist from the crank housing, and where the at least one hollow camshaft is also an oil mist pre-fractionator for preliminary separation of oil from the blow by gases, and
- an oil mist post-fractionator that is subsequently and axially arranged on the end of the camshaft, and where the oil mist post-fractionator is arranged inside the crank housing, and wherein the oil mist post-fractionator is formed as an impactor,
- wherein at least one of the following is selected:
- i. the oil mist post-fractionator comprises an immersion tube projecting into the hollow camshaft, and
- ii. wherein at least one of the following is selected:
- a. an immersion tube of the oil mist post-fractionator, together with the hollow camshaft, forms a labyrinth seal, and
- b. between an outer circumferential surface of an immersion tube and an inner surface of the hollow camshaft, a ring seal is arranged.
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