This application is a National Stage entry of International Application No. PCT/JP2006/310109, filed May 22, 2006, the entire specification, claims, and drawings of which are incorporated herewith by reference.
The present invention relates to an improvement of a fast idle air amount control system in a side stand-equipped two-wheeled motor vehicle, in which a bypass control valve for controlling the amount of fast idle air supplied to an engine mounted on a vehicle body is connected to a throttle body of the engine, and an actuator for operating the bypass control valve is coupled to the bypass control valve.
Such a fast idle air amount control system in a side stand-equipped two-wheeled motor vehicle is already known, as disclosed in Patent Publication 1.
In the fast idle air amount control system in a two-wheeled motor vehicle disclosed in Patent Publication 1 above, the actuator is formed as a wax type in which the bypass control valve is operated using wax, which expands in response to an increase in engine temperature. However, in order to finely operate the bypass control valve according to various running conditions of the engine, the use of an electrically operated actuator is desirable.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a fast idle air amount control system in a side stand-equipped two-wheeled motor vehicle in which the actuator is formed as an electrically operated type; this electrically operated actuator is provided in a well-organized arrangement, thus making the surroundings of a throttle body compact, and making it possible to easily prevent water droplets generated by condensation in a bypass from entering the electrically operated actuator even when the two-wheeled motor vehicle is put in an inclined parked state by standing it on a side stand.
In order to attain the above object, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fast idle air amount control system in a side stand-equipped two-wheeled motor vehicle, in which a bypass control valve for controlling the amount of fast idle air supplied to an engine mounted on a vehicle body is connected to a throttle body of the engine, and an actuator for operating the bypass control valve is coupled to the bypass control valve, characterized in that the bypass control valve is arranged so that an axis of the bypass control valve is substantially horizontal along the lateral direction of a two-wheeled motor vehicle when the two-wheeled motor vehicle is in an upright state and slopes downward toward a side stand side when the two-wheeled motor vehicle is put in an inclined parked state by standing the two-wheeled motor vehicle on the side stand, and the actuator, which is electrically operated, is coupled to an end part of the bypass control valve on a side opposite to the side stand.
In addition, according to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect, the bypass control valve and the electrically operated actuator are mounted on the throttle body.
Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the second aspect, the bypass control valve is disposed so that the axis thereof is parallel to an axis of a valve shaft of a throttle valve supported on the throttle body.
Furthermore, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the second or third aspect, the bypass control valve is formed from a valve chamber formed in a control block joined to one side face of the throttle body and a valve body housed within the valve chamber.
Furthermore, according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the bypass control valve and the electrically operated actuator are disposed between the throttle body and a cylinder head of the engine on which the throttle body is mounted.
Furthermore, according to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to any one of the first to fifth aspects, a throttle body is provided for each cylinder of a multicylinder engine.
In accordance with the first aspect of the present invention, since the bypass control and the electrically operated actuator are arranged so that they are substantially horizontal along the lateral direction when the two-wheeled motor vehicle is in an upright state, it is possible to arrange the bypass control valve and the electrically operated actuator compactly on one side of the throttle body.
Moreover, since the bypass control valve and the electrically operated actuator are inclined with the electrically operated actuator facing upward when the two-wheeled motor vehicle is put in an inclined parked state by standing it on the side stand, even if the inclined state continues for a long period of time, water droplets generated by condensation on an inner face of the bypass or the valve chamber flow down in a direction opposite from the electrically operated actuator. It is therefore possible to easily prevent the water droplets from entering the interior of the electrically operated actuator even when the pressure of the interior of the electrically operated actuator, which has operated and generated heat during running of the engine, reduces due to the stoppage of the operation, thereby enhancing the durability of the electrically operated actuator.
Furthermore, in accordance with the second aspect of the present invention, since the bypass control valve and the electrically operated actuator are mounted on the throttle body, the need for a bracket exclusively used for mounting the bypass control valve and the electrically operated actuator is eliminated, and it is possible to simplify the structure for mounting the bypass control valve and the electrically operated actuator and consequently reduce the cost of the fast idle air amount control system.
Moreover, in accordance with the third aspect of the present invention, since the bypass control valve is disposed so that its axis is parallel to the axis of the valve shaft of the throttle valve supported on the throttle body, it is possible to arrange the valve shaft and the bypass control valve in proximity to each other, thus making the assembly of the throttle body and the bypass control valve compact.
Furthermore, in accordance with the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the throttle body and the control block, on which the bypass control valve is mounted, are formed as separate bodies, the bypass has a divided form, and it becomes easy to form these bypasses. Moreover, since it is possible to assemble a subassembly of the control block and the bypass control valve separately from the throttle body side, the ease of assembly is good, and since the control block can be separated from the throttle body, the ease of maintenance of the bypass control valve, etc. is also good.
Moreover, in accordance with the fifth aspect of the present invention, a dead space between the throttle body and the cylinder head can be utilized effectively as a space for installing the bypass control valve and the actuator, and it is possible to avoid interference of the bypass control valve and the actuator with other equipment.
Furthermore, in accordance with the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the throttle body is provided for each cylinder of the multicylinder engine, it is possible to make the intake air of each cylinder uniform, thus contributing to an improvement of the engine output performance.
A mode for carrying out the present invention is explained below by reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention shown in the attached drawings.
In
The engine E is formed as a V type equipped with a pair of front and rear banks Ef and Er, a first throttle body 11 is mounted on a rear face of a cylinder head 40 of the front bank Ef, and a second throttle body 12 is mounted on a front face of a cylinder head 40 of the rear bank Er. The first and second throttle bodies 11 and 12 are thus arranged in the lateral direction of the vehicle and are disposed in a V-shaped space S interposed between the front and rear banks Ef and Er.
The first and second throttle bodies 11 and 12 are equipped with intake paths 21 and 22 communicating with intake ports of the corresponding cylinder heads 40, the intake paths 21 and 22 being disposed so that their axes A1 and A2 intersect in directions forming an X-shape when viewed from the side of the two-wheeled motor vehicle M.
As shown in
Furthermore, the intake paths 21 and 22 of the first and second throttle bodies 11 and 12 are connected to a bypass 12 for supplying fast idle air during warming up of the engine E. This bypass 12 is formed from a common bypass upstream passage 12a having the upstream end connected to the intake path 21 upstream of the throttle valve 51 of the first throttle body 11 and first and second bypass downstream passages 12b1 and 12b2 having their downstream ends connected to the intake paths 21 and 22 downstream of the throttle valves 51 and 52 of the first and second throttle bodies 11 and 12. The downstream end of the bypass upstream passage 12a and upstream ends of the first and second bypass downstream passages 12b1 and 12b2 are connected via a bypass control valve 10, and operation of the bypass control valve 10 controls the degree of communication between the first and second bypass downstream passages 12b1 and 12b2 and the bypass upstream passage 12a, that is, the amount of fast idle air.
First and second idle air passages 371, and 372 bypassing the bypass control valve 10 are connected between the bypass upstream passage 12a and each of the first and second bypass downstream passage 12b1 and 12b2, and a pair of idle adjustment screws 381, and 382 are provided in middle sections of these idle air passages 371, and 372, the idle adjustment screws 381 and 382 adjusting the passage areas thereof.
The arrangement of the first and second throttle bodies 11 and 12, the bypass upstream passage 12a, the first and second bypass downstream passages 12b1 and 12b2, and the bypass control valve 10 is explained in detail by reference to
As shown in
As clearly shown in
On the other hand, a downstream side portion of the first bypass downstream passage 12b1 is provided by molding or boring in the first throttle body 11, the first bypass downstream passage 12b1 providing a connection between the first distribution chamber 321 and the intake path 21 downstream of the throttle valve 51, and a downstream side portion of the second bypass downstream passage 12b2 is provided by molding or boring in the first and second throttle bodies 11 and 12, the second bypass downstream passage 12b2 providing a connection between the second distribution chamber 322 and the intake path 22 downstream of the second throttle valve 52. Since this second bypass downstream passage 12b2 passes through faces via which the first and second throttle bodies 11 and 12 are joined, as shown in
Referring again to
In this way, the bypass control valve 10 and the electric actuator 25 are arranged between the first throttle body 11 and the cylinder head 40 of the front bank Ef facing the first throttle body 11 so that, in the same way as for the valve shafts 41 and 42, an axis Y of the bypass control valve 10 is substantially horizontal along the lateral direction of the two-wheeled motor vehicle M when the two-wheeled motor vehicle M is in an upright state and it has a downward slope toward the side stand 41 side as shown by a chain line in
The metering holes 191 and 192, which are at the upstream ends of the first and second bypass downstream passages 12b1 and 12b2 and open into the cylindrical valve chamber 18, are disposed to one side of a plane P1 containing the axis Y of the valve chamber 18. The key 28 for preventing rotation of the valve body 26 is disposed on a second plane P2 containing the axis Y and running through the midpoint between the two metering holes 191 and 192.
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The operation of this embodiment is now explained.
Since during warming up of the engine a control system (not illustrated) supplies to the electric actuator 25 of the bypass control valve 10 a current corresponding to, for example, the engine temperature so as to operate the electric actuator 25, when the engine temperature is low, the valve body 26 is pulled by a large amount so as to adjust the degree of opening of the metering holes 191 and 192 to a large value. In a state in which the throttle valves 51 and 52 are fully closed, the amount of fast idle air supplied to the engine through the bypasses 121 and 122 is controlled so as to be relatively large by the metering holes 191 and 192, at the same time fuel is injected from the fuel injection valves 71 and 72 toward the downstream side of the intake paths 21 and 22 so as to correspond to the amount of operation of the electric actuator 25, and the engine receives a supply of the fast idle air and the fuel, thus maintaining a fast idling rotational speed so as to accelerate the warming up.
Since, when the engine temperature increases as the warming up progresses, the electric actuator 25 moves the valve body 26 accordingly so as to decrease the degree of opening of the metering holes 191 and 192, the fast idle air supplied to the engine via the bypasses 121 and 122 is reduced, and the engine fast idling rotational speed decreases. Such control of the fast idling rotational speed is carried out finely and appropriately since the electric actuator 25 has particularly high responsiveness to a control signal.
Since, when the engine temperature reaches a predetermined high temperature, the electric actuator 25 lowers the valve body 26 to a fully closed state so as to fully block the bypasses 121 and 122, in a state in which the throttle valves 51 and 52 of the intake paths 21 and 22 are closed, a minimum idle air is supplied to the engine only via the idle air passages 371 and 372, and the engine is controlled at a normal idle rotational speed. In this arrangement, the amounts of idle air flowing through the idle air passages 371, and 372 can be individually adjusted by adjusting the idle adjustment screws 381 and 382 forward and backward.
Since, during fast idling when the valve body 26 of the bypass control valve 10 adjusts the degree of opening of the metering holes 191 and 192, the engine intake negative pressure acts alternately on the side face of the valve body 26 via the pair of bypass downstream passages 12b1 and 12b2, that is, the metering holes 191, and 192, the valve body 26 is alternately drawn toward the metering holes 191 and 192 side within the cylindrical valve chamber 18, but since these metering holes 191 and 192 are disposed to one side of the plane P1 containing the axis Y of the valve chamber 18, the valve body 26 is drawn by the above negative pressure toward a middle section of the inner face of the valve chamber 18 between the metering holes 191 and 192, thus suppressing vibration. As a result, there is hardly any change in the gap between the valve body 26 and the inner face of the valve chamber 18 on the metering holes 191 and 192 side, the precision of control of the degree of opening of the metering holes 191, and 192 by the valve body 26 is enhanced, the amount of fast idle air supplied to each engine cylinder is made uniform, and it is possible to stabilize the fast idle rotational speed and reduce harmful components in the exhaust.
On the other hand, since the key 28 and the keyway 27 for preventing the valve body 26 from rotating are disposed on the second plane P2 containing the axis Y and running through the midpoint between the two metering holes 191 and 192, even when the valve body 26 is drawn by the negative pressure toward the middle section of the inner face of the valve chamber 18 between the metering holes 191 and 192, an undue side pressure does not act between the key 28 and the keyway 27, and the key 28 and the keyway 27 therefore do not interfere with sliding of the valve body 26, thereby ensuring that the valve body 26 can be smoothly moved by the electric actuator 25.
Furthermore, since the bypass control valve 10 and the electric actuator 25 are arranged between the first throttle body 11 and the cylinder head 40 of the front bank Ef facing the first throttle body 11 so that, in the same way as for the valve shafts 41 and 42, the axis Y of the bypass control valve 10 is substantially horizontal along the lateral direction of the two-wheeled motor vehicle M when the two-wheeled motor vehicle M is in an upright state, the bypass control valve 10 and the electric actuator 25 do not form a projection around the first throttle body 11, the assembly of the first throttle body 11, the bypass control valve 10, and the electric actuator 25 can be made compact, and the assembly can easily be arranged in a very confined space around the engine E of the two-wheeled motor vehicle M.
Moreover, when the two-wheeled motor vehicle M is put in an inclined parked state (see
Furthermore, since the bypass control valve 10 and the electric actuator 25 are mounted on the first throttle body 11, the need for a bracket exclusively used for mounting the bypass control valve 10 and the electric actuator 25 is eliminated, and it is possible to simplify the structure for mounting the bypass control valve 10 and the electric actuator 25 and consequently reduce the cost of the fast idle air amount control system.
In this arrangement, since the bypass control valve 10 is disposed so that its axis Y is parallel to the axis B of the valve shaft 41 of the throttle valve 51 supported on the first throttle body 11, it is possible to arrange the valve shaft 41 and the bypass control valve 10 in proximity to each other, thus making the assembly of the first throttle body 11 and the bypass control valve 10 compact.
Furthermore, since the bypass control valve 10 is formed from the valve chamber 18 formed in the control block 15 joined to one side face of the first throttle body 11 and the valve body 26 housed in the valve chamber 18, the bypass 12 is formed so as to be divided between the first throttle body 11 and the control block 15, and it becomes easy to form the bypass 12. Moreover, since a subassembly of the control block 15 and the bypass control valve 10 can be assembled separately from the first throttle body 11 side, the ease of assembly is good, and since the control block 15 can be separated from the first throttle body 11, the ease of maintenance of the bypass control valve, etc. is good.
Furthermore, since the bypass control valve 10 and the electric actuator 25 are disposed between the first throttle body 11 and the cylinder head 40 of the front bank Ef, on which the first throttle body 11 is mounted, a dead space between the first throttle body 11 and the cylinder head 40 can be utilized effectively as a space for installing the bypass control valve 10 and the electric actuator 25, and it is possible to avoid interference of the bypass control valve 10 and the electric actuator 25 with other equipment.
Furthermore, since the first and second throttle body 11 and 12 are provided for each cylinder of the multicylinder engine E, it is possible to make the intake air of each cylinder uniform, thus contributing to an improvement of output performance of the engine E.
An embodiment of the present invention is explained above, but the present invention is not limited thereby and may be modified in a variety of ways as long as the modifications do not depart from the spirit and scope thereof.
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