Patent Application
20230332520
The present application relates to the technical field of engines, for example, a rocker arm mechanism and an engine assembly.
A large vehicle driven by a heavy-duty or medium-duty diesel engine is generally provided with an engine braking mechanism. When an engine brakes, a braking piston of a braking rocker arm extends out under the drive of braking oil and cooperates with a valve bridge, causing the valve bridge to incline. A large clearance is generated between an elephant foot on an exhaust rocker and the valve bridge so that the exhaust valve cannot be closed. In this manner, the compressed air in the cylinder is released, and work cannot be performed externally.
However, in the related art, the use of an engine braking mechanism generally does not tolerate the situation where a hydraulic clearance adjuster is disposed on an exhaust rocker arm at the same time for clearance compensation. The hydraulic clearance adjuster is a hydraulic tappet for automatically adjusting the valve clearance of an engine as disclosed in the earlier patent application No. CN201010212462.1. Because when a clearance is generated, oil overfilling in a high-pressure chamber is caused. When braking stops, and an engine starts to fire and perform work, oil overfilling in the high-pressure chamber prevents oil in the high-pressure chamber from being discharged in time through a low-pressure chamber and the clearance between a plunger and a tappet body during a valve lift. Since oil is incompressible, the valve cannot be seated, leading to the situation where the valve is not tightly closed, and finally the valve is ablated or the valve collides with a piston.
The present application provides a rocker arm mechanism and an engine assembly capable of dealing with the situation where the use of an engine braking mechanism generally does not tolerate the situation where a hydraulic clearance adjuster is disposed on an exhaust rocker arm at the same time for clearance compensation.
The embodiments of the present application provide a rocker arm mechanism. The rocker arm mechanism includes a rocker arm shaft, a rocker arm, a valve clearance adjuster, a valve train, and a control valve.
The rocker arm is rotatably disposed on the rocker arm shaft. The rocker arm is provided with a plunger chamber and an oil supply passage, and the plunger chamber is supplied with oil through the oil supply passage to supply oil.
The valve clearance adjuster is disposed on the rocker arm. The valve clearance adjuster includes a hydraulic tappet slidably disposed in the plunger chamber. The valve train includes a valve bridge.
The control valve is capable of opening or closing the oil supply passage. When the control valve opens the oil supply passage, the oil supplied by the oil supply passage goes into the plunger chamber and is capable of driving the hydraulic tappet to extend out relative to the rocker arm so that the hydraulic tappet abuts against the valve bridge. When the control valve closes the oil supply passage, the relative position between the hydraulic tappet and the rocker arm remains unchanged.
The control valve closes the oil supply passage when an engine brakes.
The embodiments of the present application provide an engine assembly. The engine assembly includes an engine. The engine includes a cylinder assembly. The cylinder assembly includes a cylinder, an intake mechanism, an exhaust mechanism, and a braking rocker arm. The exhaust mechanism is the rocker arm mechanism described above.
The exhaust mechanism is configured to control exhaust air, the intake mechanism is configured to control intake air, and the braking rocker arm can abut against the valve bridge of the exhaust mechanism to brake the engine.
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In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that orientations or position relations indicated by terms such as “center”, “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “in”, and “out” are orientations or position relations based on the drawings. These orientations or position relations are intended only to facilitate the description of the present application and simplify the description and not to indicate or imply that a device or element referred to must have such specific orientations or must be configured or operated in such specific orientations. Thus, these orientations or position relations are not to be construed as limiting the present application. In addition, terms such as “first” and “second” are used only for the purpose of description and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. Terms “first position” and “second position” are two different positions. Moreover, when the first feature is described as “on”, “above”, or “over” the second feature, the first feature is right on, above, or over the second feature or the first feature is obliquely on, above, or over the second feature, or the first feature is simply at a higher level than the second feature. When the first feature is described as “under”, “below”, or “underneath” the second feature, the first feature is right under, below, or underneath the second feature or the first feature is obliquely under, below, or underneath the second feature, or the first feature is simply at a lower level than the second feature.
In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that unless otherwise expressly specified and limited, the term “mounted”, “connected to each other” or “connected” should be construed in a broad sense as securely connected, detachably connected or integrally connected; mechanically connected or electrically connected; directly connected to each other or indirectly connected to each other via an intermediary; or intraconnected between two components. For those of ordinary skill in the art, specific meanings of the preceding terms in the present application may be construed according to specific circumstances.
Embodiments of the present application are described in detail below, and examples of the embodiments are illustrated in the drawings, where the same or similar reference numerals indicate the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and only for explaining the present application and not to be construed as limiting the present application.
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The rocker arm mechanism includes a rocker arm shaft 1, a rocker arm 2, a valve clearance adjuster 3, a valve train 4, and a control valve 5. The rocker arm 2 is rotatably disposed on the rocker arm shaft 1. The valve clearance adjuster 3 is disposed on a first end of the rocker arm 2. A power source such as a push rod or a cam mechanism is configured to cooperate with a second end of the rocker arm 2 so that the rocker arm 2 can rotate around the rocker arm shaft 1. The valve clearance adjuster 3 and the valve train 4 may cooperate to control the exhaust passage to open or close. Illustratively, the valve train 4 includes a valve bridge 41, a valve 42 cooperating with the valve bridge 41, and a valve spring 43 sleeved on the valve 42. The valve 42 is configured to open or close an exhaust passage. The rocker arm 2 is provided with a plunger chamber 21. The valve clearance adjuster 3 includes a hydraulic tappet 31 slidably disposed in the plunger chamber 21. The plunger chamber 21 is supplied with oil through the oil supply passage 22. The control valve 5 can open or close the oil supply passage 22. When the control valve 5 opens the oil supply passage 22, as shown in
The valve clearance adjuster 3 is a related art. For the operating principle of the valve clearance adjuster 3,reference may be made to the hydraulic tappet for automatically adjusting the valve clearance of the engine disclosed in the earlier patent application No. CN 201010212462.1. The structure and the operating principle of the valve clearance adjuster 3are not described in detail in this embodiment.
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Optionally, the control valve 5 also includes a spring 51 disposed at a first end of the control chamber 23 and a pilot signal oil passage communicating with a second end of the control chamber 23. The valve core 52 has a connection position for connection of the first oil passage 221 and the second oil passage 222 and a disconnection position for disconnection of the first oil passage 221 and the second oil passage 222. The spring 51 can drive the valve core 52 to move towards the connection position. The pilot signal oil passage can drive the valve core 52 to move towards the disconnection position. In this embodiment, the control valve 5 is a pilot valve adopting a mechanical structure that has a stable control effect. Optionally, the valve core 52 is provided with an oil guide slot 521. The oil guide slot 521 is configured to be connected to the first oil passage 221 and the second oil passage 222 when the valve core 52 is at the connection position, and be disconnected from the first oil passage 221 and the second oil passage 222 when the valve core 52 is at the disconnection position. Illustratively, when the valve core 52 is located in the connection position, the oil guide slot 521 is located between the first oil passage 221 and the second oil passage 222, and the oil guide slot 521 is connected between the first oil passage 221 and the second oil passage 222. When the valve core 52 is located at the disconnection position, the outer peripheral surface of the valve core 52 is located between the first oil passage 221 and the second oil passage 222, and the outer peripheral surface of the valve core 52 separates the first oil passage 221 and the second oil passage 222. Optionally, the oil guide slot 521 may be a annular groove surrounding the valve core 52 so that when the oil guide slot 521 is connected to the first oil passage 221 and the second oil passage 22, the communication effect is not affected by the rotation of the valve core 52. Optionally, the oil guide slot 521 may also be a slot passing through the peripheral surface of the valve core 52. As an optional embodiment, the control valve 5 may also be a solenoid control valve capable of communicating the second oil passage 222 with the first oil passage 221 or communicating the second oil passage 222 with an oil tank.
Optionally, the control valve 5 also includes a baffle 53 and a ring 54 which are disposed in the control chamber 23. The ring 54 and the spring 51 are disposed on two different sides of the baffle 53. The two ends of the spring 51 abut against the baffle 53 and valve core 52 respectively. The ring 54 engages with the chamber wall of the control chamber 23 and abuts against the baffle 53.The spring 51 may also directly abut against the chamber wall of the control chamber 23 or abut against the bolt screwed to the chamber wall of the control chamber 23.
Optionally, the pilot signal oil passage includes a control oil passage 55 for supplying oil to the control chamber 23 and a valve member configured to control the control oil passage 55 to open or close. When the valve member is configured to open the control oil passage 55, the control oil passage 55 supplies oil to the control chamber 23 to move the valve core 52 to the disconnection position. At this time, the first oil passage 221 and the second oil passage 222 are disconnected so that the relative position between the hydraulic tappet 31 and the rocker arm 2 is locked. When the valve member is configured to close the control oil passage 55, the control oil passage 55 cannot supply oil to the control chamber 23. Under the action of the spring 51, the valve core 52 moves to the connection position. At this time, the first oil passage 221 and the second oil passage 222 are communicated so that the relative position between the hydraulic tappet 31 and the rocker arm 2 can be unlocked. Optionally, the control oil passage 55 is disposed on the rocker arm shaft 1. The pilot signal oil passage also includes a connecting oil passage 56 disposed on the rocker arm 2, and the connecting oil passage 56 connects the control oil passage 55 and the control chamber 23.
Optionally, the control oil passage 55 is a braking oil passage for supplying oil to the braking rocker arm 30. The valve member is a braking solenoid valve 58. When the braking solenoid valve 58 opens the braking oil passage, the braking rocker arm 30 is used for engine braking. In this manner, when the valve member is configured to open the braking oil passage, in one aspect, the braking oil passage supplies oil to the braking rocker arm 30 to perform engine braking. In another aspect, the braking oil passage supplies oil to the control chamber 23 to move the valve core 52 to the disconnection position, and the relative position between the hydraulic tappet 31 and the rocker arm 2 is locked. The braking oil passage is S1 as shown in
Alternatively, the control oil passage 55 is a dedicated oil passage independent of the braking oil passage, as shown as S2 in
The embodiments also provide an engine assembly. The engine includes a cylinder assembly. The cylinder assembly includes a cylinder 60, an intake mechanism 10, an exhaust mechanism 20, and a braking rocker arm 30.The exhaust mechanism 20 is the preceding rocker arm mechanism. The exhaust mechanism 20 is configured to control air exhaust, the intake mechanism 10 is configured to control air intake. The braking rocker arm 30 can abut against the valve bridge 41 of the exhaust mechanism 20 to brake the engine.
Optionally, the rocker arm mechanism may be adopted by the preceding intake mechanism 10. For example, when the control oil passage 55 is independent of the braking oil passage, and when the rotational speed of the engine exceeds a set value, the valve members of the intake mechanism 10 and the exhaust mechanism 20 control the corresponding oil passages to open at the same time so that the problem of oil overfilling of the hydraulic clearance adjusters of the intake mechanism 10 and the exhaust mechanism 20 can be avoided. Optionally, the intake mechanism 10 may be different from the preceding rocker arm mechanism.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 202010941905.4 | Sep 2020 | CN | national |
This is a national stage application filed under 37 U.S.C. 371 based on International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2020/134240, filed Dec. 7, 2020, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202010941905.4, filed Sep. 9, 2020, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/CN2020/134240 | 12/7/2020 | WO |
