EP0691457A3 - Internal combustion engine - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0691457A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: combustion engine; internal combustion; engine; internal; combustion
Prior art date: 1990-09-04
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP95114828A

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German (de)

French (fr)

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EP0691457B1 (en

EP0691457A2 (en

Inventor

Takaeshi Oyaizu

Masahiko Iikura

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Yamaha Motor Co Ltd

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Yamaha Motor Co Ltd

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1990-09-04

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1991-09-04

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1996-03-06

1991-09-04 Application filed by Yamaha Motor Co Ltd filed Critical Yamaha Motor Co Ltd

1996-01-10 Publication of EP0691457A2 publication Critical patent/EP0691457A2/en

1996-03-06 Publication of EP0691457A3 publication Critical patent/EP0691457A3/en

1999-06-30 Application granted granted Critical

1999-06-30 Publication of EP0691457B1 publication Critical patent/EP0691457B1/en

2011-09-04 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/02—Valve drive
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/02—Valve drive
- F01L1/022—Chain drive
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/02—Valve drive
- F01L1/024—Belt drive
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/02—Valve drive
- F01L1/026—Gear drive
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/02—Valve drive
- F01L1/04—Valve drive by means of cams, camshafts, cam discs, eccentrics or the like
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/12—Transmitting gear between valve drive and valve
- F01L1/14—Tappets; Push rods
- F01L1/143—Tappets; Push rods for use with overhead camshafts
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/26—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear characterised by the provision of two or more valves operated simultaneously by same transmitting-gear; peculiar to machines or engines with more than two lift-valves per cylinder
- F01L1/265—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear characterised by the provision of two or more valves operated simultaneously by same transmitting-gear; peculiar to machines or engines with more than two lift-valves per cylinder peculiar to machines or engines with three or more intake valves per cylinder
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L3/00—Lift-valve, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces; Parts or accessories thereof
- F01L3/10—Connecting springs to valve members
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
- F02B75/00—Other engines
- F02B75/16—Engines characterised by number of cylinders, e.g. single-cylinder engines
- F02B75/18—Multi-cylinder engines
- F02B75/22—Multi-cylinder engines with cylinders in V, fan, or star arrangement
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F02F1/00—Cylinders; Cylinder heads
- F02F1/24—Cylinder heads
- F02F1/42—Shape or arrangement of intake or exhaust channels in cylinder heads
- F02F1/4214—Shape or arrangement of intake or exhaust channels in cylinder heads specially adapted for four or more valves per cylinder
- F02F1/4221—Shape or arrangement of intake or exhaust channels in cylinder heads specially adapted for four or more valves per cylinder particularly for three or more inlet valves
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F02F7/00—Casings, e.g. crankcases or frames
- F02F7/0002—Cylinder arrangements
- F02F7/0012—Crankcases of V-engines
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/02—Valve drive
- F01L1/04—Valve drive by means of cams, camshafts, cam discs, eccentrics or the like
- F01L1/047—Camshafts
- F01L1/053—Camshafts overhead type
- F01L2001/0537—Double overhead camshafts [DOHC]
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
- F02B1/00—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression
- F02B1/02—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression with positive ignition
- F02B1/04—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression with positive ignition with fuel-air mixture admission into cylinder
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
- F02B75/00—Other engines
- F02B75/02—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke
- F02B2075/022—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke having less than six strokes per cycle
- F02B2075/027—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke having less than six strokes per cycle four
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
- F02B2275/00—Other engines, components or details, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- F02B2275/18—DOHC [Double overhead camshaft]
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F02F1/00—Cylinders; Cylinder heads
- F02F1/24—Cylinder heads
- F02F2001/244—Arrangement of valve stems in cylinder heads
- F02F2001/245—Arrangement of valve stems in cylinder heads the valve stems being orientated at an angle with the cylinder axis
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F02F2200/00—Manufacturing
- F02F2200/06—Casting

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EP95114828A 1990-09-04 1991-09-04 Internal combustion engine Expired - Lifetime EP0691457B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
JP235268/90		1990-09-04
JP23526890		1990-09-04
JP2235268A JP2950953B2 (en)	1990-09-04	1990-09-04	Valve system for 4-cycle engine
EP91114944A EP0474217B1 (en)	1990-09-04	1991-09-04	A valve operating mechanism for an internal combustion engine

Related Parent Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP91114944.1 Division		1991-09-04
EP91114944A Division EP0474217B1 (en)	1990-09-04	1991-09-04	A valve operating mechanism for an internal combustion engine

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0691457A2 EP0691457A2 (en)	1996-01-10
EP0691457A3 true EP0691457A3 (en)	1996-03-06
EP0691457B1 EP0691457B1 (en)	1999-06-30

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Family Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP91114944A Expired - Lifetime EP0474217B1 (en)	1990-09-04	1991-09-04	A valve operating mechanism for an internal combustion engine
EP95114828A Expired - Lifetime EP0691457B1 (en)	1990-09-04	1991-09-04	Internal combustion engine

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP91114944A Expired - Lifetime EP0474217B1 (en)	1990-09-04	1991-09-04	A valve operating mechanism for an internal combustion engine

Country Status (3)

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EP (2)	EP0474217B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP2950953B2 (en)
DE (2)	DE69131403T2 (en)

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US5685265A (en) *	1993-12-28	1997-11-11	Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha	Multi valve engine
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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
DE69131403D1 (en)	1999-08-05
EP0691457B1 (en)	1999-06-30
EP0691457A2 (en)	1996-01-10
EP0474217A2 (en)	1992-03-11
EP0474217A3 (en)	1992-11-25
JP2950953B2 (en)	1999-09-20
EP0474217B1 (en)	1996-07-24
JPH04116209A (en)	1992-04-16
DE69121030D1 (en)	1996-08-29
DE69121030T2 (en)	1996-12-12
DE69131403T2 (en)	1999-10-28

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GB9005102D0 (en)	1990-05-02	Internal combustion engines
GB2263310B (en)	1995-05-10	Internal combustion engines
GB9001413D0 (en)	1990-03-21	Internal combustion engine
GB2270114B (en)	1995-06-28	Internal combustion engines
HU9203373D0 (en)	1993-03-01	Internal combustion engine
GB9023100D0 (en)	1990-12-05	Internal combustion engine
GB9124859D0 (en)	1992-01-15	Internal combustion engine
GB2249133B (en)	1994-08-24	An internal combustion engine
GB9019915D0 (en)	1990-10-24	Internal combustion engine
EP0475772A3 (en)	1992-06-03	Internal combustion engine
EP0691457A3 (en)	1996-03-06	Internal combustion engine
GB9104900D0 (en)	1991-04-24	Internal combustion engine
GB2276670B (en)	1995-05-03	Internal combustion engines
PL291707A1 (en)	1993-03-22	Internal combustion engine
GB9025158D0 (en)	1991-01-02	Internal combustion engine
CS318990A3 (en)	1992-01-15	Internal combustion engine
PL287054A1 (en)	1992-04-06	Rocking-motion internal combustion engine
CS9000333A2 (en)	1991-08-13	Internal combustion engine
GB9002177D0 (en)	1990-03-28	Internal combustion engine
GB9002871D0 (en)	1990-04-04	Internal combustion engine
GB9004368D0 (en)	1990-04-25	Internal combustion engine
GB9016123D0 (en)	1990-09-05	Internal combustion engine
PL284883A1 (en)	1991-10-21	Internal combustion engine
GB9004860D0 (en)	1990-05-02	Internal combustion engines
GB9020430D0 (en)	1990-10-31	Internal combustion engines

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