JP2009235930A - Cooling fin structure for vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a cooling fin structure for a vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine that is difficult to collect sand, mud, etc., can be easily cleaned, and can prevent a decrease in cooling performance.
An internal combustion engine 10 mounted on a two-wheeled vehicle has a cylinder in a forward tilt state or a substantially horizontal posture, and a cooling fin structure 31 including parallel cooling fins 30 extending in a traveling direction of the two-wheeled vehicle is formed on an upper surface thereof. Has been. A reinforcing ridge 34 is integrally formed on the surface of the cooling fin 30, and the reinforcing ridge 34 of each cooling fin 30 is not connected to the reinforcing ridge 34 of the adjacent cooling fin 30 and the adjacent cooling fin 30. It has become. The reinforcing ridges 34 are arranged alternately. Further, the reinforcing ridge 34 is arranged so as not to overlap the reinforcing ridge 34 of the adjacent cooling fin 30 in the longitudinal direction of the cooling fin, and the bottom wall 35 between the adjacent cooling fins 30 is a two-wheeled vehicle. It leads to the direction of travel.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a cooling fin structure for an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle such as a motorcycle.

  Cooling fins for cooling the internal combustion engine with an air flow are provided on the surfaces of the cylinder block and the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle such as a motorcycle. Such cooling fins are relatively thin, so that adjacent cooling fins are connected by reinforcing ribs to increase the rigidity of the cooling fins to prevent fin noise and increase the heat radiation area by the reinforcing ribs. Is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

No. 8-7070

  In the vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine having the cooling fins connected to the reinforcing ribs on the outer surface in this manner, in particular, the recesses partitioned by the cooling fins and the reinforcing ribs are formed in a lattice arrangement on the upper surface. There is a problem that sand and mud are likely to accumulate, the cooling performance of the engine is lowered, and it is difficult to clean the place where sand and mud are accumulated. In order to solve this problem to some extent, it was considered that the height of a part of the reinforcing rib was made considerably lower than the height of the cooling fin, but there was no change in the formation of the recess. It is not a complete solution to the above problem.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and obtains a cooling fin structure for a vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine that is less likely to accumulate sand, mud, etc., that can be easily cleaned, and that can prevent deterioration in cooling performance. For the purpose.

The invention according to claim 1 is a cooling fin structure of a vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine in which a cooling fin is formed on at least an upper surface.
A reinforcing ridge is provided on the surface of the cooling fin, and the reinforcing ridge of each cooling fin is not connected to the reinforcing ridge of the adjacent cooling fin and the adjacent cooling fin.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the cooling fin structure for a vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine according to the first aspect, the cooling fins are arranged side by side, and the reinforcing ridges are alternately arranged.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the cooling fin structure of the vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine according to the second aspect, the reinforcing ridges are overlapped with the reinforcing ridges of the adjacent cooling fins when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the cooling fins. It is arranged so that it does not become.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the cooling fin structure for a vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine according to any one of the first to third aspects, the vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine has a forward tilted state or a substantially horizontal posture cylinder, An internal combustion engine of a system suspended from a main frame extending rearward and downward from a head pipe of a motorcycle, comprising an intake system component for intake to the engine between an upper surface of a cylinder head and the main frame, The cooling fin is arranged to extend in the traveling direction of the motorcycle.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the cooling fin structure for a vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, at least an outer surface of the cooling fin disposed on the outermost side among the cooling fins is provided. Reinforcing ridges are not provided.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the reinforcing ridge is provided on the surface of the cooling fin, the rigidity of the cooling fin is increased by the reinforcing ridge, and fin noise prevention (noise reduction) can be achieved. In addition, the cooling performance is improved by increasing the surface area of the cooling fin due to the reinforcing ridges. Further, unlike the conventional cooling fin structure, the reinforcing ridges of each cooling fin are not connected to the reinforcing ridges of the adjacent cooling fins and the adjacent cooling fins, so that the adjacent cooling fins are connected by the reinforcing ribs. Therefore, the recess partitioned by the cooling fin and the reinforcing rib is not formed, and a bottom wall opened in the longitudinal direction is left between the adjacent cooling fins. Therefore, even if sand, mud, stone, or the like enters between the cooling fins, it is difficult to accumulate, and even if it accumulates, it is easy to wash away with water.

  In the second aspect of the present invention, the cooling fins are arranged side by side, and the reinforcing ridges are arranged alternately, thereby reducing the cross-sectional area of the air passage formed between the cooling fins by the reinforcing ridges. Even if a relatively large sand or mud mass enters between the cooling fins, it is less likely to be caught by the reinforcing ridges and is easy to roll and discharge. It becomes easy to do. Further, since the cooling fin passage is not restricted, the cooling air easily flows.

  In the invention according to claim 3, the cooling ridge flows between the cooling fins by arranging the reinforcing ridges so as not to overlap with the reinforcing ridges of the adjacent cooling fins in the longitudinal direction of the cooling fins. Easy, sand and mud are not easily caught and easy to clean.

  In the invention according to claim 4, the vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine is an internal combustion engine of a system that is suspended from a main frame that extends rearward and downward from the head pipe of the motorcycle, and is provided between the upper surface of the cylinder head and the main frame. By installing the intake system parts for intake into the engine, rainwater attached to the main frame and intake system parts can easily fall into the cooling fin structure above the internal combustion engine when the vehicle is running. By forming the bottom wall that passes in the vehicle traveling direction without forming the recesses in which the fins and the reinforcing ridges are partitioned, the fins and the reinforcing ridges are easily discharged through the vehicle traveling direction.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the external appearance is improved by providing no reinforcing ridge on the outer surface of at least one of the cooling fins arranged on the outermost side.

  Hereinafter, a cooling fin structure of a vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a motorcycle having a cooling fin structure for a vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the main part of the body frame of the motorcycle 1 includes a front fork 3 that supports the front wheel 2, a head pipe 4 that is connected to the top of the front fork 3, and a main that descends rearward from the head pipe 4. The frame 5 and a rear frame 6 connected to the rear portion of the main frame 5 and curved obliquely upward toward the rear are integrally connected to constitute a vehicle body frame. The head pipe 4 supports the upper part of the front fork 3 so as to be rotatable. A handle 7 extending left and right is provided above the head pipe 4, and a seat 8 is provided above the rear frame 6. Reference numeral 9 denotes a body cover.

  An internal combustion engine 10 is supported on the lower part of the front frame 5 with the cylinder axis inclined slightly forward (tilted so that the front is slightly higher) or substantially horizontal. The internal combustion engine 10 includes a crankcase 11, a cylinder block 12, a cylinder head 13, and a head cover 14. A chain case 15 extends rearward from the crankcase 11, and a rear wheel 16 is supported at the rear end thereof. The rear part of the chain case 15 is connected to the rear part of the rear frame 6 via a shock absorber 17. The leg shield 18 suspended across the main frame 5 covers the side surfaces of the cylinder block 12 and the cylinder head 13 of the internal combustion engine 10. The rear frame 6 is covered with a rear cover 19, and the seat 8 is located on the upper portion of the rear cover 19.

  The internal combustion engine 10 is supported while being suspended from the main frame 5. In FIG. 2, which shows a part of FIG. 1 in an enlarged manner, the internal combustion engine 10 includes a cylinder in a forward tilt state or a substantially horizontal posture, and includes an intake device 20 connected to the cylinder head 13 on the upper side. The intake device 20 includes an intake pipe 21, a throttle device 22, an air cleaner 23, and the like, and intake air is supplied into the cylinder through the air cleaner 23, the intake device 20, and the cylinder head 13. Reference numeral 24 denotes an injector for injecting fuel into the intake air. The intake device 20 is below the main frame 5, and is therefore located between the main frame 5 and the cylinder head 13. In particular, as shown in FIG. 7 which is a plan view, a large number of cooling fins 30 for air cooling of the internal combustion engine 10 are formed on the upper surface of the cylinder block 12, and these cooling fins 30 have the features of the present invention. A cooling fin structure 31 is formed.

  In FIG. 7, the intake pipe 25 of the intake device 20 is shown. A tube 26 that supplies fuel to the injector 24 is connected to a joint cap 27. Reference numeral 28 denotes an electric coupler of the injector 24, and reference numeral 29 denotes a throttle body. Reference F indicates a virtual flow of air in the body frame. As shown in FIG. 7, the body cover 9 is opened toward the front, so that cooling air can easily enter.

  Hereinafter, the cooling fin structure 31 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a view of the cylinder block 12 as viewed from the left side surface of the vehicle, and a cooling fin structure 31 including the cooling fins 30 is provided on the upper surface thereof. In this embodiment, no cooling fin is particularly formed on the left side surface. Reference numeral 33 denotes a cylinder sleeve forming a cylinder bore, which extends toward the rear of the vehicle. The cooling fins 30 constituting the cooling fin structure 31 are formed in parallel with the traveling direction of the vehicle, as is apparent from FIG. 4 which is a plan view. In the illustrated embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, cooling fins 32 are formed on the right side surface of the cylinder block 12. The cooling fin 32 will be described later.

  As is apparent from FIG. 4, for example, six cooling fins 30 of the cooling fin structure 31 are provided in this embodiment. The cooling fin 30 is a fin that rises upward, extends parallel to each other in the traveling direction of the vehicle, and a reinforcing ridge 34 is integrally provided on the surface thereof. Each reinforcing ridge 34 is formed in the rising direction of the cooling fin 30, that is, in the vertical direction, and has an arcuate horizontal cross section. The reinforcing ridge 34 preferably has a cross-sectional shape that is a curved surface that gently rises from the planar surface (side surface) of the cooling fin 30, and a cross-sectional shape with corners should be avoided. The arrangement of the reinforcing ridges 34 is preferably an alternating arrangement (staggered arrangement) as shown. That is, the reinforcing ridges 34 of the adjacent cooling fins 30 do not face each other in the direction orthogonal to the cooling fins 30, that is, in the vehicle width direction, and are in a shifted state.

  The protruding amount of the reinforcing ridge 34 is considerably smaller than the interval between the adjacent cooling fins 30 and 30, and therefore, it is assumed that the reinforcing ridges 34 of the adjacent cooling fins 30 face each other in the direction perpendicular to the cooling fin 30. Even so, they are not connected to each other. Therefore, even when the reinforcing ridges 34 of the adjacent cooling fins 30 are not opposed to each other in the direction orthogonal to the cooling fins 30, they are not connected to each other. The reinforcing ridge 34 of each cooling fin 30 is prevented from being connected to the surface portion where the reinforcing ridge 34 of the adjacent cooling fin 30 is not formed.

  As can be seen from FIG. 5 showing an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line V-V in FIG. 4, the height of the reinforcing ridge 34 is slightly lower than the height of the cooling fin 30 on which the reinforcing ridge 34 is formed. The bottom wall 35 between the adjacent cooling fins 30 is formed in a gentle arc shape at a position slightly lower than the top of the cooling fin 30 and gradually protrudes away from the surface of the cooling fin 30 and descends linearly downward. Has reached. What is important here is that the reinforcing ridges 34 and 34 of the adjacent cooling fins 30 and 30 do not overlap when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the cooling fins 30 (that is, when viewed in the direction orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. 5). The dimensions are determined as follows. With this arrangement, a bottom wall 35 that linearly communicates in the extending direction of the cooling fin 30 is secured between the adjacent cooling fins 30. In the right half of FIG. 5, the reinforcing ridge 34 is not formed on the right cooling fin 30, so that the bottom wall 35 is left wider than the left half of FIG. 5. Although shown, in reality, the two reinforcing ridges 34, 34 that are shown to be opposed to the left and right are not opposed to each other at the same position. The bottom wall 35 has the same width as that of the right half portion at the position, and the bottom wall 35 extends in the vehicle traveling direction in a zigzag shape with the width as a minimum width.

  FIG. 6 is a view of the cylinder block 12 as viewed from the front of the vehicle. A cooling fin structure 31 including the cooling fin 30 and the reinforcing ridge 34 is shown on the upper surface of the cylinder block 12. A space 39 through which a timing chain (not shown) passes is shown on the right side in FIG. 6 (left side in the vehicle traveling direction). As is well known, the timing chain is hung across a drive sprocket (not shown) on the crankshaft in the crankcase 11 and a driven sprocket (not shown) of the camshaft in the valve chamber. The rotation is transmitted to the camshaft. The above-described cooling fin 32 is shown on the left side in FIG. The cooling fin 32 includes a plurality of parallel vertical cooling fins 32a that protrude in a direction perpendicular to the cylinder axis, and a plurality of reinforcing ribs 32b that connect adjacent cooling fins 32a in the cylinder axis direction. The reinforcing rib 32b is lower than the cooling fin 32a.

  Similarly, as shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of cooling fins 40 a having the same structure as the cooling fin 32 and a plurality of adjacent cooling fins 40 a are connected to the lower side of the cylinder block 12 in a direction perpendicular to the cylinder axial direction. It is comprised by the reinforcement rib 40b. The reinforcing rib 40b is lower in height than the cooling fin 40a, and is particularly short in the middle in an arc shape. The cooling fins 32 and the cooling fins 40 basically have a cooling fin structure based on the same principle as that described in Patent Document 1.

  Since the cooling fin structure of the vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured as described above, when the vehicle travels, the traveling wind flows into the head cover 14, the cylinder head 13, the cylinder block 12, and the crankcase 11. Through which the internal combustion engine 10 is cooled. At that time, the reinforcing ridges 34 are integrally provided on the surface of the cooling fins 30, and the reinforcing ridges 34 of each cooling fin 30 are not connected to the reinforcing ridges 34 of the adjacent cooling fins 30 and the adjacent cooling fins 30. Thus, the rigidity of the cooling fin 30 is increased by the reinforcing ridge 34, and the cooling fin surface area is increased by the reinforcing ridge 34, whereby the cooling performance is improved. Further, unlike the conventional cooling fin structure, the adjacent cooling fins 30 are not connected by the reinforcing ribs 34, so that a recess partitioned by the cooling fins 30 and the reinforcing ribs 34 is not formed, A bottom wall 35 opened in the longitudinal direction is left between adjacent cooling fins 30. Therefore, even if sand, mud, stone, or the like enters between the cooling fins 30, it is difficult to accumulate, and even if it accumulates, it is easy to wash away with water. Note that the gentle arcuate cross section of the reinforcing ridge 34 reduces wind resistance.

  Further, by arranging the reinforcing ridges 34 formed on the cooling fins 30 arranged side by side alternately, the cross-sectional area of the air passage formed between the cooling fins 30 is reduced by the reinforcing ridges 34. In addition, even if relatively large lump of sand or mud enters between the cooling fins 30, it is less likely to be caught by the reinforcing ridges 34, and it is easy to roll and be discharged. Easy to clean. Further, the cooling air passage is easy to flow because the passage between the cooling fins is not greatly restricted.

  Further, by arranging the reinforcing ridges 34 so that they do not overlap with the reinforcing ridges 34 of the adjacent cooling fins 30 in the longitudinal direction of the cooling fins 30, the cooling air can easily flow between the cooling fins, Mud is not easily caught and cleaning is easy.

  In the illustrated embodiment, the internal combustion engine 10 is an internal combustion engine of a system that is suspended from a main frame 5 that extends rearward and downward from a head pipe 4 of a motorcycle, and between the upper surface of the cylinder head 13 and the main frame 5. By providing the intake device 20, rain water or the like adhering to the main frame 5 or the intake device 20 easily falls to the cooling fin structure 31 above the internal combustion engine 10 when the vehicle travels. By forming the bottom wall 35 that passes in the vehicle traveling direction without forming the recessed portion in which the reinforcing ridge 34 is partitioned, the reinforcing ridge 34 is easily discharged through the vehicle traveling direction.

  In the illustrated embodiment, for example, the reinforcing ridges 34 are formed on the left end in the traveling direction in FIG. 4, that is, on both surfaces of the cooling fin 30 that is the outermost in the width direction of the vehicle. The outermost cooling fin 30 may be formed with no reinforcing ridge 34 at all, or may not be formed only on the outer surface in the vehicle width direction. That is, it is possible to prevent the reinforcing ridge 34 from being formed on at least the outer surface of the cooling fin 30 located on the outermost side. In this case, the appearance of the engine including the cooling fin structure 31 is improved.

  In the illustrated embodiment of the present invention, the cooling fin structure is provided only on the upper surface of the cylinder block, but it can also be provided on the upper surface of the cylinder head, and if necessary, the surface other than the upper surface of the cylinder block or cylinder head. It is also possible to provide it.

1 is a side view showing an example of a motorcycle including a cooling fin structure for a vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 1 showing a side view of the internal combustion engine and its intake device. Side view showing only the cylinder block of the internal combustion engine shown in FIG. It is a top view of FIG. 3, and is a figure which shows the cooling fin structure which makes the summary of this invention. VV sectional view taken on the line of FIG. The figure which looked at the cylinder block from the front of the vehicle advancing direction. The top view which shows a vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Motorcycle, 3 ... Front fork, 4 ... Head pipe, 5 main frame, 6 ... Rear frame,
10 ... Internal combustion engine, 11 ... Crank case, 12 ... Cylinder block, 13 ... Cylinder head, 14 ... Head cover, 15 ... Chain case, 17 ... Shock absorber, 18 ... Leg shield,
20 ... intake device, 30 ... cooling fin, 31 ... cooling fin structure, 32 ... cooling fin, 32a ... cooling fin, 32b ... reinforcing rib, 34 ... reinforcing ridge, 35 ... bottom wall, 40 ... cooling fin, 40a ... cooling fins, 40b ... reinforcing ribs.

Claims (5)

A cooling fin structure for a vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine having cooling fins formed on at least the upper surface,
A cooling fin structure, wherein a reinforcing ridge is provided on a surface of the cooling fin, and the reinforcing ridge of each cooling fin is not connected to the reinforcing ridge of the adjacent cooling fin and the adjacent cooling fin. The cooling fin structure for a vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the cooling fins are arranged side by side, and the reinforcing ridges are alternately arranged. The cooling fin structure for a vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine according to claim 2, wherein the reinforcing ridges are arranged so as not to overlap with the reinforcing ridges of the adjacent cooling fins when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the cooling fins. . The vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine is an internal combustion engine of a type that has a cylinder in a forward tilt state or a substantially horizontal posture and is suspended from a main frame that extends rearward and downward from a head pipe of a motorcycle, 4. An intake system component for intake air into the engine is provided between the main frame and the cooling fins arranged so as to extend in the traveling direction of the motorcycle. The cooling fin structure of the vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine. 5. The cooling fin for a vehicle-mounted internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein a reinforcing ridge is not provided on at least an outer surface of the cooling fin disposed on the outermost side among the cooling fins. Construction.

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