F01M2011/021

Oil supply structure for timing chain system

An engine is provided with a timing chain cover that covers a side where a timing chain is arranged in a spaced apart manner from the side of the engine. An oil jet extending in an output shaft direction is a hollow member including therein an oil passage. One end portion of the oil jet in the output shaft direction is supported in a hole formed in the engine, and the other end portion of the oil jet extends toward the timing chain cover but does not come into contact with the timing chain cover. A pressing part arranged in a spaced apart manner from the timing chain cover in the output shaft direction is located between the other end portion and the timing chain cover in the output shaft direction, and the pressing part is in contact with the other end portion.

Oil cooled centrifugal compressor and turbocharger including the same

A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing; an impeller rotatably disposed within the housing; a rotational shaft connected to the impeller; and a bearing member supporting the rotational shaft in the housing. An oil flow passage through which oil flows is formed in the housing. The oil flow passage includes a lubricating oil passage through which the oil flows as lubricating oil to be supplied to the bearing member, and a cooling oil passage through which the oil flows as cooling oil for heat exchange with a fluid compressed by the impeller. The cooling oil passage is configured so that the oil flows into the cooling oil passage as the cooling oil without passing through the bearing member.

Internal combustion engine and method of operating same

An internal combustion engine having an oil circuit, wherein the oil circuit is designed to supply at least one component of the internal combustion engine with lubricating oil, and at least one oil reservoir for providing the lubricating oil for the oil circuit, wherein there is provided at least one collecting container separate from the at least one oil reservoir, wherein lubricating oil in the oil circuit downstream of the at least one component can be collected in the at least one collecting container, and there is provided at least one removal device, by means of which at least a part of the lubricating oil collected in the at least one collecting container is removable from the at least one oil circuit.

Engine device

An engine includes: an exhaust manifold 7 close to one of left and right side surfaces of an engine; a turbocharger 60 having an exhaust-side inlet connected to the exhaust manifold 7; and a rocker-arm-chamber-integrated intake manifold 8 being disposed on an upper surface of a cylinder head 5 and integrally including a rocker arm chamber 90 and an intake manifold 6. The intake manifold 8 has a wall 101 dividing the rocker arm chamber 90 close to the one of the left and right side surfaces of the engine 1 and the intake manifold 6 close to the other of the left and right side surfaces to isolate the rocker arm chamber 90 and the intake manifold 6 from each other. The rocker arm chamber 90 has, in its upper portion, a positive crankcase ventilation device 69 protruding therefrom and being configured to return blowby gas to an intake system. The positive crankcase ventilation device 69 has, in its side surface, a blowby-gas discharge port 67 connected with a gas conduit 68 through which blowby gas is delivered to an intake-side inlet of the turbocharger 60.

MONITORING SYSTEM FOR PUMP WITH MECHANICAL SEAL LUBRICATION ARRANGEMENT

Systems and methods are provided for remotely monitoring liquid lubricant levels for pump equipment. A system includes a reservoir to store lubricant and a lubrication gland to expose a shaft seal of the pump equipment to the lubricant. A feed line and a return line circulate the lubricant between the reservoir and the lubrication gland. A level sensor is configured to measure a fluid level in the reservoir. The level sensor uses a communication interface to transmit fluid level data a monitoring device mounted to the pump equipment. The monitoring device is configured to compare the fluid level data against stored alert thresholds and send, to a provider network, an alert signal when the fluid level data is below an alert threshold. If the fluid level data is not below an alert threshold, the monitoring device stores the fluid level data for periodic reporting.

Turbocharger

A turbocharger includes a rolling bearing including at least one rolling element for rotatably supporting a rotational shaft, a bearing support cylinder located on a radially outer side relative to the rolling bearing, for supporting the rolling bearing, and a housing located on the radially outer side relative to the bearing support cylinder, for covering a circumference of the bearing support cylinder. Between an outer circumferential surface of the bearing support cylinder and an inner circumferential surface of the housing, a gap for forming an oil film by inflow of lubricant oil is provided. At least one of the outer circumferential surface of the bearing support cylinder and the inner circumferential surface of the housing includes an oil film holding portion for suppressing outflow of the lubricant oil from the gap. The oil film holding portion is a protrusion disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the bearing support cylinder, or a recess or the protrusion disposed on the inner circumferential surface of the housing.

TURBOCHARGER

A turbocharger includes a rolling bearing including at least one rolling element for rotatably supporting a rotational shaft, a bearing support cylinder located on a radially outer side relative to the rolling bearing, for supporting the rolling bearing, and a housing located on the radially outer side relative to the bearing support cylinder, for covering a circumference of the bearing support cylinder. Between an outer circumferential surface of the bearing support cylinder and an inner circumferential surface of the housing, a gap for forming an oil film by inflow of lubricant oil is provided. At least one of the outer circumferential surface of the bearing support cylinder and the inner circumferential surface of the housing includes an oil film holding portion for suppressing outflow of the lubricant oil from the gap. The oil film holding portion is a protrusion disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the bearing support cylinder, or a recess or the protrusion disposed on the inner circumferential surface of the housing.

Vehicle

A vehicle includes an engine unit, a radiator, a first passage, and a second passage which is provided below the cylinder head and to which lubricating liquid is supplied. The radiator is arranged in front of the engine unit. The first passage includes a first opening arranged in front of the radiator so as to face the radiator and is configured to guide first traveling wind from the first opening toward the radiator. The second passage includes a second opening arranged outside the first opening in the vehicle width while being partitioned from the first opening, and is configured to guide second traveling wind from the second opening toward the lower supplied member.

Turbocharger

A turbocharger includes: a shaft connecting a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel; a thrust collar rotating together with the shaft; a thrust bearing holding the thrust collar for rotation; and a bearing housing holding the thrust bearing, wherein the bearing housing includes: an oil supply passage for supplying oil for lubrication to the thrust bearing; an oil discharge passage from which the oil supplied to the thrust bearing is discharged; a wall portion facing the thrust collar; and a groove portion formed in the wall portion and extending from the thrust collar toward a discharge port of the oil discharge passage.

OIL PASSAGEWAY STRUCTURE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
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An oil passageway structure for IC engines includes a generator provided on one end side of a crankshaft, a generator cover that covers the generator and is fixed to an engine crankcase, a protective cover provided outside the generator cover and a water pump attached to an outer surface of the protective cover and having a drive shaft coaxially connected to one end of the crankshaft. The generator cover includes oil passageways that supply engine oil from the crankcase to the generator, and a generator cover-side guide portion that flows out engine oil collected from a generator housing space housing the generator toward the protective cover, and the protective cover includes a protective cover-side guide portion that guides and supplies the engine oil flowing out from the generator cover-side guide portion to the drive shaft of the water pump.