Provided is a sound insulation structure for an internal combustion engine that facilitates the assembly work, and minimizes the transmission vibrations and noises. The sound insulation structure for an internal combustion engine comprises a cover main body (21) disposed outside of a main body (10) of the internal combustion engine and covering at least a part of the engine main body, and a foam sound insulation member (22) made of a foam material and attached to an inner surface (21a) of the cover main body facing the engine main body. The foam sound insulation member covers a noise source (11) of the engine main body and abuts the engine main body or a component part (12, 14) attached to the engine main body at an outer periphery thereof so as to interpose the noise source. The engine main body or the component part includes a sound insulation wall (31-33) projecting therefrom so as to shield a junction part at which the foam sound insulation member abuts or adjoins the engine main body or the component part thereof and the sound insulation wall is covered by the cover main body.

Provided is a sound insulation structure for an internal combustion engine that facilitates the assembly work, and minimizes the transmission vibrations and noises. The sound insulation structure for an internal combustion engine comprises a cover main body (21) disposed outside of a main body (10) of the internal combustion engine and covering at least a part of the engine main body, and a foam sound insulation member (22) made of a foam material and attached to an inner surface (21a) of the cover main body facing the engine main body. The foam sound insulation member covers a noise source (11) of the engine main body and abuts the engine main body or a component part (12, 14) attached to the engine main body at an outer periphery thereof so as to interpose the noise source. The engine main body or the component part includes a sound insulation wall (31-33) projecting therefrom so as to shield a junction part at which the foam sound insulation member abuts or adjoins the engine main body or the component part thereof and the sound insulation wall is covered by the cover main body.

The disclosure describes different types of reciprocating internal combustion engines flexibly mounted in thermally insulating enclosures. A reciprocating component located between two toroidal working volumes in a cylinder is surrounded by an exhaust processing volume, with charge air or gas passing through the interior of the reciprocating component. The enclosures with engines can be “snap-in” mounted into items of equipment needing an engine for operation. In operation, piston extensions or drawbars attached to pistons in operation power crankshafts and/or electrical generators, either rotating or reciprocating. Within an enclosure, air is passed through multiple segregated plenums. Engines having a single piston assembly reciprocating in a cylinder between two combustion chambers are disclosed. Hollow piston assemblies are shown, permitting passage of gas through their interior. Charge air compressors, fuel delivery systems, exhaust emission control systems, electrical generators and exhaust heat energy recovery systems are shown mounted within a single enclosure. Constructional details of pistons transferring power to crankshafts and/or generators via drawbars, as are other construction details.

The disclosure describes different types of reciprocating internal combustion engines flexibly mounted in thermally insulating enclosures. A reciprocating component located between two toroidal working volumes in a cylinder is surrounded by an exhaust processing volume, with charge air or gas passing through the interior of the reciprocating component. The enclosures with engines can be “snap-in” mounted into items of equipment needing an engine for operation. In operation, piston extensions or drawbars attached to pistons in operation power crankshafts and/or electrical generators, either rotating or reciprocating. Within an enclosure, air is passed through multiple segregated plenums. Engines having a single piston assembly reciprocating in a cylinder between two combustion chambers are disclosed. Hollow piston assemblies are shown, permitting passage of gas through their interior. Charge air compressors, fuel delivery systems, exhaust emission control systems, electrical generators and exhaust heat energy recovery systems are shown mounted within a single enclosure. Constructional details of pistons transferring power to crankshafts and/or generators via drawbars, as are other construction details.

A powerplant can include a first prime mover configured to turn a propulsor, and a second prime mover operatively connected in parallel with the first prime mover to turn the propulsor together with or separately from the first prime mover. The powerplant can include a firewall disposed around at least one of the first prime mover or the second prime mover to create a first prime mover fire zone and a second prime mover fire zone separate from the first prime mover fire zone such that the first prime mover is protected against a second prime mover fire, and vice versa.

A powerplant can include a first prime mover configured to turn a propulsor, and a second prime mover operatively connected in parallel with the first prime mover to turn the propulsor together with or separately from the first prime mover. The powerplant can include a firewall disposed around at least one of the first prime mover or the second prime mover to create a first prime mover fire zone and a second prime mover fire zone separate from the first prime mover fire zone such that the first prime mover is protected against a second prime mover fire, and vice versa.

A fastening device for fastening a shielding part to a partnered fastening part, having: a sleeve with a through opening for a fastener; at least two bridging elements, which are equipped with outer regions in a radial direction for indirect or direct contact with the opposing outsides of the shielding part and are fastened to the sleeve with inner regions in the radial direction; a damping element is positioned between the bridging elements in an axial direction and outside of the sleeve in the radial direction, characterized in that the damping element is embodied as a spring element and has at least one spring arm, which is resiliently flexible in the radial direction and is equipped to cooperate in a supporting way with a hole rim of a hole of the shielding part.

A turbo shield with a slit, wherein the slit is configured to allow an inner diameter across the turbo shield to increase and decrease without altering the properties of fibers associated with the turbo shield.

Provided is a vehicle front structure capable of, without breaking a lid provided at a thermal insulating cover, reliably closing a bonnet and the lid even if an attempt is made to close the bonnet prior to closing the lid. In the present invention, a thermal insulating cover 10 including a lid 30 that covers the upper side of an engine in an openable and closable manner is provided below a bonnet 1 that covers the upper side of an engine room in an openable and closable manner; the lid 30 is provided with, in the vehicle front-rear direction, a hinge fulcrum 36 on the same rear end side as a hinge fulcrum 4 of the bonnet 1 and is openable and closable independently of the bonnet 1; and the lid 30 includes locking means 40 that is locked to the bonnet 1 when the lid 30 is open and is released from the locking in conjunction with a closing operation of the bonnet 1.

Provided is a vehicle front structure capable of, without breaking a lid provided at a thermal insulating cover, reliably closing a bonnet and the lid even if an attempt is made to close the bonnet prior to closing the lid. In the present invention, a thermal insulating cover 10 including a lid 30 that covers the upper side of an engine in an openable and closable manner is provided below a bonnet 1 that covers the upper side of an engine room in an openable and closable manner; the lid 30 is provided with, in the vehicle front-rear direction, a hinge fulcrum 36 on the same rear end side as a hinge fulcrum 4 of the bonnet 1 and is openable and closable independently of the bonnet 1; and the lid 30 includes locking means 40 that is locked to the bonnet 1 when the lid 30 is open and is released from the locking in conjunction with a closing operation of the bonnet 1.