Variable Compression Ratio Apparatus

• US 20100000497A1
• Filed: 07/06/2009
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kong, Jin Kook, Kim, Young Nam, LEE, Eun Ho
• Granted Patent: US 8,074,613 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 123/48.B
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 75/048 by means of a variable crank stroke length
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 15/02 by alteration or displacement of piston stroke
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 26/01 Internal exhaust gas recirculation, i.e. wherein the residual exhaust gases are trapped in the cylinder or pushed back from the intake or the exhaust manifold into the combustion chamber without the use of additional passages

Abstract

A variable compression ratio apparatus may include a connecting rod rotatably connected to the piston so as to receive the combustion force therefrom, a pin link mounted to the crankshaft and rotatably connected to the connecting rod so as to receive the combustion force from the connecting rod and rotate the crankshaft, a connecting link rotatably coupled to the pin link and changing a rotation trace of the pin link with respect to a rotation axis of the crankshaft, an eccentric camshaft provided with first and second shaft portions eccentric from each other and configured to rotate by a predetermined angle according to a driving condition of the engine, a sub control link rotatably connected to the eccentric camshaft about the first shaft portion and rotatably connected to the connecting link, and a main control link rotatably connected to the eccentric camshaft about the second shaft portion and rotatably connected to the connecting link.

Claims

1. A variable compression ratio apparatus that is mounted at an engine receiving a combustion force of an air-fuel mixture from a piston and rotating a crankshaft, and that changes compression ratio of the air-fuel mixture, comprising:

a connecting rod rotatably connected to the piston so as to receive the combustion force therefrom;

a pin link mounted to the crankshaft and rotatably connected to the connecting rod so as to receive the combustion force from the connecting rod and rotate the crankshaft;

a connecting link rotatably coupled to the pin link and changing a rotation trace of the pin link with respect to a rotation axis of the crankshaft;

an eccentric camshaft provided with first and second shaft portions eccentric from each other and configured to rotate by a predetermined angle according to a driving condition of the engine;

a sub control link rotatably connected to the eccentric camshaft about the first shaft portion and rotatably connected to the connecting link; and

a main control link rotatably connected to the eccentric camshaft about the second shaft portion and rotatably connected to the connecting link.

2. The variable compression ratio apparatus of claim 1, wherein an angle between the sub control link and the main control link with respect to a rotation axis of the eccentric cam shaft is configured to change in a case that the eccentric camshaft rotates by the predetermined angle.

3. The variable compression ratio apparatus of claim 2, wherein the connecting link changes the rotation trace of the pin link around the rotation axis of the crankshaft in accordance with the change of the angle between the sub control link and the main control link with respect to the rotation axis of the eccentric cam shaft.

4. A variable compression ratio apparatus that is mounted at an engine receiving a combustion force of an air-fuel mixture from a piston and rotating a crankshaft, and that changes compression ratio of the air-fuel mixture, comprising:

a connecting rod having one end portion rotatably connected to the piston and the other end portion;

a pin link having a first connecting point rotatably connected to the other end portion of the connecting rod, a second connecting point rotatably connected to the crankshaft, and a third connecting point;

a connecting link having a fourth connecting point rotatably connected to the third connecting point of the pin link, and fifth and sixth connecting points;

a sub control link having one end portion rotatably connected to the sixth connecting point of the connecting link and the other end portion;

a main control link having one end portion rotatably connected to the fifth connecting point of the connecting link and the other end portion; and

an eccentric camshaft rotatably connected respectively to the other end portions of the main control link and the sub control link, wherein rotation axes of the other end portions of the main control link and the sub control link are configured to be offset so as to change an angle between the main control link and the sub control link with respect to a rotation axis of the eccentric camshaft.

5. The variable compression ratio apparatus of claim 4, wherein the eccentric camshaft comprises:

a first shaft portion at which the other end portion of the sub control link is rotatably mounted; and

a second shaft portion eccentrically disposed from the first shaft portion, the other end portion of the main control link being rotatably mounted at the second shaft portion.

6. The variable compression ratio apparatus of claim 5, wherein the eccentric camshaft is configured to rotate by a predetermined angle according to a driving condition of the engine so as to change the angle between the main control link and the sub control link with respect to the rotation axis of the eccentric camshaft.

7. The variable compression ratio apparatus of claim 6, wherein the connecting link is configured to change a rotation trace of the pin link around a rotation axis of the crankshaft in accordance with the change of the angle between the sub control link and the main control link with respect to the rotation axis of the eccentric camshaft.

8. The variable compression ratio apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first, second, and third connecting points form a first predetermined triangular shape.

9. The variable compression ratio apparatus of claim 4, wherein the fourth, fifth, and sixth connecting points form a second predetermined triangular shape.