Intake air cooling arrangement for turbocharged internal combustion engine

• US 4,911,135 A
• Filed: 01/11/1989
• Issued: 03/27/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Nishimura, Masahiro, Ayabe, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Koczo, Michael
• Application Number:
  US07/295,866
• Time in Patent Office: 440 Days
• Field of Search: 60/599, 123/563, 180/68.1, 180/68.3
• US Class Current: 123/563
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 29/0431 Details or means to guide the ambient air to the heat exchanger, e.g. having a fan, flaps, a bypass or a special location in the engine compartment
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 29/0475 the intake air cooler being combined with another device, e.g. heater, valve, compressor, filter or EGR cooler, or being assembled on a special engine location
• CPC Class Codes: F02F 7/006 Camshaft or pushrod housings
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an intake air cooling arrangement for a turbocharged internal combustion engine which comprises an intercooler for cooling the air which is conveyed from a turbocharger to an intake manifold of the engine; a first structure for mounting the intercooler just above the intake manifold; and a second structure for defining an air flowing way through which the outside air is forced to flow under running of the vehicle, wherein the intercooler and the intake manifold are arranged in the air flowing way so that the outside air which has passed through the intercooler is directed toward the intake manifold to cool the same.

Claims

1. An intake air cooling arrangement for a turbocharged internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, which comprises:

an intercooler for cooling the air which is conveyed from a turbocharger to an intake manifold of the engine;

first means for mounting said intercooler just above said intake manifold; and

second means for defining an air flowing way through which the outside air is forced to flow under running of the vehicle,

wherein said intercooler and said intake manifold are arranged in said air flowing way so that the outside air which has passed through the intercooler is directed toward the intake manifold to cool the same.

2. An intake air cooling arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which said second means comprises:

an air duct having an interior to which one face of said intercooler is exposed; and

an air intake bulge formed on a hood of an engine room of the motor vehicle, said air intake bulge having air intake opening which is communicated with the interior of said air duct and faced forward of the motor vehicle.

3. An intake air cooling arrangement as claimed in claim 2, in which said intake manifold carries thereon fuel injection valves and a fuel conveying tube which are exposed to said air flowing way of the outside air.

4. An intake air cooling arrangement as claimed in claim 3, in which said intake manifold is so arranged that respective branch portions thereof extend downward from corresponding intake ports of a cylinder head of the engine to a common hollow base portion thereof.

5. An intake air cooling arrangement as claimed in claim 4, in which said first means comprises:

a shorter bracket for connecting a portion of said intercooler to a cylinder head of the engine; and

a longer bracket for connecting the other portion of said intercooler to said intake manifold.

6. An intake air cooling arrangement as claimed in claim 5, in which said intercooler is of a cross-flow type which comprises first parallel passages and second parallel passages which intersect at generally right angles.