Exhaust line element provided with a turbocompressor

• US 7,836,692 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2006
• Issued: 11/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Faurecia Systemes D'Echappement (Faurecia SA)
• Original Assignee: Faurecia Systemes D'Echappement (Faurecia SA)
• Inventors: Leroy, Vincent
• Primary Examiner(s): Trieu; Thai Ba
• Application Number:
  US11/883,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20080202117A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,757 Days
• Field of Search: 606/02, 606/052, 606/053, 60320-324
• US Class Current: 60/602
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 13/10 of exhaust manifolds with cooling jacket F01N3/046
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 13/1811 with means permitting relative movement, e.g. compensation of thermal expansion or vibration
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 13/1827 Sealings specially adapted for exhaust systems sealings in general F16J15/00
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2450/22 by welding or brazing
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2470/06 Tubes being formed by assembly of stamped or otherwise deformed sheet-metal
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2470/10 Tubes having non-circular cross section
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 37/00 Engines characterised by provision of pumps driven at least for part of the time by exhaust
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 37/02 Gas passages between engine outlet and pump drive, e.g. reservoirs
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 67/10 of charging or scavenging apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies

Abstract

An exhaust line element for a supercharged heat engine includes an exhaust manifold and a turbocompressor. The manifold includes at least two separate inlets equipped with connection elements at the outlet of the cylinders of the engine and a discharge outlet for the exhaust gases which is common to the different inlets and which is connected to the inlet tube of the turbocompressor, a bundle of internal tubes converging towards the outlet, each from an inlet of the manifold, and an outer casing inside which the bundle of tubes extends. The inlet tube and the discharge outlet are connected by a peripheral weld seam provided between the outer casing and the inlet tube, and the bundle of tubes is left free from any welding to the inlet tube at the discharge outlet.

Claims

1. An exhaust line element for a supercharged heat engine, comprising an exhaust manifold (12) and a turbocompressor (14) which comprises a chamber (18) for circulation of the exhaust gases which comprises a guiding bladed wheel therein and which has an inlet tube (20) for the exhaust gases, the manifold (12) comprising at least two separate inlets (33) equipped with connection means at the outlet of the cylinders of the engine and a discharge outlet (21) for the exhaust gases which is common to the different inlets (33) and which is connected to the inlet tube (20) of the turbocompressor (14), the manifold (12) comprising a bundle of internal tubes (42) which converge towards the outlet (21), each from an inlet (33) of the manifold, and an outer casing (40) inside which the bundle of tubes (42) extends, wherein the inlet tube (20) and the outlet (21) of the manifold are connected by means of a peripheral weld seam (48) which is provided between the outer casing (40) and the inlet tube (20) of the turbocompressor (14), and in that the bundle of tubes (42) is left free from any welding to the inlet tube (20) of the turbocompressor (14) at the outlet (21) of the manifold (12).

2. The exhaust line element according to claim 1, wherein the inlet tube (20) comprises, at the end thereof, an outer peripheral shoulder (50) which delimits a portion (52) of the tube which has a reduced thickness and which is fitted in the outer casing (40) of the outlet (21) of the manifold (12).

3. The exhaust line element according to claim 2, wherein the manifold (12) comprises a sliding joint (46) which is interposed between the bundle of tubes (42) and the outer casing (40).

4. The exhaust line element according to claim 3, wherein the sliding joint (46) is formed by a ring of metal mesh.

5. The exhaust line element according to claim 2, wherein the bundle of tubes (42) is engaged in the inlet tube (20) of the turbocompressor (14) at the outlet (21) of the manifold (12).

6. The exhaust line element according to claim 2, wherein the tubes (42) of the bundle of tubes are separate from each other along the entire length thereof from the inlets (33) of the manifold to the outlet (21) of the manifold (12).

7. The exhaust line element according to claim 2, wherein the bundle of tubes (42) is constituted by ceramic tubes.

8. The exhaust line element according to claim 1, wherein the manifold (12) comprises a sliding joint (46) which is interposed between the bundle of tubes (42) and the outer casing (40).

9. The exhaust line element according to claim 8, wherein the sliding joint (46) is formed by a ring of metal mesh.

10. The exhaust line element according to claim 1, wherein the bundle of tubes (42) is engaged in the inlet tube (20) of the turbocompressor (14) at the outlet (21) of the manifold (12).

11. The exhaust line element according to claim 10, wherein the bundle of tubes (42) is constituted by ceramic tubes.

12. The exhaust line element according to claim 11, wherein the bundle of tubes (42) extends inside the inlet tube (20) of the turbocompressor (14) over a length which is greater than 40 mm.

13. The exhaust line element according to claim 1, wherein the tubes (42) of the bundle of tubes are separate from each other along the entire length thereof from the inlets (33) of the manifold to the outlet (21) of the manifold (12).

14. The exhaust line element according to claim 1, wherein the bundle of tubes (42) is constituted by ceramic tubes.