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Exhaust valve throttling mechanism for two-stroke engine
Assignee: Brunswick Corp
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Filing: 1987-06-19
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Granted: 1988-08-30
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Expires: 2007-06-19
Abstract
Abstract An exhaust port throttling mechanism for a two-stroke engine. The engine includes a plurality of in-line cylinders each having exhaust port means disposed to be closed during reciprocating movement of the piston. The engine block is provided with a passage which intersects each exhaust port means, and a shaft is mounted for rotation within the passage and carries a plurality of butterfly-type valves that are disposed to open and close each exhaust port means. When used with a V-6 engine, having two banks of in-line cylinders, a shaft carrying the valves is employed for each bank and the corresponding ends of the shafts are interconnected by meshing gear segments. One of the gear segments is connected through a linkage to the throttle lever for the engine, so that the valves will be moved by actuation of the throttle lever between a substantially closed position at low speeds to an open position at high speeds. A biasing mechanism is incorporated with the gear segments to bias the valves to a closed position, and an adjusting mechanism can be incorporated to manually adjust the closed position of the valves.
Inventors
- 👤 Stephen B. Riese
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 05:05
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D13/00; F02D13/02; F02D13/028; F02D13/0284; F02B; F02B25/00; F02B25/26; F02B27/00; F02B27/04; F02B27/06; F02B61/00; F02B61/04; F02B61/045; F02B75/00; F02B75/16; F02B75/18; F02B75/22; F02B75/02; F02B2075/022; F02B2075/025; F02B2075/1804; F02B2075/1824; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
170 words
In a two-stroke engine, an engine block having a plurality of in-line cylinders, piston means disposed for reciprocal movement in each cylinder, each cylinder including exhaust port means disposed to be closed by said piston means, said block including a passage intersecting each of said exhaust port means, and exhaust port throttling means including a shaft journalled for rotation within said passage, a plurality of valve members disposed in spaced relation on said shaft, each valve member disposed in registry with one of said exhaust port means, each valve member being movable between a closed position where said valve member substantially closes off the respective exhaust port means and an open position, and operating means for rotating said shaft in accordance with a variation in engine speed to move said valve members from said closed position at low throttle speed to said open position at high throttle speed, said valve members when in said closed position at low speed acting to restrict the propagation of pressure waves to the cylinders.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
170 words
In a two-stroke engine, an engine block having a plurality of in-line cylinders, piston means disposed for reciprocal movement in each cylinder, each cylinder including exhaust port means disposed to be closed by said piston means, said block including a passage intersecting each of said exhaust port means, and exhaust port throttling means including a shaft journalled for rotation within said passage, a plurality of valve members disposed in spaced relation on said shaft, each valve member disposed in registry with one of said exhaust port means, each valve member being movable between a closed position where said valve member substantially closes off the respective exhaust port means and an open position, and operating means for rotating said shaft in accordance with a variation in engine speed to move said valve members from said closed position at low throttle speed to said open position at high throttle speed, said valve members when in said closed position at low speed acting to restrict the propagation of pressure waves to the cylinders.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The engine of claim 1, and including adjusting means for adjusting the position of said valve members when in the closed position.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The engine of claim 1, wherein said block, includes three in-line cylinders.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
165 words
In a two-stroke engine, an engine block including two banks of in-line cylinders, each bank comprising at least two cylinders, piston means disposed for reciprocating movement in each cylinder, each cylinder having exhaust port means disposed to be closed by said piston means, said block including a pair of generally parallel passages, each passage intersecting the exhaust port means of one of said banks of cylinders, a shaft journalled for rotation within each passage, a plurality of valve members disposed in spaced relation on each shaft, each valve member disposed in registry with an exhaust port means, throttle means for said engine, and operating means for operably interconnecting said shafts with said throttle means for simultaneously rotating said shafts to move said valve members in unison from a substantially closed position at low throttle speed to an open position at high throttle speed, said valve members when in said closed position at low speed acting to restrict the propagation of pressure waves to the cylinders.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
165 words
In a two-stroke engine, an engine block including two banks of in-line cylinders, each bank comprising at least two cylinders, piston means disposed for reciprocating movement in each cylinder, each cylinder having exhaust port means disposed to be closed by said piston means, said block including a pair of generally parallel passages, each passage intersecting the exhaust port means of one of said banks of cylinders, a shaft journalled for rotation within each passage, a plurality of valve members disposed in spaced relation on each shaft, each valve member disposed in registry with an exhaust port means, throttle means for said engine, and operating means for operably interconnecting said shafts with said throttle means for simultaneously rotating said shafts to move said valve members in unison from a substantially closed position at low throttle speed to an open position at high throttle speed, said valve members when in said closed position at low speed acting to restrict the propagation of pressure waves to the cylinders.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The engine of claim 4, wherein said operating means comprises connecting means interconnecting said shafts, and linkage means interconnecting said throttle means and said connecting means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The engine of claim 4, wherein each valve member comprises a generally flat shutter configured to complement the cross sectional area of said exhaust port means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The engine of claim 1, and including bearing means on said shaft between said valve members for journalling said shaft for rotation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
The engine of claim 5, wherein said connecting means comprises a gear segment mounted on each shaft, said gear segments being disposed in meshing engagement, said linkage means being operably connected to one of said gear segments.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The engine of claim 8, and including adjusting means for simultaneously adjusting the position of said valve members when in the closed position.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
55 words
The engine of claim 9, wherein said adjusting means comprises adjustable stop means mounted for movement relative to said block, and abutment means carried by at least one of said shafts and disposed to engage said stop means, engagement of said abutment means with said stop means determining the closed position of said valve members.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
The engine of claim 8, and including biasing means for biasing said valve members to said closed position.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
The engine of claim 11, wherein said biasing means comprises a biasing member interconnecting each shaft with said block for urging each shaft in a direction to move the corresponding valve member to said closed position.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
168 words
In a two-stroke six cylinder engine, an engine block including two banks of three in-line cylinders, piston means disposed for reciprocating movement in each cylinder, each cylinder having exhaust port means disposed to be closed by said piston means, said block including a pair of generally parallel passages, each passage intersecting the exhaust port means of one of said banks of cylinders, a shaft journalled for rotation within each passage, a plurality of valve members disposed in spaced relation on each shaft, each valve member disposed in registry with an exhaust port means, each valve member comprises a generally flat shutter configured to complement the cross sectional area of said exhuast port means, gear means secured to each shaft, said gear means being in meshing engagement, and means responsive to the speed of said engine for rotating said gear means to thereby rotate said shafts in unison to move said valve members between a closed position at idle engine speed to an open position at full engine speed.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
168 words
In a two-stroke six cylinder engine, an engine block including two banks of three in-line cylinders, piston means disposed for reciprocating movement in each cylinder, each cylinder having exhaust port means disposed to be closed by said piston means, said block including a pair of generally parallel passages, each passage intersecting the exhaust port means of one of said banks of cylinders, a shaft journalled for rotation within each passage, a plurality of valve members disposed in spaced relation on each shaft, each valve member disposed in registry with an exhaust port means, each valve member comprises a generally flat shutter configured to complement the cross sectional area of said exhuast port means, gear means secured to each shaft, said gear means being in meshing engagement, and means responsive to the speed of said engine for rotating said gear means to thereby rotate said shafts in unison to move said valve members between a closed position at idle engine speed to an open position at full engine speed.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
100 words
In a two-stroke engine, an engine block having a plurality of in-line cylinders, piston means disposed for reciprocal movement in each cylinder, each cylinder including exhaust port means disposed to be closed by said piston means, said block including a passage intersecting each of said exhaust port means, throttle means for controlling the speed of the engine and movable between a high speed position and an idle speed position, and means responsive to movement of said throttle means toward said idle speed position for blocking the propagation of reflected pressure waves through each exhaust port means to the respective cylinder.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
100 words
In a two-stroke engine, an engine block having a plurality of in-line cylinders, piston means disposed for reciprocal movement in each cylinder, each cylinder including exhaust port means disposed to be closed by said piston means, said block including a passage intersecting each of said exhaust port means, throttle means for controlling the speed of the engine and movable between a high speed position and an idle speed position, and means responsive to movement of said throttle means toward said idle speed position for blocking the propagation of reflected pressure waves through each exhaust port means to the respective cylinder.
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