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Internal combustion engine having combustion heater
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1998-12-17
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Granted: 2000-05-02
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Expires: 2018-12-17
Abstract
Abstract An internal combustion engine having a combustion heater is constructed to prevent an influence by a blow-by gas and to maintain well the combustion in the combustion heater even when introducing the combustion air of the combustion heater from an intake passage of the internal combustion engine. The combustion heater introduces a fuel by using a pump and the air from an air introducing passage by using a fan, and thus performs a combustion. The air introducing passage is connected to an intake passage. A blow-by gas introducing passage is connected to the intake passage. An aperture, connected to the intake passage, of the blow-by gas introducing passage is disposed more downstream of an intake flow than an aperture, connected to the intake passage, of the air introducing passage. With this configuration, an inflow of the blow-by gas into the combustion heater is restrained, and the combustion can be well maintained.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Suzuki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 13:45
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01M; F01M13/00; F01M13/02; F01M13/021; F01M13/022; F02; F02B; F02B29/00; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
An internal combustion engine having a combustion heater, for heating related elements to said internal combustion engine by burning a fuel, provided with an air introducing passage for introducing the air necessary for burning the fuel through an intake passage of said internal combustion engine, said internal combustion engine comprising: a blow-by gas introducing passage for introducing a blow-by gas into said intake passage, wherein an aperture, open to said intake passage, of said blow-by gas introducing passage is disposed more downstream of an intake flow than an aperture, open to said intake passage, of said air introducing passage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
An internal combustion engine having a combustion heater, for heating related elements to said internal combustion engine by burning a fuel, provided with an air introducing passage for introducing the air necessary for burning the fuel through an intake passage of said internal combustion engine, said internal combustion engine comprising: a blow-by gas introducing passage for introducing a blow-by gas into said intake passage, wherein an aperture, open to said intake passage, of said blow-by gas introducing passage is disposed more downstream of an intake flow than an aperture, open to said intake passage, of said air introducing passage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
67 words
An internal combustion engine having a combustion heater according to claim 1, wherein said combustion heater includes a combustion gas discharge passage for discharging the combustion gas to said intake passage, and an aperture, open to said intake passage, of said combustion gas discharge passage is disposed more downstream of the intake flow than said aperture, open to said intake passage, of said blow-by gas introducing passage.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
An internal combustion engine having a combustion heater according to claim 2, wherein said open-to-intake-passage aperture of said blow-by gas introducing passage is disposed at a wall surface of said intake passage on the side facing, with the intake passage central line interposed therebetween, to said open-to-intake-passage aperture of said combustion gas discharge passage.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
An internal combustion engine having a combustion heater according to claim 1, wherein an intake air resisting structure is not disposed at said intake passage between said aperture of said air introducing passage with respect to said intake passage and said aperture of said combustion gas discharge passage with respect to said intake passage.
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