US6161528A
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Recirculating exhaust gas cooling device
Assignee: Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp
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Filing: 1998-10-29
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Granted: 2000-12-19
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Expires: 2018-10-29
Abstract
Abstract A recirculating exhaust gas cooling device is provided for cooling exhaust gas of a vehicle engine while the exhaust gas is recirculating through an EGR system designed to lower NOx emission levels. The cooling device includes a housing in which an exhaust gas recirculation passage and a cooling fluid passages are located next to each other, to extend in parallel with each other, and a heat-exchange core member rotatably provided in the housing and defining a multiplicity of passages that extend in substantially parallel with a rotational axis of the core member, and a rotating mechanism that rotates the core member. The multiple passages of the core member communicate with both of the exhaust gas recirculation passage and the cooling fluid passage. With the core member being rotated, EGR gas passing through the exhaust gas recirculation passage is cooled by a part of the passages of the core member that has been cooled by a cooling fluid passing through the cooling fluid passage.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshiyuki Akao
- 👤 Norio Nakazawa
- 👤 Hiroshi Ogita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 20:51
CPC Classifications
F; F28; F28D; F28D19/00; F28D19/04; F28D19/041; F02; F02M; F02M26/00; F02M26/13; F02M26/22; F02M26/29; F02M26/31; F02M26/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
A recirculating exhaust gas cooling device comprising: an exhaust gas recirculation passage through which a part of exhaust gas of an engine recirculates, to enter a cylinder of the engine along with intake air; a cooling fluid passage through which a cooling fluid passes; a housing in which said exhaust gas recirculation passage and said cooling fluid passage are located next to each other, to extend in parallel with each other; a heat-exchange core member provided in said housing such that the core member is rotatable about a rotational axis, said core member defining a multiplicity of passages that extend in substantially parallel with the rotational axis of the core member, wherein said multiplicity of passages can be rotated between a position within the exhaust gas recirculation passage and a position within the cooling fluid passage; and a rotating mechanism that rotates said core member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
145 words
A recirculating exhaust gas cooling device comprising: an exhaust gas recirculation passage through which a part of exhaust gas of an engine recirculates, to enter a cylinder of the engine along with intake air; a cooling fluid passage through which a cooling fluid passes; a housing in which said exhaust gas recirculation passage and said cooling fluid passage are located next to each other, to extend in parallel with each other; a heat-exchange core member provided in said housing such that the core member is rotatable about a rotational axis, said core member defining a multiplicity of passages that extend in substantially parallel with the rotational axis of the core member, wherein said multiplicity of passages can be rotated between a position within the exhaust gas recirculation passage and a position within the cooling fluid passage; and a rotating mechanism that rotates said core member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A recirculating exhaust gas cooling device as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said multiplicity of passages of said core member has a hydraulic diameter of 0.3 mm to 1.0 mm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
A recirculating exhaust gas cooling device as defined in claim 1, further comprising a sliding member provided at a sliding portion between said housing and said core member, said sliding member comprising a solid lubricating material containing one of copper, carbon, fluoride, and oxide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A recirculating exhaust gas cooling device as defined in claim 1, wherein said core member comprises a columnar member made of a ceramic material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A recirculating exhaust gas cooling device as defined in claim 4, wherein said core member has an opening rate that is a range of 50 to 80%.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
A recirculating exhaust gas cooling device as defined in claim 4, wherein the ceramic material of the core member has a porosity that is in a range of 10 to 30%.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
A recirculating exhaust gas cooling device as defined in claim 4, further comprising a metallic casing fixed to an outer circumferential surface of said core member, said rotating mechanism being provided on an outer periphery of said metallic casing.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
A recirculating exhaust gas cooling device as defined in claim 7, wherein said metallic casing is fitted on the outer circumferential surface of said core member by press fitting or shrinkage fitting.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
A recirculating exhaust gas cooling device as defined in claim 7, further comprising a torque transmitting member formed on an inner circumferential surface of said metallic casing to extend in a substantially radial direction of the casing.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
53 words
A recirculating exhaust gas cooling device as defined in claim 7, wherein said rotating mechanism comprises a belt groove formed in an outer circumferential surface of said metallic casing, a belt that engages with the belt groove, and a pulley that is driven by a drive device so as to rotate the belt.
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