EP1700012A1 - Elektrischer ventiltrieb mit drehaktuator - Google Patents
Elektrischer ventiltrieb mit drehaktuatorInfo
- Publication number
- EP1700012A1 EP1700012A1 EP04797566A EP04797566A EP1700012A1 EP 1700012 A1 EP1700012 A1 EP 1700012A1 EP 04797566 A EP04797566 A EP 04797566A EP 04797566 A EP04797566 A EP 04797566A EP 1700012 A1 EP1700012 A1 EP 1700012A1
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- Prior art keywords
- control shaft
- valve
- cam
- inertia
- spring
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/02—Valve drive
- F01L1/024—Belt drive
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L9/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements actuated non-mechanically
- F01L9/20—Valve-gear or valve arrangements actuated non-mechanically by electric means
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L9/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements actuated non-mechanically
- F01L9/20—Valve-gear or valve arrangements actuated non-mechanically by electric means
- F01L9/22—Valve-gear or valve arrangements actuated non-mechanically by electric means actuated by rotary motors
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/12—Transmitting gear between valve drive and valve
- F01L1/18—Rocking arms or levers
- F01L1/185—Overhead end-pivot rocking arms
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/20—Adjusting or compensating clearance
- F01L1/22—Adjusting or compensating clearance automatically, e.g. mechanically
- F01L1/24—Adjusting or compensating clearance automatically, e.g. mechanically by fluid means, e.g. hydraulically
- F01L1/2405—Adjusting or compensating clearance automatically, e.g. mechanically by fluid means, e.g. hydraulically by means of a hydraulic adjusting device located between the cylinder head and rocker arm
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L9/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements actuated non-mechanically
- F01L9/20—Valve-gear or valve arrangements actuated non-mechanically by electric means
- F01L9/21—Valve-gear or valve arrangements actuated non-mechanically by electric means actuated by solenoids
- F01L2009/2125—Shaft and armature construction
- F01L2009/2126—Arrangements for amplifying the armature stroke
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a valve train according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
- Such a valve train is known from DE 101 40 461 A1.
- the camshaft is mechanically driven by the crankshaft via a timing chain or a timing belt.
- an electromagnetic valve train an "actuator unit” is assigned to each valve or "valve group" of a cylinder.
- actuator units Different basic types are currently being researched. In a basic type, an opening and a closing magnet are assigned to a valve or a valve group.
- valve drives of this type are difficult to control in terms of control technology.
- a control shaft with a cam is provided, the control shaft being through an electric motor can be pivoted back and forth.
- the cam acts on a rocker arm. The rocker arm then transmits the opening force generated by the cam to the valve.
- a lever-like one Element is provided which has the shape of a "hand crank.”
- a leg spring is provided which has a projecting spring arm which presses against the lever-like element. The spring arm of the pivot spring exerts a torque on the control shaft or on the cam. The torque depends on the position of the lever-like element, ie on the pivoting position of the control shaft.
- the control shaft with the cam swings back and forth cyclically in a valve train as described in DE 101 40 461 A1. So there is a permanent reversal of the direction of rotation.
- the electric motor must accelerate the control shaft and the cam and the lever-like element attached to it from the idle state to a relatively high rotational speed.
- the electric motor is supported by the leg spring, but it has to work against the force of the closing spring, which requires a relatively high electrical output.
- a major problem here is that when the control shaft, the cam and the lever-like element connected to the control shaft are accelerated, the electric motor "starts" from the idle state each time.
- the object of the invention is to provide an electrical valve train which operates according to the "rotary actuator principle" and which is improved in terms of electrical energy consumption.
- the starting point of the invention is a valve train for an internal combustion engine with a valve which is arranged axially displaceably between an open position and a closed position.
- the valve is biased towards its closed position by a closing spring.
- a control shaft with a cam is also provided, which actuates the valve.
- the control shaft is coupled to an electric motor that swings the control shaft back and forth about a longitudinal axis.
- a pivotably arranged "pressure element” is provided, which is biased by a spring.
- the pressure element biased by the spring exerts a torque on the control shaft.
- the torque currently exerted on the control shaft depends on the pivoting position of the cam.
- the invention is based on the knowledge that the energy required for the valve actuation or the electrical power required for the valve actuation depends essentially on the ratio of the mass moments of inertia of the "pivotable valve train components". The greater the moment of inertia of the control shaft and the cam, the more power has to be provided by the electric motor for the acceleration of the control shaft and the cam.
- the acceleration of the control shaft and the cam is increased by the pressure element biased by the spring supported.
- the spring is maximally tensioned.
- the mass moment of inertia of the pressure element or the mass moment of inertia formed by the spring and the pressure element has a decisive effect on the electrical power required for the operation of the electric motor.
- a good “electrical efficiency” is achieved if the mass moment of inertia of the pressing element, which is related to its pivot axis, is greater than the mass moment of inertia, which is formed by the control shaft and the cam and relates to the longitudinal axis of the control shaft.
- the pressing element is thus made "more solid” than would actually be required for the transmission of the prestressing force generated by the spring.
- An increase in the moment of inertia of the pressure element has the advantage that when the valve is opened, the pressure element does not come out of the rest position by the electric motor alone must be accelerated, but is also moved by the spring element.
- a first phase of the valve opening process the control shaft and the cam are first accelerated to a certain speed by the electric motor without the valve already being opened.
- the pressure element is also accelerated and thus stores a certain amount of turning energy.
- the second phase the actual opening movement of the valve begins, in which the valve is opened against the closing spring force of the valve. The energy required to open the valve is primarily applied by the spring element and the “kinetic energy” stored in the pressure element.
- Another advantage achieved with the invention is that with the invention the average speed of the electric motor increases Speed range is shifted. As a result, the ohmic losses decrease, in particular when the electric motor accelerates from low speeds, which leads to an improvement in the overall electrical efficiency. This reduces the total energy consumption and the heat loss to be dissipated.
- the spring element is a torsion spring.
- This can be a torsion spring rod, the first end of which is firmly clamped, e.g. is fastened to an actuator housing and the pressing element is fastened to the other end thereof and projects essentially perpendicularly from the torsion spring bar.
- the torsion spring bar can be arranged in parallel with respect to the control shaft and thus very space-saving.
- the "increased" moment of inertia of the pressure element is preferably achieved by a mass concentration at the end facing away from the torsion spring. This results in a relatively high mass moment of inertia with a comparatively low total mass of the pressing element.
- the pressing element can, for example, be made from a plate-shaped component and have a closed contour with a recess in the central region.
- the pressing element can be a stamped part. In particular, the recess can be punched out in the central region.
- the mass moment of inertia of the pressing element related to its pivot axis is greater than the mass moment of inertia formed by the control shaft and the cam and related to the longitudinal axis of the control shaft.
- a particularly favorable ratio of moments of inertia results if the moment of inertia of the pressing element, which is related to its pivot axis, is greater than that by a factor in the range between 1.7 and 2.3 mass moment of inertia formed by the control shaft and the cam, related to the longitudinal axis of the control shaft.
- Figure 1 shows an electric valve train with rotary actuator according to the prior art, as is known from DE 101 40 461 A1;
- Figure 2 shows a pressure element biased by a torsion spring according to the invention
- Figure 3 is a speed-rotation angle diagram to explain the energy saving potential achieved with the invention.
- Figure 1 shows a rotary actuator as it is known from DE 101 40 461 A1.
- the content of DE 101 40 461 A1 is hereby fully incorporated into the content of the present patent application. It is expressly pointed out that all the features described in DE 101 40461 A1 are also the subject of the present patent application.
- FIG. 1 shows an electric valve train 1, which is based on the rotary actuator principle.
- An axially displaceably arranged valve 2 is biased by a closing spring 3 into the closed position shown here.
- a rocker arm 4 is arranged at the shaft end of the valve 2.
- a control shaft 5 is provided with a cam 6 acting on the rocker arm 4.
- the control shaft 5 with the cam 6 is pivoted back and forth by an electric motor 7.
- a lever-like element 8 is provided, against which an arm 9 of a leg spring 10 presses.
- the leg spring 10 thus exerts a torque on the control shaft 5, which is dependent on the pivoting position of the control shaft 5.
- a lowering of the motor power required for the valve control or a lowering of the electrical energy required for the valve control can be achieved by using an "arm” or a “pressing element” which interacts with the lever element 8 and has a “higher” inertia , On the one hand, this allows the maximum engine speed required for valve control or the idling speed of the electric motor to be reduced. In other words, this results in an improved overall electrical efficiency.
- FIG. 2 shows an improved arrangement according to the invention.
- a torsion bar 11 is provided in the arrangement of FIG. 2, one end 12 of which is firmly clamped, for example on an actuator housing (not shown here).
- a “pressure element 14” is fastened, which presses against a lever-like element 15, which is firmly connected to the control shaft 5 and is thus pivoted back and forth with the control shaft 5 by an electric motor, not shown in FIG ,
- the lever-like element 15 is arranged eccentrically to the control shaft 5.
- the pressing element 14 has a high moment of inertia with respect to its pivot axis, ie with respect to the longitudinal axis of the torsion bar 11, which is primarily achieved by a local "mass concentration" in the region of the free end 16 of the pressing element.
- the moment of inertia of the pressing element 14 is greater than the moment of inertia formed by the control shaft 5 and the lever-like element 15 and related to the longitudinal axis 17.
- the pressure element has one .
- the pressure element 14 is thus formed by a closed contour.
- FIG. 3 shows a diagram in which the speed of the control shaft is plotted against the angle of rotation of the control shaft.
- curve 21 corresponds to the conditions in a rotary actuator according to the prior art, as is shown, for example, in FIG. 1.
- the curve shape of curve 22 corresponds qualitatively to a rotary actuator according to the invention. If the valve is completely closed and the control shaft and the cam are in their rest position, then this corresponds to an angle of rotation 0. In the range between 0 and a 1 , the control shaft and the cam are accelerated by the electric motor and by the spring or the pressing element , In the angle of rotation range between 0 and a 1 , approximately 1/4 or 1/3 of the mechanical energy stored in the spring is converted into kinetic energy of the pressing element.
- valve is still completely closed up to the angle of rotation a 1 .
- control shaft and the cam gain momentum in the angle of rotation range between 0 and a 1 , in order to then open the valve against the force of the closing spring in the angle of rotation range between a 1 and a 2 (cf. FIG. 1).
- the pressure element has a comparatively low mass inertia.
- the control shaft and the cam connected to it must therefore be accelerated to a relatively high speed ni.
- a reduction in the maximum speed required for valve actuation to n 2 can be achieved if the mass moment of inertia of the pressure element, which is related to the pivot axis of the pressure element, is increased, in particular if it is greater than the longitudinal axis of the control shaft formed by the control shaft and the cam related moment of inertia. As can be seen from Figure 4, the "Actuator curve" much flatter. With regard to the maximum motor speed ni or n 2 , the “average” operating speed at which the electric motor works is greater in the case of a pressing element with increased inertia than in the prior art. In absolute terms, the average working speed in a rotary actuator according to the invention can be lower.
- the average operating speed related to the maximum engine speed or the idling speed is higher.
- the ratio between the average operating speed and the maximum motor speed ni or n 2 is decisive for the "economy" of the electric motor.
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- Valve-Gear Or Valve Arrangements (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE10358936A DE10358936A1 (de) | 2003-12-12 | 2003-12-12 | Elektrischer Ventiltrieb mit Drehaktuator |
PCT/EP2004/012432 WO2005061863A1 (de) | 2003-12-12 | 2004-11-03 | Elektrischer ventiltrieb mit drehaktuator |
Publications (2)
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EP1700012A1 true EP1700012A1 (de) | 2006-09-13 |
EP1700012B1 EP1700012B1 (de) | 2007-04-11 |
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EP04797566A Expired - Lifetime EP1700012B1 (de) | 2003-12-12 | 2004-11-03 | Elektrischer ventiltrieb mit drehaktuator |
Country Status (6)
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US (1) | US7367300B2 (de) |
EP (1) | EP1700012B1 (de) |
JP (1) | JP4538466B2 (de) |
CN (1) | CN100439664C (de) |
DE (2) | DE10358936A1 (de) |
WO (1) | WO2005061863A1 (de) |
Cited By (1)
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EP1692373B1 (de) * | 2003-12-12 | 2012-02-29 | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | Ventilsteuerung |
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- 2004-11-03 EP EP04797566A patent/EP1700012B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
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CN100439664C (zh) | 2008-12-03 |
EP1700012B1 (de) | 2007-04-11 |
US7367300B2 (en) | 2008-05-06 |
DE502004003508D1 (de) | 2007-05-24 |
US20060278190A1 (en) | 2006-12-14 |
JP4538466B2 (ja) | 2010-09-08 |
CN1890460A (zh) | 2007-01-03 |
WO2005061863A1 (de) | 2005-07-07 |
JP2007514093A (ja) | 2007-05-31 |
DE10358936A1 (de) | 2005-07-07 |
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