JP2010223181A - Fuel injection pump - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel injection pump superior in abrasion resistance and seizure resistance. <P>SOLUTION: The fuel injection pump 10 has a camshaft 20, a cam 21, shaft storage parts 141 and 142, bushes 191 and 192, a plunger 24 and cylinders 12a and 13a. The camshaft 20 is driven by an engine. The cam 21 is eccentrically arranged on the camshaft 20. The shaft storage parts 141 and 142 store the camshaft 20 at both sides in the axial direction of the cam 21. The cylinders 12a and 13a reciprocally support the plunger 24, and form a fuel pressurizing chamber 40 for pressurizing fuel by he plunger 24. The bushes 191 and 192 have bearing pressure resistant parts 171 formed at an end at the cam 21 side in the axial direction, and a seizure resistant part 173 formed at the opposite side of the cam 21 with respect to the bearing pressure resistant part 171. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a fuel injection pump for an internal combustion engine (hereinafter referred to as an engine).

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a fuel injection pump including a camshaft that rotates with a drive shaft of an engine is known. Specifically, the camshaft is accommodated in the shaft accommodating portion, and a member that transmits a driving force, such as a cam ring, is assembled to the cam provided eccentrically with the camshaft. The cam ring revolves with the cam, and the movable member reciprocates with the cam ring. By this reciprocating motion of the movable member, the fuel sucked into the fuel pressurizing chamber is pressurized and fed.

By the way, in the case of a fuel injection pump in which the movable member reciprocates by the rotation of the camshaft and pressurizes the fuel in the fuel pressurizing chamber, the pressure of the pressurized fuel is transmitted from the movable member to the camshaft. The pressure applied to the inner wall surface of the shaft accommodating portion that accommodates is large. For this reason, when the camshaft rotates at a particularly high speed, there is a risk of causing seizure between the camshaft and the shaft housing portion.
Conventionally, in order to prevent such seizure, a seizure-resistant bush is provided between the camshaft and the shaft housing portion to avoid direct contact between the inner peripheral surface of the shaft housing portion and the outer peripheral surface of the camshaft. I am doing so.
Further, a method is conceivable in which fuel is supplied between the camshaft and the bush and seizure is suppressed by an oil film formed between the camshaft and the bush.

  However, in recent years, further improvement in fuel injection pressure has been required in order to improve engine output and reduce harmful substances discharged from the engine. In this case, the pressure applied to the inner wall surface of the shaft housing portion is further increased by the pressure of the pressurized fuel. Therefore, the surface pressure of the inner peripheral surface of the bush is expected to further increase, and problems such as wear and deformation as well as seizure of the bush arise. However, seizure resistance and strength are generally contradictory properties. For this reason, if the strength is simply increased, the problem of seizure becomes prominent, and if only seizure resistance is simply pursued, there is a concern that problems of wear and deformation become prominent.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection pump excellent in surface pressure resistance and seizure resistance.

  The fuel injection pump according to claim 1, which has been made to solve the above-described problem, includes a camshaft, a cam, a shaft accommodating portion, a bush, a movable member, and a cylinder. The camshaft is driven by an internal combustion engine. The cam is eccentrically provided on the camshaft. The shaft accommodating portion accommodates the camshaft on both axial sides of the cam. The bush is fixed to the shaft housing portion and rotatably supports the camshaft. The movable member reciprocates as the cam rotates. For example, the movable member can be embodied as a plunger. The cylinder supports the movable member so as to be able to reciprocate and forms a fuel pressurizing chamber in which fuel is pressurized by the movable member.

  Here, as a feature of the present invention, the bush includes a surface pressure-resistant portion formed at an end portion on the cam side in the axial direction, and a seizure-resistant portion formed on the opposite side to the cam with respect to the surface pressure-resistant portion. Is provided. For example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the pressure acting on the inner wall of the bush is not uniform in the axial direction. That is, since the force is transmitted from the cam to the camshaft, the bush receives a relatively large surface pressure in the section AB on the cam side. According to the present invention, since the surface pressure resistant portion is formed where the surface pressure of the bush is large, wear and deformation of the bush due to an increase in the surface pressure can be positively suppressed. Further, in the section BC adjacent to the section AB, the heat dissipation is poor, so heat is likely to accumulate. In this respect, according to the present invention, the seizure-resistant portion is formed in a place where heat is likely to accumulate, so that the seizure of the bush due to the temperature rise can be positively suppressed. That is, the fuel injection pump has excellent surface pressure resistance and seizure resistance.

  As shown in claim 2, the bushing may be configured by integrating the surface pressure resistant portion and the seizure resistant portion. Further, as shown in claim 3, the bush may be constituted by separately providing the surface pressure resistant portion and the seizure resistant portion. In the latter case, assembling the bushing to the fuel injection pump is facilitated by making the surface pressure resistant portion and the seizure resistant portion separate. Furthermore, since the surface pressure-resistant portion and seizure-resistant portion are separate, if one of the secular changes occurs, it is not necessary to replace the entire bush, Can be exchanged. Therefore, cost can be reduced.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a bush having a surface pressure resistant portion at both ends and a seizure resistant portion at the center may be configured. For example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, in the section CD on the drive gear side, the bush receives a relatively large surface pressure due to the load from the drive gear to the camshaft. For this reason, a surface pressure-resistant portion is also formed at the end of the bush on the side of the drive gear where the surface pressure is large, and the surface pressure resistance of the end of the bush on the side of the drive gear is increased. In this way, the bushing can withstand not only the plunger acting load on the cam side but also the driving gear operating load on the driving gear side. Therefore, it is possible to actively suppress wear and deformation of the bush due to an increase in surface pressure.

  For example, as shown in claim 5, the high surface pressure resistant material can be a copper-based material, and the seizure-resistant material can be an aluminum-based material or a resin-based material. Even in this case, deformation or seizure of the bush can be suppressed.

It is sectional drawing which shows the fuel-injection pump of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the bush structure of the fuel injection pump of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the III-III sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the bush structure of the fuel injection pump of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the bush structure of the fuel injection pump of 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a graph showing the surface pressure which the shaft accommodating part of a fuel injection pump receives.

  The fuel injection pumps according to a plurality of embodiments of the present invention are mounted on a vehicle and used to pump low-pressure fuel from a fuel tank, pressurize it, and send the high-pressure fuel to a common rail (not shown). Hereinafter, a plurality of embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that, in a plurality of embodiments, substantially the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

(First embodiment)
The fuel injection pump of this embodiment is shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the pump housing of the fuel injection pump 10 includes shaft housing portions 141 and 142 and two cylinder heads 12 and 13. The shaft accommodating portions 141 and 142 are made of aluminum, and the cylinder heads 12 and 13 are made of iron. In this embodiment, the two cylinder heads 12 and 13 are formed in substantially the same shape, but are formed at different positions such as screw holes and fuel passages. On the other hand, the formation positions of the screw holes and the fuel passages can be made the same, and the shapes of the two cylinder heads 12 and 13 can be made the same.

  The shaft accommodating portions 141 and 142 accommodate the camshaft 20 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The camshaft 20 has a drive gear 16 and a cam 21. The cam 21 is eccentric with respect to the camshaft 20, and is formed integrally with the camshaft 20 between the shaft accommodating portions 141 and 142. A cam ring 23 is supported on the outer periphery of the cam 21. The cam ring 23 revolves as the cam shaft 20 rotates. Two plungers 24, 24 are arranged in the orthogonal direction of the camshaft 20. These plungers 24 and 24 are opposed to each other with the cam ring 23 interposed therebetween.

  Cylindrical bushes 191 and 192 are interposed along the axial direction between the shaft accommodating portions 141 and 142 and the camshaft 20. An oil seal 15 seals between the end of the shaft accommodating portion 141 on the drive gear 16 side and the camshaft 20. The pump housing is filled with fuel as a lubricating liquid, and the sliding surface between the camshaft 20 and the bushes 191 and 192 is lubricated with fuel.

  Cylinders 12 a and 13 a are formed inside the cylinder heads 12 and 13. A plunger 24 as a movable member is supported on these cylinders 12a and 13a so as to be able to reciprocate. A fuel pressurizing chamber 40 is formed by the inner peripheral surfaces of the cylinders 12 a and 13 a, the end surface of the check member 31, and one end surface of the plunger 24. As shown in FIG. 1, a fuel inflow portion 30 and a fuel discharge portion 50 are connected to the fuel pressurizing chamber 40. The fuel sucked from the fuel inflow portion 30 is pressurized in the fuel pressurizing chamber 40 by the plunger 24 that reciprocates as the camshaft 20 rotates, and is discharged from the fuel discharge portion 50.

  The fuel inflow portion 30 includes a check member 31 and a fuel inflow passage 32. The fuel is sucked into the fuel pressurizing chamber 40 from the fuel inflow passage 32. The check member 31 prevents the fuel from flowing backward from the fuel pressurizing chamber 40 to the fuel inflow passage 32.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the fuel discharge portion 50 on one cylinder head 12 side is provided in parallel with the axial direction of the camshaft 20 and includes a check member 51 and a fuel discharge passage 52. The fuel pressurized by the plunger 24 is discharged from the fuel pressurizing chamber 40 via the fuel discharge passage 52 and flows to a common rail (not shown). The check member 51 prevents the fuel from flowing backward from the fuel discharge passage 52 to the fuel pressurizing chamber 40. The fuel discharge part 50 on the other cylinder head 13 side merges with the fuel discharge part 50 on the one cylinder head 12 side through a pipe (not shown).

  Next, the bushes 191 and 192 of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In general, the bush has a cylindrical shape and has a back metal and a bearing portion. Of course, it is also possible to comprise only the bearing portion. In this embodiment, one bush 191 (right side as viewed in the figure) and the other bush 192 (left side as viewed in the figure) have the same configuration, although their lengths and diameters are different. Therefore, only the configuration of one bush 191 will be described below.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bush 191 is interposed between the shaft accommodating portion 141 and the camshaft 20 along the axial direction. In the case of this embodiment, the bush 191 is fixed to the inner peripheral wall of the shaft accommodating portion 141. The bush 191 may be slidably contacted with the inner peripheral wall of the shaft accommodating portion 141.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the bush 191 has a cylindrical shape and includes a back metal 18 and a bearing portion 17. In the case of this embodiment, the back metal 18 and the bearing portion 17 are integrally formed. Here, the back metal 18 is fixed to the shaft accommodating portion 141. A camshaft 20 is rotatably supported on the inner peripheral side of the bearing portion 17.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bearing portion 17 includes a surface pressure resistant portion 171 and a seizure resistant portion 172 along the axial direction. The surface pressure resistant portion 171 of the bearing portion 17 is formed at the end on the cam 21 side in the axial direction, and the seizure resistant portion 172 is formed on the opposite side of the cam 21 with respect to the surface pressure resistant portion 171.

  The surface pressure resistant portion 171 is made of a material that has higher strength than the seizure resistant portion 172 and can withstand high surface pressure. In the case of this embodiment, the surface pressure resistant portion 171 is formed of a copper-based material. The surface pressure resistant portion 171 may be formed of a material excellent in surface pressure strength other than a copper-based material. Further, the surface pressure resistant portion 171 may be processed by a processing means for increasing the strength, such as a strength increasing process.

  On the other hand, the seizure resistant portion 172 is formed of a material having a greater resistance to seizure than the surface pressure resistant portion 171. In the case of this embodiment, the seizure resistant portion 172 is made of an aluminum-based or resin-based material. The seizure-resistant portion 172 may be formed of a material having excellent seizure resistance other than an aluminum-based or resin-based material. Further, the seizure-resistant portion 172 may be processed by a processing means for increasing the anti-seizure performance such as an anti-seize treatment.

  Next, the operation of the fuel injection pump 10 will be described. The cam 21 rotates with the rotation of the camshaft 20, and the rotation of the cam 21 causes the cam ring 23 to revolve without rotating. As the cam ring 23 revolves, the plunger 24 reciprocates up and down.

  One cylinder head 12 side will be described. FIG. 1 shows a state where the plunger 24 is positioned on the top dead center side by the rotation of the cam 21. When the plunger 24 moves to the bottom dead center side by the rotation of the cam 21, the fuel discharged from a feed pump (not shown) inside the pump housing flows from the fuel inflow passage 32 to the fuel pressurizing chamber on the cylinder head 12 side. 40.

  When the plunger 24 rises again toward the top dead center by the rotation of the cam 21, the check member 31 on the cylinder head 12 side is closed, and the fuel in the fuel pressurizing chamber 40 is pressurized. When the fuel pressure in the fuel pressurizing chamber 40 becomes higher than the fuel pressure in the fuel discharge passage 52, the check member 51 is opened. When the check member 51 is opened, the fuel pressurized in the fuel pressurizing chamber 40 is discharged to the fuel discharge passage 52 and is supplied from the fuel discharge passage 52 to a common rail (not shown). The fuel discharge section 50 on the other cylinder head 13 side operates alternately with the same configuration as the fuel discharge section 50 on the cylinder head 12 side described above.

  The common rail accumulates the fuel supplied from the fuel pump 10 and holds it at a constant pressure. The fuel stored in the common rail is supplied to an injector (not shown).

  As described above, in the fuel pump 10 according to the present embodiment, as the bearing portion, the surface pressure resistant portion 171 formed at the end on the cam 21 side in the axial direction and the cam 21 opposite to the surface pressure resistant portion 171 are provided. A seizure-proof portion 172 formed on the side. Thereby, both the surface pressure resistance and the seizure resistance of the bush 191 are increased.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, when the bush 191 and the camshaft 20 slide, the surface pressure received by the bush 191 is highest in the section A-B closest to the cam 21. In the case of this embodiment, a surface pressure resistant portion 171 is formed at the end on the cam 21 side. For this reason, a higher surface pressure can be received by the surface pressure resistant portion 171. Therefore, the bush 191 can effectively withstand a high surface pressure, and wear and deformation of the bush 191 can be effectively suppressed.

  Further, in the section BD on the opposite side of the cam 21 with respect to the end portion of the bush 191 on the cam 21 side, the heat dissipation is poor, so the temperature is likely to rise and seizure is likely to occur. In the case of this embodiment, a seizure-proof portion 172 is provided on the opposite side of the cam 21 with respect to the end portion of the bush 191 on the cam 21 side. For this reason, even if the temperature rises in the section BD of the bush 191, seizure hardly occurs. Therefore, seizure of the bush 191 can be effectively suppressed.

(Second Embodiment)
A fuel pump 10 of this embodiment is shown in FIG. Components that are substantially the same as those in the above embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted. As shown in FIG. 4, in the bearing portion 17, the surface pressure resistant portion 171 and the seizure resistant portion 172 are separate. Therefore, the back metal 18 is composed of two back metals 181 and 182. As a result, in this embodiment, a separable bushing 1911 and a bushing 1912 are provided between the shaft accommodating portion 141 and the camshaft 20. Here, the bush 1911 has a surface pressure resistant portion 171, and the bush 1912 has a seizure resistant portion 172.

  As described above, since the bushes 1911 and 1912 are separate bodies, when either the surface pressure resistant portion 171 or the seizure resistant portion 172 changes with time, either one may be replaced. Therefore, the cost required for maintenance can be reduced.

(Third embodiment)
A fuel pump 10 of this embodiment is shown in FIG. Components that are substantially the same as those in the above embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted. As shown in FIG. 5, three bushes 1911, 1912, and 1913 are disposed between the shaft accommodating portion 141 and the camshaft 20. The bush 1911 has a surface pressure resistant portion 171, the bush 1912 has a seizure resistant portion 172, and the bush 1913 has a surface pressure resistant portion 173.

  The three bushes 1911, 1912, 1913 may be integrated or separated. In the case of this embodiment, the three bushes 1911, 1912, 1913 are separate bodies.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, not only the section AB on the cam 21 side but also the surface pressure on the section CD on the drive gear 16 side is relatively high. In the case of this embodiment, the bushing 1913 on the drive gear 16 side also has a surface pressure resistant portion 173. For this reason, not only the working load of the plunger 24 on the cam 21 side but also the operating load of the drive gear 16 on the drive gear 16 side can be withstood. Therefore, both surface pressure resistance and seizure resistance can be increased. Furthermore, the cost required for maintenance can be reduced.

  As mentioned above, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the meaning of invention, it can implement with a various form.

10: Fuel injection pump, 12: Cylinder head (pump housing), 12a: Cylinder, 13: Cylinder head (pump housing), 13a: Cylinder, 15: Oil seal, 16: Drive gear, 17: Bearing, 18: Back metal , 20: camshaft, 21: cam, 23: cam ring, 24: plunger, 30: fuel inflow portion, 31: check member, 32: fuel inflow passage, 40: cylinder, 41: fuel pressurizing chamber, 50: fuel Discharge part, 51: Check member, 52: Fuel discharge passage, 141: Shaft housing part, 142: Shaft housing part, 171: Surface pressure resistant part, 172: Seizure resistant part, 173: Surface pressure resistant part, 181: Back metal 182: Back metal, 183: Back metal, 191: Bush, 192: Bush, 1911: Bush, 1912: Bush, 1913: Bush,

Claims (6)

A fuel injection pump for supplying high pressure fuel to an internal combustion engine,
A camshaft driven by an internal combustion engine;
A cam provided eccentric to the camshaft;
A shaft accommodating portion for accommodating the camshaft on both axial sides of the cam;
A bush fixed to the shaft receiving portion and rotatably supporting the camshaft;
A movable member that reciprocates by rotation of the cam;
A cylinder that supports the movable member so as to reciprocate and forms a fuel pressurizing chamber in which fuel is pressurized by the movable member;
The bush includes a surface pressure resistant portion and a seizure resistant portion, and the surface pressure resistant portion is formed at an end portion on the cam side in an axial direction, and the seizure resistant portion is in contact with the surface pressure resistant portion. A fuel injection pump, wherein the fuel injection pump is formed on a side opposite to the cam.   The fuel injection pump according to claim 1, wherein the surface pressure-resistant portion and the seizure-resistant portion integrally form the bush.   The fuel injection pump according to claim 1, wherein the surface pressure-resistant portion and the seizure-resistant portion constitute the bush separately.   The fuel injection pump according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the bush has the surface pressure resistant portion at both ends and the seizure resistant portion at a central portion. The surface pressure resistant portion is formed of a material having higher strength than the seizure resistant portion,
The fuel injection pump according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the seizure-resistant portion is formed of a material having higher seizure resistance than the surface-resistant pressure portion. The high surface pressure resistant material is a copper-based material,
The fuel injection pump according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the seizure-resistant material is an aluminum-based material or a resin-based material.

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