Patent ID: 7556011
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: F01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A valve structure for internal combustion comprising a valve mounted at a cylinder head in a movable manner along an axis line direction so as to cut off between a combustion chamber and a gas line when sitting on a valve seat provided at the cylinder head and fluidly connect the combustion chamber and the gas line when being away from the valve seat, and a coil spring biasing the valve toward the valve seat, the valve structure being configured so as to fluidly connect the combustion chamber and the gas line when a valve driving mechanism that is disposed so as to push an external end on a side opposite the combustion chamber of the valve moves the valve toward a side close to the combustion chamber against a biasing force of the coil spring, and fluidly disconnect the combustion chamber and the gas line when the pushing force by the valve driving mechanism is not applied to the valve and the valve is seated on the valve seat by the biasing force of the coil spring, wherein; the valve has a hollow stem member including a shaft portion that is directly or indirectly inserted in a movable manner along the axis line direction into an axial line hole formed in the cylinder head and a flare portion that extends toward a side close to the combustion chamber and that has a free end being an open end, and a lid member connected to the stem member by caulking so as to close the open end; the flare portion includes an enlarged diameter portion having a diameter becoming larger as extending toward the side close to the combustion chamber and configured so that an outer peripheral surface is capable of contacting the valve seat, and a reduced diameter portion extending from the enlarged diameter portion toward the side close to the combustion chamber with a flexion point in between; the lid member is sandwiched by the enlarged diameter portion and the reduced diameter portion; the valve seat and the outer peripheral surface of the enlarged diameter portion are brought into contact with each other at a sealing region extending between a combustion-chamber-side end portion that is positioned on a side close to the combustion chamber and a gas-line-side end portion that is positioned on a side away from the combustion chamber; the lid member and an inner peripheral surface of the enlarged diameter portion are brought into contact with each other at a connecting region extending between a combustion-chamber-side end portion that is positioned on a side close to the combustion chamber and a gas-line-side end portion that is positioned on a side away from the combustion chamber; and the gas-line-side end portion of the sealing region is positioned the same as the combustion-chamber-side end portion of the connecting region with respect to the axis line direction or is positioned farther away from the combustion chamber than the combustion-chamber-side end portion of the connecting region, and the combustion-chamber-side end portion of the sealing region is positioned closer to the combustion chamber than the gas-line-side end portion of the connecting region.