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Internal combustion engine having an engine backpressure brake and a compression release engine brake

US9976509B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MAN Truck &Bus AG · DE

Inventors

Christoph Ebert · Leipzig, DE
Tobias Herrmann · Koblenzer Straße, DE
Adrian Fink · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	May 22, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02D2250/34
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An internal combustion engine having at least one outlet valve per cylinder, which outlet valve can be actuated via a camshaft and a transmission device, a hydraulic valve clearance compensation element being arranged in the transmission device between the camshaft and the outlet valve, and having an engine braking device, having an engine backpressure brake for building up an exhaust gas backpressure and a compression release engine brake, by way of which at least one outlet valve can be held open at least in an engine braking phase, the compression release engine brake being formed by the hydraulic valve clearance compensation element.

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