Crankshaft, internal combustion engine, transportation apparatus, and production method for crankshaft

• Main Authors: IWASAKI, SHINYA, YAMAGATA, HIROSHI, KURITA, HIROTAKA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 10.11.2010
• Subjects: BEARINGS; BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUSMETALS OR ALLOYS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINE TOOLS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE BY DECARBURISATION, TEMPERING OR OTHERTREATMENTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; METALLURGY; METALLURGY OF IRON; MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; SHAFTS; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

A crankshaft having a crankpin, a crank journal, and a crank arm for linking the crankpin and the crank journal, includes a pin fillet portion located between the crankpin and the crank arm; and a journal fillet portion located between the crank journal and the crank arm. At least one of the crankpin and the crank journal has a diameter of no less than about 20 mm and no more than about 40 mm. At least one of the pin fillet portion and the journal fillet portion contains a quench-hardened layer having a thickness of no less than about 1 mm and no more than about 2 mm in the vicinity of a surface thereof. The crankpin and the crank journal substantially do not contain any quench-hardened layer having a thickness exceeding about 2mm in the vicinity of a surface thereof.