Drainage structure for cooling water
AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorsShinichi Yamada, Kentaro Ikeda
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Abstract
A drainage structure for cooling water, includes: an engine cover attached to a crankcase; and a water pump attached to the engine cover. The water pump is provided with a seal member configured to seal a pump chamber, and is formed with a drain hole for draining cooling water leaking from the seal member. The engine cover is formed with a drain passage for guiding cooling water from the drain hole to a lower surface of the engine cover, and a covering portion that extends from the lower surface of the engine cover and that covers a space below an outlet of the drain passage. The covering portion includes a side wall that covers the space below the outlet from an outside in a vehicle width direction and a bottom wall that covers the space below the outlet from below.
Claims8
A drainage structure for cooling water comprising:
- an engine cover attached to a crankcase;
- and
- a water pump attached to the engine cover,
- wherein the water pump is provided with a seal member configured to seal a pump chamber, and is formed with a drain hole for draining cooling water leaking from the seal member,
- wherein the engine cover is formed with a drain passage for guiding cooling water from the drain hole to a lower surface of the engine cover, and a covering portion that extends from the lower surface of the engine cover and that covers a space below an outlet of the drain passage, and
- wherein the covering portion includes a side wall that covers the space below the outlet from an outside in a vehicle width direction and a bottom wall that covers the space below the outlet from below.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.