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US 2003/0075136 A1Published application
Balance shaft, housing for balance shaft and engine oil return passage
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshiyuki Inaba, Yusuke Endo, Osamu Murakami, Hirotsugu Kudo, Kenji Fujiki
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Abstract
An engine including an engine oil return passage for returning engine oil from a cylinder head side to an oil pan (5) has: a balance shaft (13L, 13R) forming a balancing system (4) for said engine; and a housing (14U, 14L) disposed below a crankshaft (1) for accommodating rotatably therein said balance shaft (13L, 13R). A part (142) of said engine oil return passage is provided in said housing (14U, 14L).
Claims20
An engine including an engine oil return passage for returning engine oil from a cylinder head side to an oil pan, comprising:
- a balance shaft forming a balancing system for said engine;
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- a housing disposed below a crankshaft for accommodating rotatably therein said balance shaft,
- wherein a part of said engine oil return passage is provided in said housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.