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US 2011/0079192 A1Published application
Vehicle engine
AssigneeOtics Corporation
InventorsNaoki HIRAMATSU, Masahide Sakurai
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Abstract
A vehicle engine includes: a cylinder head; a cam housing fixed to a top of the cylinder head; a cam cap fixed to a top of the cam housing; a camshaft rotatably supported between the cam housing and the cam cap, the camshaft supporting a cam; a rocker arm configured to be pushed by the cam; and a valve configured to operate by being pushed by the rocker arm. The vehicle engine being characterized by an oil pipe that is formed integrally with the cam housing.
Claims2
A vehicle engine comprising:
- a cylinder head;
- a cam housing fixed to a top of the cylinder head;
- a cam cap fixed to a top of the cam housing;
- a camshaft rotatably supported between the cam housing and the cam cap, the camshaft supporting a cam;
- a rocker arm configured to be pushed by the cam;
- and
- a valve configured to operate by being pushed by the rocker arm;
- the vehicle engine being characterized by:
- an oil pipe that is formed integrally with the cam housing,
- wherein lubricant oil is supplied through the oil pipe to a contact point between the cam and the rocker arm.
7 more elements
A vehicle engine comprising:
- a cylinder head;
- a cam housing fixed to a top of the cylinder head;
- a cam cap fixed to a top of the cam housing;
- a camshaft rotatably supported between the cam housing and the cam cap, the camshaft supporting a cam;
- a rocker arm configured to be pushed by the cam;
- and
- a valve configured to operate by being pushed by the rocker arm (20);
- the vehicle engine being characterized by:
- an oil path that is formed between the cam housing and the cam cap,
- wherein lubricant oil is supplied through the oil path to a contact point between the cam and the rocker arm.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.