Journal bearing oil diverter
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsPhilip D. Cierpial, Matt A. Vance
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Abstract
A mechanism for providing a continuous supply of oil on camshaft lobes used in an overhead cam internal combustion engine. The mechanism includes camshaft bearing caps affixed to the engine about the camshaft journals. Protruding from the side surface of the central portion of the bearing caps are oil diverter pads. The oil diverter pads cause oil that builds up on the surface of the camshaft journals to be diverted toward the camshaft lobes to provide lubrication between the camshaft lobes and the roller finger followers.
Claims11
An oiling mechanism for use in an internal combustion engine having a camshaft which includes a cam lobe portion and a journal portion having oil supplied to a surface of the journal, the oiling mechanism comprising:
- at least one camshaft bearing member affixed to the engine about the camshaft journal portion;
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- a diverter affixed to the camshaft bearing member provided adjacent to the camshaft journal, the diverter comprises at least one oil diverter pad protruding from a portion of the bearing member wherein oil will be diverted from the camshaft journal toward the cam lobe.
In combination, an internal combustion engine and an oiling mechanism comprising:
- a camshaft which includes a cam lobe portion and a journal portion having oil supplied to a surface of the journal;
- at least one camshaft bearing member affixed to the engine about the camshaft journal portion;
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- a diverter affixed to the camshaft bearing member provided adjacent to the camshaft journal, the diverter comprises at least one oil diverter pad protruding from a portion of the bearing member wherein oil will be diverted from the camshaft journal toward the cam lobe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.