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US 6,772,725 B2Granted
Balance shaft, housing for balance shaft and engine oil return passage
AssigneeHonda Giken 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 having a balance shaft forming a balancing system for said engine; and a housing disposed below a crankshaft for accommodating rotatably therein the balance shaft. A part of the engine oil return passage is provided in the housing.
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;
- and
- 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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