Engine valve train device
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoji Utsumi, Masahiro Ito
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
In an engine valve train device in which a crankshaft sprocket 25b provided on a crankshaft 8 and an intermediate sprocket 38a disposed in the vicinity of camshafts 36, 37 are connected by means of a timing chain 40 and an intermediate gear 38b fixed to the intermediate sprocket 38a is made to mesh with camshaft gears 41, 42 fixed to the camshafts, the intermediate gear 38b is made smaller in diameter than the intermediate sprocket 38a and is disposed behind the intermediate sprocket 38, and furthermore, an inspection hole 38c′ is formed in the intermediate sprocket 38a for visualizing the meshing portion between the intermediate gear 38b and the camshafts gears 41, 42.
Claims8
An engine valve train device in which an intermediate driven wheel disposed in the vicinity of a camshaft is driven by a crankshaft-side driving wheel formed on a crankshaft and a camshaft gear fixed to the camshaft is driven by an intermediate gear disposed on a support shaft on which the intermediate driven wheel is disposed, the intermediate gear integrally rotating with the intermediate driven wheel, the engine valve train device being characterized in that a reduction ratio from the crankshaft-side driving wheel to the intermediate driven wheel is set larger than a reduction ratio from the intermediate gear to the camshaft gear, in that the intermediate gear is made smaller in diameter than the intermediate driven wheel to such an extent that a pitch circle of the intermediate gear passes substantially an intermediate between a diameter of a boss and a pitch circle of the intermediate driven wheel and the intermediate gear is disposed on a back side of the intermediate driven wheel, in that an inspection hole is formed in the intermediate driven wheel for visualizing a meshing portion where the intermediate gear and the camshaft gear mesh with each other, and in that an alignment mark is formed on a tooth portion of the intermediate gear and the camshaft gear, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.