Internal combustion engine with oil temperature sensor
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasataka Eguchi, Satoru Narita, Masaya Adachi, Masanobu Urabe
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Abstract
The invention relates to an engine arrangement that increases the degree of freedom of the engine state sensor while decreasing the size of the engine body. More specifically, the engine is formed with a chamber for housing a valve train and serving dually as a return oil path of the lubricating oil after having lubricated the valve train. The engine includes an oil temperature sensor partially exposed on one side of a cylinder block and an exhaust pipe partially exposed on the opposite side of the cylinder block.
Claims7
An internal combustion engine comprising:
- an engine body in which a combustion space and a valve system housing chamber have been formed longitudinally, wherein the valve system housing chamber forms a return path for return lubrication oil;
- a valve system housed in said valve system housing chamber, the valve system including a valve train for opening and closing an intake valve and an exhaust valve;
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- a sensor for detecting an engine drive state, said sensor being connected to a side of said engine body such that an external portion of said sensor is disposed outside of said engine body and an internal portion of said sensor is in fluid communication with lubrication oil,
- wherein said valve system housing chamber includes a chamber wall having an oil reservoir for storing lubricating oil, and said sensor comprises an oil temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the lubrication oil in said oil reservoir;
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- wherein the valve system further comprises driving force transmission members, and said oil reservoir is provided with an outflow passage for supplying the lubricating oil which overflows from said oil reservoir to said driving force transmission members.
An internal combustion engine comprising:
- an engine body which a combustion space and a valve system housing chamber have been formed longitudinally, wherein the valve system housing chamber forms a return path for return lubrication oil;
- a valve system housed in said valve system housing chamber, the valve system including a valve train for opening and closing an intake valve and an exhaust valve;
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- a sensor for detecting an engine drive state, said sensor being connected to a side of said engine body such that an external portion of said sensor is disposed outside of said engine body and an internal portion of said sensor is in fluid communication with lubrication oil,
- wherein said valve system housing chamber includes a chamber wall having an oil reservoir for storing lubricating oil, said oil reservoir including an outflow passage for allowing a lubricating oil to flow out from said oil reservoir, and said sensor comprises an oil temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the lubrication oil in said oil reservoir;
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- wherein the side of said engine body to which said sensor is connected is a first side and further comprising an exhaust pipe connected to a second side of said engine body for discharging exhaust gas from said combustion space, said exhaust pipe being positioned such that the engine body shields radiant heat from said exhaust pipe from the external portion of said sensor.
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