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US 7,395,798 B2Granted
Engine for leisure vehicle with lubricating oil pump and actuator drive oil pump
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshimoto Matsuda
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Abstract
An engine for a leisure vehicle including a lubricating oil pump configured to feed a lubricating oil to engine components, and an actuator drive oil pump that is provided separately from the lubricating oil pump and is configured to drive an actuator operating with an oil pressure. The actuator drive oil pump is configured to feed an oil with a discharge pressure higher than a discharge pressure of the lubricating oil pump.
Claims7
An engine for a leisure vehicle comprising:
- a lubricating oil pump configured to feed a lubricating oil to engine components;
- and
- an actuator drive oil pump that is provided separately from the lubricating oil pump and is configured to drive an actuator operating with an oil pressure, the actuator drive oil pump being configured to feed an oil with a discharge pressure higher than a discharge pressure of the lubricating oil pump;
- wherein the discharge pressure of the actuator drive oil pump is not less than 8 kgf/cm2 and not more than 150 kgf/cm2;
- and
- wherein the actuator drive oil pump is located adjacent a transmission provided in a rear region of the engine.
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An engine for a leisure vehicle comprising:
- a lubricating oil pump configured to feed a lubricating oil to engine components;
- and
- an actuator drive oil pump that is provided separately from the lubricating oil pump and is configured to drive an actuator operating with an oil pressure, the actuator drive oil pump being configured to feed an oil with a discharge pressure higher than a discharge pressure of the lubricating oil pump,
- wherein the actuator is configured to drive a variable valve system of the engine;
- and
- wherein the actuator drive oil pump is disposed in the vicinity of a rear face of a cylinder extending vertically upward from a crankcase of the engine and above and adjacent a transmission provided in a rear region of the engine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.