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US 8,307,804 B2Granted
Oil passage structure of engine
AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorHidekuni Ohta
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Abstract
An oil passage structure of an engine including a crankshaft having an oil feed passage opened at a first end thereof, an oil passage in communication with the oil feed passage and an oil discharge passage in communication with a downstream end of the oil passage that is opened at a second end of the crankshaft. The oil passage allows therethrough feeding of oil to the ends of connecting rods that are coupled to the crankshaft.
Claims10
An oil passage structure of an engine comprising:
- a plurality of cylinders, each of the cylinders containing a piston configured to reciprocate in the cylinder;
- a crankcase;
- a crankshaft rotatably supported in the crankcase via journal bearings, each of which is supplied with oil through a journal portion path connected to a main gallery;
- an engine accessory attached at a first end of the crankshaft, being a dynamo, including a rotor which rotates together with the crankshaft and a stator coil fixedly attached to an engine accessory cover;
- and
- a plurality of connecting rods, a first end of each connecting rod being coupled to the crankshaft and a second end of each connecting rod being coupled to one of the pistons, wherein
- the crankshaft comprises:
- an oil feed passage opened at the first end of the crankshaft;
- an oil passage in communication with the oil feed passage, and allowing therethrough feeding of oil to the first ends of the connecting rods;
- and
- an oil discharge passage in communication with a downstream end of the oil passage, and opened at a second end of the crankshaft,
- the crankshaft is fastened, on the first end thereof with the rotor of the engine accessory, by a fastening bolt,
- the fastening bolt for fastening the engine accessory has the oil feed passage formed therein, and
- the fastening bolt for fastening the engine accessory is in communication, at a head thereof, with an oil reservoir provided to the engine accessory cover which covers the engine accessory.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.