Vehicle engine
AssigneeOtics Corporation
InventorsManabu Shibata, Hitoshi Tsuge
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Abstract
A vehicle engine includes: a cylinder head; a cam housing fixed to a top of the cylinder head; a cam cap fixed to a top of the cam housing; a camshaft that is rotatably supported between the cam housing and the cam cap; a cam provided around the camshaft; a rocker arm that is pushed by the cam; a supporting member that supports one end of the rocker arm from below; a cylindrical bore portion for mounting the supporting member; and a base portion for supporting a bottom surface of the supporting member. The bore portion is provided integrally with the cam housing. The base portion is provided integrally with the cylinder head.
Claims14
A vehicle engine comprising:
- a cylinder head having a main surface;
- a cam housing arranged on the main surface of the cylinder head;
- a cam cap fixed to the cam housing;
- a camshaft rotatably supported between the cam housing and the cam cap;
- a cam provided around the camshaft;
- a rocker arm pushed by the cam;
- a cylindrical member which is integral with the cam housing, the cylindrical member having a bore therein;
- a supporting member that supports one end of the rocker arm from below, the supporting member being disposed in the bore of the cylindrical member;
- and
- a base portion which is integral with the main surface of the cylinder head,
- wherein a bottom surface of the supporting member is in contact with the base portion.
A vehicle engine comprising:
- a cylinder head;
- a cam housing;
- a cam cap fixed to the cam housing;
- a camshaft rotatably supported between the cam housing and the cam cap;
- a cam provided around the camshaft;
- a rocker arm pushed by the cam;
- a cylindrical member which is integral with the cam housing, the cylindrical member having a bore therein;
- a supporting member that supports one end of the rocker arm from below, the supporting member being disposed in the bore of the cylindrical member;
- and
- a base portion which is integral with the cylinder head,
- wherein a bottom surface of the supporting member is in contact with the base portion,
- wherein the cam housing is separate from the cylinder head, a clearance is provided between a bottom end of the cylindrical member and a top surface of the base portion, and the clearance extends around an entire outer periphery of the supporting member in a radial direction of the supporting member such that the cylindrical member does not contact the cylinder head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.