Cover structure of plug hole
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKeiji Takahashi, Yoko Yasui, Yuji Kouma
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Abstract
A cover structure of a plug hole provided to a cylinder head cover of an engine includes: a plug cap detachably attached to the plug hole; an outer cover covering at least an upper side of the plug cap; and a seal member provided on an upper face of the cylinder head cover and surrounding a periphery of the plug hole. In the cover structure, the outer cover has a projection portion projected toward the cylinder head cover, and the seal member is pressed to the upper face of the cylinder head cover by the projection portion.
Claims12
A cover structure of a plug hole of a cylinder head cover of an engine, the cover structure comprising:
- a plug cap detachably attached to the plug hole;
- an outer cover covering at least an upper surface of the plug cap;
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- a seal member provided on an upper surface of the cylinder head cover and surrounding a periphery of the plug hole,
- wherein the outer cover has a projection portion projected toward the cylinder head cover,
- wherein the seal member is pressed to the upper surface of the cylinder head cover by the projection portion;
- wherein the projection portion is a first projection portion,
- wherein the outer cover further has a second projection portion located radially inside the first projection portion and projecting toward the cylinder head cover,
- wherein the seal member has a first convex portion and a second convex portion respectively facing the first projection portion and the second projection portion,
- wherein the plug cap has a disk portion enlarged in a radial direction,
- wherein the disk portion has a peripheral projection projecting downwardly at an outer circumferential edge thereof, and
- wherein the outer cover, the plug cap, and the seal member are configured such that, when the plug cap is attached to the plug hole:
- (a) the peripheral projection is inserted between the first convex portion and the second convex portion,
- (b) the first projection portion presses the first convex portion downwardly, and
- (c) the second projection portion faces the second convex portion and substantially contacts with an upper surface of the disk portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.