Nissan Motor Company Limited

Hideaki Tooyama

Hiroaki Mochida

Hironao Netsu

Shin Nomura

Cover () is mounted on wall surface () on the front side of cylinder block (). Sub gallery () through which engine oil flows is formed between cover () and wall surface (). Chain tensioner () is mounted on cover (), and the engine oil in sub gallery () is supplied to chain tensioner () through oil supply port () formed through cover ().

Oil passage structure for internal combustion engine

A cam angle mounting structure includes a cylinder head, a sensor bracket and a head cover. The cylinder head is configured and arranged to rotatably support a camshaft. The sensor bracket is configured and arranged to support a cam angle sensor. The sensor bracket is mounted on the cylinder head with the sensor bracket contacting the cylinder head. The head cover is non-rigidly mounted on the cylinder head and the sensor bracket via at least one gasket to cover a top opening of the cylinder head with a space being formed around the at least one gasket between the head cover and the cylinder head and between the head cover and the sensor bracket.

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Yokohama, Japan

Hideaki Tooyama