Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Masaru Hibino

Nobuaki Wakita

Michio Morishita

Taro Ikeya

Yoshiharu Chino

Toshiro Kanesaka

Kazuo Takeuchi

An arrangement and structure for an oil pan system to permit mounting a vertical in-line engine in a vehicle in a horizontal or nearly horizontal attitude includes a cylinder block of the engine having an opening on the side wall thereof, a cover attached to the cylinder block where an ordinary oil pan is usually mounted, an adapter plate fastened to the lower side wall of the cylinder block and bottom of the cover, and an oil pan attached to the lower surface of the adapter plate. The adapter plate allows the oil pan to extend and always remain below the cylinder block, so that the return paths from the lubricated portions of the engine to the oil pan are shortened.

Oil pan arrangement for horizontally mounted engine

An exhaust gas recirculation apparatus of the so-called exhaust gas pressure control type, including, in combination, a vacuum-operated pressure control valve adapted for controlling the pressure of the exhaust gas in the exhaust gas recirculation passageway connecting the exhaust manifold to the intake manifold, and a vacuum control valve adapted for controlling the level of the vacuum signal transmitted to the pressure control valve, for obtaining a predetermined constant pressure in the exhaust gas directed to the pressure control valve. A flow control valve is provided for controlling the amount of exhaust gas directed to the pressure control valve in accordance with the load of the engine. The flow control valve has an exhaust gas passageway with a constant flow area, and another exhaust gas passageway with a flow area that is varied in accordance with the load of the engine.

Exhaust gas recirculation apparatus for an internal combustion engine

A timing chain tensioner comprising a housing adapted to be mounted on an engine block and formed with cylinder bore and connecting passage for the escape of air from the cylinder bore to the atmosphere, a plunger slidably fitted in the cylinder, and a closure member for closing the passage. When the plunger is to be placed into the cylinder for the assembling of the tensioner the passage is kept open to facilitate the plunger insertion, and after the insertion the passage is closed by the closure member.

Timing chain tensioner

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Okazaki, Japan

Masaru Hibino