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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1986
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Oil is supplied from an oil pump as working oil to hydraulic lash adjusters and also as lubricating oil to journals and cams of a camshaft. The oil passage system includes a first supply passage connected to the oil pump, a second supply passage connected between the first supply passage and a first distribution passage coupled to a group of hydraulic lash adjusters, a joint passage connected to the first distribution passage, and a second distribution passage coupled to the joint passage and connected to another group of hydraulic lash adjusters. The second distribution passage is connected by air vent passages to a lubricating oil passage which supplies the camshaft with the lubricating oil. The joint passage is connected to one of the camshaft journals by a relief passage having a relief valve.