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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1999
Nobuaki Inumaru, Saitama, JP;
Kouichi Tsutsumi, Saitama, JP;
Yasuo Shimura, Saitama, JP;
Osamu Kudou, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An oil sump for lubricating oil is provided at a lower part of a crank chamber of a dry sump-type four-cycle engine. A reed valve is provided at an outlet of the oil sump which opens when pressure in the crank chamber is high. Furthermore, an oil passage slopes upwards from the outlet of the oil sump, with an outlet of the oil passage being provided above an oil surface level of oil accumulated within the engine. Oil from the outlet of the oil passage is smoothly discharged from the outlet of the oil passage without being discharged into the collected oil. Furthermore, oil mixed with air within the crank chamber is not directly mixed into the collected oil and oil oxidation is therefore prevented. Since there is no direct contact with high-temperature blow-by gas, etc., oil deterioration is suppressed.