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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 5/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 5/10 ;
Abstract
A water pump is provided on one lower side of a crankcase and connected to a water jacket on the rear surface of the cylinder block through a water hose. The outlet section of the water jacket is connected to the thermostat case near this connecting section. The thermostat valve is a bottom bypass type thermostat valve, directly attached to the rear surface of the cylinder head. The bypass hose is connected to the water pump and passes along the side of a starter motor and passes between the starter motor and a speed sensor. The arrangement of the bypass hose in a bottom bypass type thermostat valve effectively utilizes space.