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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:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
May. 14, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 1/00 ;
Abstract
The object of the present invention is to facilitate an appropriate oil supply to the tensioner without a complex apparatus. A valve chamber A is formed in a cylinder head which is connected to a cylinder block . An opening for discharging the oil in the valve chamber A into a chain case which is placed on the side of the cylinder block is formed on a chain case mounting surface . Inside the chain case on the chain case mounting surface of the cylinder block are placed a timing chain and a tensioner for applying tension to the timing chain . An oil dropping rib for guiding the oil discharged through the opening to the tensioner is provided on the chain case mounting surface