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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2007
Hisayuki Hashimoto, Saitama, JP;
Tomoji Suganami, Saitama, JP;
Haruo Watanabe, Tochigi, JP;
Kazuhito Okazaki, Tochigi, JP;
Hisayuki Hashimoto, Saitama, JP;
Tomoji Suganami, Saitama, JP;
Haruo Watanabe, Tochigi, JP;
Kazuhito Okazaki, Tochigi, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An engine balancer system is provided in which a balancer housing disposed so as to face an oil pan beneath a crankshaft is formed by joining an upper housing and a lower housing via mating faces, and the height of the mating faces is lower on a vehicle front side than on a vehicle rear side. Oil discharge holes or discharging oil that is within the balancer housing are formed in the mating faces on the higher side of the balancer housing and in the upper housing above the mating faces on the lower side of the balancer housing. This enables the position of the oil discharge hole on the lower side to be as high as possible, thereby suppressing penetration of oil into the interior of the balancer housing through the oil discharge hole.