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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Toshisyuki Matsushima, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsugi Chonan, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Hirota, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A breather device disposed in a timing-gear chamber of an engine includes an oil separator rotatable with a camshaft, and a tubular breather housing that removes the oil mist by working in cooperation with the oil separator. The oil separator has a plurality of fins arranged annularly around an axis line of the camshaft at fixed intervals. The tubular breather housing has openings in a periphery wall thereof and surrounds the oil separator.