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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2007
Applicants:
Masaaki Negoro, Saitama, JP;
Yuji Kashiwabara, Saitama, JP;
Kazuyuki Nakai, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A coolant air bleed structure is provided for a water-cooled internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders and a cylinder head, formed at upper portion of the cylinders. The cylinder head includes a coolant jacket formed therein. The coolant air bleed structure is disposed in an air bleed hole formed in a protrusion formed at a substantially central vertical portion of a sidewall of the cylinder head. The coolant air bleed structure is operatively connected to the coolant jacket, and includes a jiggle valve which is configured to open during a coolant changing operation.