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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
May. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Takeshi Inaba, Saitama, JP;
Masanori Tsubouchi, Saitama, JP;
Nobuo Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An outboard engine unit includes a single lubricating oil supply tube for supplying lubricating oil to a valve-operating chain. The valve-operating chain is suspended across a drive sprocket provided to a crankshaft and a driven sprocket provided to a camshaft. A supply tube is connected to a main gallery that is linked to a main oil channel positioned in an area adjacent to the crankshaft.