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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2008
Arata Taguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetsugu Komatsu, Ayase, JP;
Arata Taguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetsugu Komatsu, Ayase, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
An engine supercharger lubricating apparatus is provided with an oil passage, a pump and an air introducing passage. The oil passage is configured and arranged to supply a lubricating oil to a supercharger of an engine and to return the lubricating oil from the supercharger to an oil pan. The pump is arranged in the oil passage at a location downstream of the supercharger for pumping the lubricating oil from the supercharger to the oil pan. The air introducing passage is arranged to introduce air into the oil passage at a location downstream of the supercharger and upstream of the pump.