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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2009
Yasuhiro Saito, Tokoname, JP;
Yasuhiro Saito, Tokoname, JP;
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-Shi, JP;
Abstract
The present apparatus includes an oil container (an oil pan); an oil path connecting the oil container to lubricated parts; an oil pump provided in the oil path and supplying the lubricating oil from the oil container to the lubricated parts; a bypass path having a first end side thereof connected to a downstream side of the oil pump of the oil path and a second end side thereof connected to an upstream side of the oil pump of the oil path; a fuel separator provided in the bypass path and separating fuel from the lubricating oil flowing in the bypass path; and an open/close valve provided in the bypass path and opening and closing the bypass path based on a temperature of the lubricating oil or a physical quantity the lubricating oil having a correlation with the temperature.