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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Shohei Kono, Wako, JP;
Kotaro Sugi, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Shohei Kono, Wako, JP;
Kotaro Sugi, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/14 (2006.01); F01M 1/06 (2006.01); F01L 1/344 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-link, adjustable-stroke type engine includes: a timing gear provided on and concentrically with a crankshaft; an eccentric gear provided on an eccentric shaft and meshing with the timing gear so that rotation of the timing gear is transmitted to the eccentric gear; a lubricating oil passage provided in a cylinder barrel for supplying lubricating oil to lower shaft end portions of the crankshaft and eccentric shaft; and an ejection section provided in the lubricating oil passage for ejecting lubricating oil toward a meshing engagement section between the timing gear and the eccentric gear.