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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Noriyuki Kawamata, Wako, JP;
Hayato Maehara, Wako, JP;
Eisuke Kajihara, Wako, JP;
Kazuhiro Takeuchi, Wako, JP;
Norihiko Gogami, Wako, JP;
Satoshi Ino, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an engine having an oil pump wherein an oil filter is incorporated into the oil pump without allowing the oil pump to become large in size. An oil pump and a hydraulic line changeover valve including a spool valve are disposed so as to have axes extending in parallel with each other. The oil pump has a plate-shaped oil filter disposed at a discharge port thereof. The plate-shaped oil filter is curved arcuately along an outer periphery of a pump rotor as viewed from a pump axial direction.