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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Toyota-shi, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuhiro Hikita, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., Toyota-Shi, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 1/02 (2006.01); F01M 9/10 (2006.01); F01M 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 9/101 (2013.01); F01M 9/10 (2013.01); F01M 1/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a lubricant feed mechanism for an engine in which space above a cam cap is not used. A lubricant feed mechanism for an engine is configured to feed lubricant through a cylinder head, a camshaft, and a cam cap to a cam of a valve gear. The mechanism includes an oil feed member that is disposed in the cam cap such that an upper end thereof is set at a lower level than an upper end of the cam cap in a height-wise direction and has an oil passage configured to guide lubricant to be fed through the cam cap to the cam.