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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2015
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toru Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a bi-fuel engine including a pressure supply passage extending from a crankcase chamber, and branching into a first branch passage and a second branch passage at a branching portion, a gas fuel valve provided in the gas fuel supply passage and connected to the first branch passage so that the gas fuel supply passage may be opened when pressure is supplied to the gas fuel supply passage, and may be closed when pressure is not supplied to the gas fuel supply passage, a liquid fuel pump provided in the liquid fuel supply passage and configured to feed the liquid fuel under pressure to the intake system by a pulsating pressure supplied via the second branch passage, and a switch valve provided in the branching portion to switch between the first and second branch passages for conducting pressure supplied from the pressure source via the pressure supply passage.