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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2015
Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Keiji Yuda, Toyota, JP;
Yasuhiro Hikita, Toyota, JP;
Masahiro Kawahara, Toyota, JP;
Satoru Kanbara, Toyota, JP;
Syuhei Nishida, Toyota, JP;
Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an oil feed member capable of preventing lubricant from being excessively fed from an oil feed member to lubrication portions of valve gears, and a lubricant feed mechanism for an engine provided with the same. An oil feed member for feeding lubricant to lubrication portions of valve gears for opening and closing intake valves and exhaust valves of an engine, the oil feed member including: an upper panel member and a lower panel member laid over each other; and an oil feed passage formed by recessing laid surfaces of the upper panel member and the lower panel member, wherein the oil feed passage includes basis oil passages formed on a downstream side, and an introduction oil passage formed on an upstream side and having a smaller lubricant flow area than that of the basis oil passages.