Internal combustion engine

Patent · Tue May 03 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:7033973

Matsuura, M; Nakamori, M; Honda, S; Ishida, Y; Nakanishi, T

An internal combustion engine is described comprising: (a) an engine body having a chamber; (b) a crankshaft rotatably mounted on the engine body; (c) a camshaft rotatably mounted on the engine body; (d) an oil lubricated endless transmission member extended around and operatively engaged with the crankshaft and the camshaft, the endless transmission member being movable along a closed path of travel in the chamber; (e) a tensioner hanger comprising an upper hanger member detachably secured to the engine body and a lower hanger member secured at an upper portion thereof to the upper hanger member, the upper hanger member having oil passage means adapted to receive lubrication oil from the endless transmission member at an inlet and guide the oil downwardly therethrough to an outlet; (f) a hollow mounting member affixed at an upper portion thereof to a lower portion of the lower hanger member of the tensioner hanger; (g) a hydraulic lock mechanism comprising a hollow cylinder and a plunger slidably received in the cylinder to define a hydraulic chamber in the cylinder; (h) a replenishable oil reservoir defined by a funnel-shaped space between the mounting member and the cylinder for receiving oil from the oil passage means and for holding the oil received therein; and (i) a tensioner member movably attached to the engine body and operatively engaged with the plunger.

• Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Patent Number(s): US 4741299
• OSTI ID: 7033973
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 21 Jan 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
DESIGN
CONTAINERS
COUPLINGS
DAMPING
FASTENERS
GEARS
HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT
LIQUID FLOW
LUBRICATING OILS
LUBRICATION
SHAFTS
VALVES
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID FLOW
HEAT ENGINES
LUBRICANTS
MACHINE PARTS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
330100* - Internal Combustion Engines