Oil supply system for a valve operating mechanism in internal combustion engines

Patent · Tue Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5057057

Sonoda, T; Hiro, T; Matsubara, T

A system for supplying oil to a camshaft and hydraulic lash adjusters of a valve operating mechanism in an internal combustion engine having an engine body is described comprising: a supply passage in the engine body for supplying oil under pressure; a distribution passage in the engine body connected to the supply passage for distributing oil from the supply passage as working oil to the hydraulic lash adjusters; a lubricating oil passage connected the distribution passage for supplying oil from the distribution passage as lubricating oil to lubricate journals and cams of the camshaft; and a relief passage communicating between the distribution passage and one of the journals and having a relief valve openable when the pressure of oil in the distribution passage rises beyond a predetermined level.

• Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo
• Patent Number(s): US 4729349
• OSTI ID: 5057057
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 21 Aug 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
LUBRICATION
RELIEF VALVES
DESIGN
DUCTS
HYDRAULICS
LEVELS
LUBRICATING OILS
SHAFTS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID MECHANICS
HEAT ENGINES
LUBRICANTS
MACHINE PARTS
MECHANICS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
VALVES
330100* - Internal Combustion Engines