JP2006266127A - Engine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an engine suppressing oil leakage from an oil strainer attachment hole. <P>SOLUTION: A suction relay chamber 14 put between a suction port 11 and a suction hole 13 is provided on an rear cover wall 4. An inner space 15 of the suction relay chamber 14 is formed by depressing the front surface of the rear cover wall 4 rearwardly, a front opening of the inner space 15 of the suction relay chamber 14 is closed by a cover plate to form the suction relay chamber 14. Consequently, an obliquely rear-downward suction hole 13 can be formed from the inner bottom surface 17 of the inner space 14 to the oil strainer attachment hole 6 by a drill 21 inserted in the inner space 15 of the suction relay chamber 14 from a front opening before being closed by the cover plate. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an engine, and more particularly to an engine capable of suppressing oil leakage from an oil strainer mounting hole.

The engine of the present invention is premised on the following configuration.
That is, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the installation direction of the crankshaft (1) is the front-rear direction, one of which is the rear, and an opening (3) is provided at the rear of the crankcase (2). Cover with the rear lid wall (4) and store engine oil (5) on the inner bottom of the crankcase (2).
As shown in FIG. 2 (B), an oil strainer mounting hole (6) is formed in the lower portion of the rear lid wall (4), and the oil strainer mounting hole (6) is directed in the front-rear direction, so that the oil strainer mounting hole (6 ) Insert the oil strainer (8) into the engine oil (5) at the inner bottom of the crankcase (2) and open the rear end opening (7) of the oil strainer mounting hole (6). Plug with plug (9)
Above the oil strainer mounting hole (6), an oil pump chamber (10), a suction port (11) and a discharge port (12) are provided in the rear lid wall (4), and the oil strainer mounting hole (6) and the suction port are provided. The chamber (11) communicates with a suction hole (13) formed by a drill hole, and engine oil (5) at the inner bottom of the crankcase (2) is connected to an oil strainer (8) and an oil strainer mounting hole (6). The suction hole (13) and the suction port (11) are passed through in this order and sucked into the oil pump chamber (10), and the engine oil in the oil pump chamber (10) is discharged from the discharge port (12). engine.
This type of engine has an advantage that the oil strainer (8) can be easily attached / detached by attaching / detaching the plug (9) to / from the oil strainer mounting hole (6).

  However, in this type of engine, conventionally, there is no room to insert a drill downward from the suction port side, and a suction hole is drilled from the lower peripheral wall of the oil strainer mounting hole toward the suction port side. There was a problem because it had only a structure.

The above prior art has the following problems.
<Problem> Oil leaks easily from the oil strainer mounting hole.
Since the conventional engine has a structure in which the suction hole is only drilled from the bottom of the lower peripheral wall of the oil strainer mounting hole toward the suction port side, the drill hole is formed in the lower peripheral wall of the oil strainer mounting hole. It is necessary to close this with a plug, and oil leakage from the oil strainer mounting hole is likely to occur due to looseness of the plug.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an engine that can solve the above-described problems, that is, an engine that can suppress oil leakage from an oil strainer mounting hole.

Invention specific matters of the invention according to claim 1 are as follows.
As illustrated in FIG. 4, the installation direction of the crankshaft (1) is the front-rear direction, one of which is the rear, and an opening (3) is provided in the rear part of the crankcase (2). Cover with the wall (4) and store engine oil (5) on the inner bottom of the crankcase (2).
As shown in FIG. 2 (B), an oil strainer mounting hole (6) is formed in the lower portion of the rear lid wall (4), and the oil strainer mounting hole (6) is directed in the front-rear direction, so that the oil strainer mounting hole (6 ) Is inserted into the oil strainer (8) attached to the front end of the plug (9), the oil strainer (8) is inserted into the engine oil (5) at the inner bottom of the crankcase (2), and the oil strainer mounting hole ( 6) Plug the rear end opening (7) with a screw (9) fitted with screws,
Above the oil strainer mounting hole (6), an oil pump chamber (10), a suction port (11) and a discharge port (12) are provided in the rear lid wall (4), and the oil strainer mounting hole (6) and the suction port are provided. The chamber (11) communicates with a suction hole (13) formed by a drill hole, and engine oil (5) at the inner bottom of the crankcase (2) is connected to an oil strainer (8) and an oil strainer mounting hole (6). The suction hole (13) and the suction port (11) are passed through in this order and sucked into the oil pump chamber (10), and the engine oil in the oil pump chamber (10) is discharged from the discharge port (12). In the engine,
As shown in FIG. 2 (B), a suction relay chamber (14) intervening between the suction port (11) and the suction hole (13) is provided in the rear lid wall (4), and this suction relay chamber (14 The inner space (15) is recessed from the front surface of the rear lid wall (4) in a rearward direction, and the front opening of the inner space (15) of the suction relay chamber (14) is closed by the lid plate (16). By forming the suction relay chamber (14),
As shown in FIG. 1 (B), a drill (21) inserted into the inner space (15) of the suction relay chamber (14) from the front opening before being closed by the cover plate (16), the inner space (15) An engine characterized in that a suction hole (13) can be drilled obliquely downward from an inner bottom surface (17) to an oil strainer mounting hole (6).

(Invention according to Claim 1)
<Effect> Oil leakage from the oil strainer mounting hole can be suppressed.
As illustrated in FIG. 1B, the inner space (15) is formed by a drill (21) inserted into the inner space (15) of the suction relay chamber (14) from the front opening before being closed by the cover plate (16). The suction hole (13) can be drilled obliquely downward from the inner bottom surface (17) to the oil strainer mounting hole (6). For this reason, it is not necessary to make a drill hole in the lower peripheral wall (22) of the oil strainer mounting hole (6), and oil leakage from the oil strainer mounting hole (6) can be suppressed. As illustrated in FIG. 2B, even if engine oil leaks from the suction relay chamber (14) through the gap between the cover plate (16), the engine oil flows into the crankcase (2). However, it does not leak directly out of the crankcase (2).

(Invention according to Claim 2)
In addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1, the following effect is achieved.
<Effect> Oil leakage from the oil pump chamber to the outside of the crankcase can be prevented.
As illustrated in FIG. 2B, the front opening of the inner space (18) of the oil pump chamber (10) is covered with a cover plate (16) that closes the front opening of the inner space (15) of the suction relay chamber (14). Blocked in a series. Therefore, even if engine oil leaks from the oil pump chamber (10) through the gap between the cover plate (16), the engine oil flows into the crankcase (2) and directly out of the crankcase (2). Will not leak. For this reason, oil leakage from the oil pump chamber (10) to the outside of the crankcase can be prevented.

<Effect> The number of parts can be reduced.
As illustrated in FIG. 2B, the front opening of the inner space (18) of the oil pump chamber (10) is covered with a cover plate (16) that closes the front opening of the inner space (15) of the suction relay chamber (14). Blocked in a series. For this reason, each front opening can be closed with a single cover plate (16), and the number of parts can be reduced as compared with the case where each front opening is closed with an individual cover plate.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 are diagrams for explaining an engine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an air-cooled two-cylinder V-type gasoline engine will be described.

The outline of the engine according to the embodiment of the present invention is as follows.
As shown in FIG. 5, two cylinders (23) and (23) are projected obliquely upward and leftward from the crankcase (2) when viewed in a direction parallel to the crankshaft (1). A cylinder head (24) is assembled to the protruding end. An air cleaner (25) is disposed above the crankcase (2), and an intake pipe (26) is attached to the lower portion of the air cleaner (25). As shown in FIG. 4, an intake manifold (37) communicates with the intake pipe (26) via a carburetor (36). A crankshaft (1) and a valve camshaft (40) are installed in the crankcase (2). A fan case (41) is attached to the front portion of the crankcase (2), and the cooling fan (42) is accommodated in the fan case (41). The cooling fan (42) is a flywheel fan.

The configuration of the lubrication apparatus is as follows.
As shown in FIG. 4, the installation direction of the crankshaft (1) is the front-rear direction, one of which is the rear, and an opening (3) is provided in the rear part of the crank case (2). Covered with (4), the engine oil (5) is stored in the inner bottom of the crankcase (2). The opening (3) extends over the entire rear surface of the crankcase (2). The rear lid wall (4) is detachably attached to the crankcase (2) with mounting bolts (27). An oil filter mounting seat (28) is provided on the rear lid wall (4), and the oil filter (29) is seated on the oil filter mounting seat (28).

  As shown in FIG. 2 (B), an oil strainer mounting hole (6) is formed in the lower portion of the rear lid wall (4), and the oil strainer mounting hole (6) is directed in the front-rear direction, so that the oil strainer mounting hole (6 ) Is inserted into the oil strainer (8) attached to the front end of the plug (9), the oil strainer (8) is inserted into the engine oil (5) at the inner bottom of the crankcase (2), and the oil strainer mounting hole ( 6) The rear end opening (7) is closed with a screw (9) fitted with screws. The oil strainer (8) is formed of a cylindrical wire mesh, its front end face is closed, and its base end is attached to the plug (9). The plug (9) is hollow, a ring groove (30) is provided around the middle portion, and a communication hole (31) communicating with the inside of the plug (9) is provided on the inner bottom surface of the ring groove (30). Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 2 (B), an oil pump chamber (10), a suction port (11), and a discharge port (12) are provided in the rear lid wall (4) above the oil strainer mounting hole (6). The oil strainer mounting hole (6) and the suction port chamber (11) are communicated with each other by a suction hole (13) formed by a drill hole, and engine oil (5) at the inner bottom of the crankcase (2) is connected to the oil strainer ( 8) Pass through the oil strainer mounting hole (6), the suction hole (13), and the suction port (11) in this order, suck into the oil pump chamber (10), and discharge the engine oil in the oil pump chamber (10) It discharges from the port (12).

The device of the lubrication device is as follows.
As shown in FIG. 2 (B), a suction relay chamber (14) intervening between the suction port (11) and the suction hole (13) is provided in the rear lid wall (4), and this suction relay chamber (14 The inner space (15) is recessed from the front surface of the rear lid wall (4) in a rearward direction, and the front opening of the inner space (15) of the suction relay chamber (14) is closed by the lid plate (16). A suction relay chamber (14) is formed. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 1 (B), the inner space (21) is inserted into the inner space (15) of the suction relay chamber (14) from the front opening before being closed by the cover plate (16). The suction hole (13) can be drilled downward obliquely from the inner bottom surface (17) of 15) to the oil strainer mounting hole (6). The inner bottom surface (17) is a rearwardly inclined surface, and the tip of the drill (21) is orthogonal to the inner bottom surface (17). As shown in FIG. 1 (A), as viewed from the front, the suction relay chamber (14) is led right diagonally downward from the suction port (11) and then right below.

Other ideas are as follows.
As shown in FIG. 2 (B), the inner space (18) of the oil pump chamber (10) is recessed rearward from the front surface of the rear cover wall (4), and the pump rotor (19) is inserted into the inner space (18). The suction port (11) and the discharge port (12) are recessed backward from the rear end surface (20) of the inner space (18) to open the front opening of the inner space (18) of the oil pump chamber (10). It is closed in series with a cover plate (16) that closes the front opening of the inner space (15) of the suction relay chamber (14). As shown in FIG. 2A, the cover plate (16) also serves as a holding plate for the relief valve (32).

Other configurations are as follows.
As shown in FIG. 2B, the pump rotor (19) is composed of an outer rotor (32) and an inner rotor (33), and constitutes a trochoid pump. The inner rotor (33) is fixed to the rotor shaft (34), and the pump input gear (35) is fixed to the rotor shaft (34). The suction port (11) is formed above the rotor shaft (34), and the discharge port (12) is formed below the rotor shaft (34). As shown in FIG. 3, in addition to the oil pump chamber (10) and oil filter mounting seat (28), the rear cover wall (4) has a bearing boss (38) of the crankshaft (1) and a valve camshaft (40). ) Bearing bosses (39) are also formed.

FIG. 1A is a front view of a main part, and FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 1A. FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating a rear cover wall used in an engine according to an embodiment of the present invention. . FIG. 2 (A) is a front view of the main part, and FIG. 2 (B) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 2 (A). . It is a whole front view of the rear cover wall of FIG. It is a vertical side view of the engine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a rear view of the engine which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

(1) Crankshaft
(2) Crankcase
(3) Crankcase opening
(4) Rear lid wall
(5) Engine oil
(6) Oil strainer mounting hole
(7) Rear end opening of oil strainer mounting hole
(8) Oil strainer
(9) Plug
(10) Oil pump room
(11) Suction port
(12) Discharge port
(13) Suction hole
(14) Inhalation relay room
(15) Interior space of suction relay room
(16) Cover plate
(17) Inner bottom of inner space
(18) Interior space of oil pump chamber
(19) Pump rotor
(20) Rear end face of inner space
(21) Drill

Claims (2)

The installation direction of the crankshaft (1) is the front-rear direction, one of which is the rear, and an opening (3) is provided in the rear part of the crankcase (2). The opening (3) is covered with the rear cover wall (4), Accumulate engine oil (5) on the inner bottom of the crankcase (2)
Open the oil strainer mounting hole (6) in the lower part of the rear lid wall (4), direct the oil strainer mounting hole (6) in the front-rear direction, and attach the oil strainer mounting hole (6) to the front end of the plug (9). Insert the oil strainer (8) into the engine oil (5) at the inner bottom of the crankcase (2), and open the rear end opening (7) of the oil strainer mounting hole (6). Plug it with a screw-fitted plug (9),
Above the oil strainer mounting hole (6), an oil pump chamber (10), a suction port (11) and a discharge port (12) are provided in the rear lid wall (4), and the oil strainer mounting hole (6) and the suction port are provided. The chamber (11) communicates with a suction hole (13) formed by a drill hole, and engine oil (5) at the inner bottom of the crankcase (2) is connected to an oil strainer (8) and an oil strainer mounting hole (6). The suction hole (13) and the suction port (11) are passed through in this order and sucked into the oil pump chamber (10), and the engine oil in the oil pump chamber (10) is discharged from the discharge port (12). In the engine,
The rear cover wall (4) is provided with a suction relay chamber (14) intervening between the suction port (11) and the suction hole (13), and the inner space (15) of the suction relay chamber (14) is defined as the rear cover. It is provided to be recessed backward from the front surface of the wall (4), and the front opening of the inner space (15) of the suction relay chamber (14) is closed with a cover plate (16) to form the suction relay chamber (14). By
An oil strainer mounting hole is formed from the inner bottom surface (17) of the inner space (15) by a drill (21) inserted into the inner space (15) of the suction relay chamber (14) from the front opening before being closed by the cover plate (16). An engine characterized in that the suction hole (13) can be drilled obliquely downward until (6). The engine according to claim 1,
The inner space (18) of the oil pump chamber (10) is recessed backward from the front surface of the rear lid wall (4), and the pump rotor (19) is accommodated in the inner space (18). The suction port (11) and the discharge port (12) are recessed rearward from the rear end face (20), and the front opening of the inner space (18) of the oil pump chamber (10) is opened to the inner space of the suction relay chamber (14) ( The engine characterized by being closed in series with a cover plate (16) that closes the front opening of 15).

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