WO2016002428A1

WO2016002428A1 - Air-cooled single-cylinder engine, and saddled vehicle

Info

Publication number: WO2016002428A1
Application number: PCT/JP2015/066256
Authority: WO
Inventors: 敬一品田; 明彦大久保; 良卓永井; 一夫宮澤
Original assignee: ヤマハ発動機株式会社
Priority date: 2014-06-30
Filing date: 2015-06-04
Publication date: 2016-01-07
Also published as: TWI624587B; WO2016002427A1; JP6362692B2; TW201608115A; JPWO2016002427A1; JP6362693B2; TW201604391A; TWI585293B; JPWO2016002426A1; TWI608164B; JP6286041B2; WO2016002426A1; JPWO2016002428A1; TW201608116A

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to further reduce the consumption amount of lubricating oil while suppressing production costs, in an air-cooled single-cylinder engine. This air-cooled single-cylinder engine (12) includes: a fin section (54) having a plurality of fins provided to the outer surface of a cylinder body (21); and an oil jacket (50b) which is provided to the cylinder body (21), is formed in a peripheral range around a cylinder axis line (C1), said peripheral range being smaller than that of the fin section (54), is provided to the outside of a cylinder hole (50a), and has lubricating oil flowing therein while being in state of being filled with the lubricating oil. The air-cooled single-cylinder engine (12) is provided with an oil-evaporation-inhibiting section which inhibits evaporation of the lubricating oil at the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole (50a).

Description

Air-cooled single cylinder engine and saddle riding type vehicle

The present invention relates to an air-cooled single cylinder engine and a straddle-type vehicle equipped with the same.

Conventionally, an air-cooled single-cylinder engine in which fins are provided on the outer periphery of a cylinder head and a cylinder body is known. A water-cooled single-cylinder engine in which a water jacket is provided on the entire circumference of the cylinder body and the cylinder head is also known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The water-cooled single-cylinder engine can reduce the temperature of the engine as compared with the conventional air-cooled single-cylinder engine, so that the consumption of lubricating oil can be greatly reduced. However, the water-cooled single-cylinder engine has a complicated structure as compared with the conventional air-cooled engine, and therefore the manufacturing cost is high.

Also, the cylinder head tends to be hotter than the cylinder body.

Patent Documents

2 and 3 propose air-cooled single-cylinder engines in which an oil passage for cooling is formed in a cylinder head. The oil passage is formed at a position aligned with the combustion chamber defined by the cylinder head and the cylinder body and in the cylinder axial direction.

JP 2013-68161 A JP 2011-196322 A JP 2013-72352 A

Since the air-cooled single-cylinder engines of

Patent Documents

2 and 3 also use lubricating oil for cooling, the structure can be simplified and the manufacturing cost can be reduced compared to the water-cooled single-cylinder engine. However, this air-cooled single-cylinder engine has not been sufficiently effective in reducing the consumption of lubricating oil.

Therefore, as a configuration for cooling the engine, it is conceivable that lubricating oil is allowed to flow instead of cooling water through the entire circumference of the cylinder body and the water jacket provided in the cylinder head. However, even in this configuration, although the manufacturing cost can be reduced by using the lubricating oil for cooling as compared with the water-cooled type, the effect of reducing the consumption of the lubricating oil is not sufficient.

An object of the present invention is to provide an air-cooled single-cylinder engine that can further reduce the consumption of lubricating oil while suppressing the manufacturing cost, and a straddle-type vehicle equipped with the same.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

The inventor of the present application has examined the reason why the consumption amount of the lubricating oil cannot be sufficiently reduced when the lubricating oil is caused to flow in the water jacket provided on the entire circumference of the cylinder body and the cylinder head instead of the cooling water.
The inner wall surface of the cylinder hole formed in the cylinder body tends to cause temperature unevenness in the circumferential direction. When lubricating oil is allowed to flow through the entire circumference of the cylinder body and the water jacket provided on the cylinder head, the temperature of the portion where the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole tends to increase can be lowered to some extent. However, when lubricating oil is caused to flow around the entire circumference of the cylinder body, the temperature of the originally low temperature portion of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole may be increased. For this reason, it was found that the amount of evaporation of the lubricating oil still increased on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole, and the consumption of the lubricating oil could not be reduced sufficiently.

Therefore, the inventor of the present application has considered reducing the consumption of the lubricating oil while suppressing the manufacturing cost by providing the oil evaporation suppression having the following configuration in the air-cooled single cylinder engine.

An air-cooled single-cylinder engine according to the present invention includes a cylinder body having a cylinder portion that forms a cylinder hole in which a piston is accommodated, an intake passage and an exhaust passage that define a combustion chamber together with the cylinder hole and communicate with the combustion chamber An air-cooled single-cylinder engine comprising: a fin portion having a plurality of fins provided on an outer surface of the cylinder body; and a cylinder axis of the fin portion in the cylinder body. Lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole, including an oil jacket that is formed in a circumferential range smaller than the central circumferential range and that is provided outside the cylinder hole and flows in a state filled with lubricating oil. An oil evaporation suppression unit that suppresses the evaporation of water is provided.

The air-cooled single-cylinder engine of the present invention has a fin portion having a plurality of fins provided on the outer surface of a cylinder body having a cylinder portion that forms a cylinder hole, and is smaller than a circumferential range of the fin portion in the cylinder body. An oil evaporation suppression portion that is formed in a circumferential range and is provided outside the cylinder hole and includes an oil jacket in which the lubricating oil flows in a filled state, and suppresses the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole. I have. In other words, the oil evaporation suppression portion of the present invention has a technical idea that a fin portion having a plurality of fins is provided on the outer surface of the cylinder body, and an oil jacket for flowing lubricating oil to the outside of the cylinder hole is provided on the cylinder body. This is based on the technical idea that the circumferential range of the jacket is formed smaller than the circumferential range of the fin portion.
Air cooling including a cylinder body having a cylinder portion that forms a cylinder hole in which a piston is accommodated, and a cylinder head that defines a combustion chamber together with the cylinder hole and has an intake passage and an exhaust passage communicating with the combustion chamber. In the single-cylinder engine, the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole tends to be uneven in the circumferential direction. By providing an oil jacket in a part in the circumferential direction where the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole is likely to be high, compared to a case in which only the fin portion is provided in a part in the circumferential direction and no oil jacket is provided, The temperature in a part in the circumferential direction can be lowered.
Further, when an oil jacket that flows in a state where the lubricating oil is filled in is provided in the cylinder body, it is conceivable to provide the oil jacket all around the cylinder body. However, in this case, the oil jacket is provided not only in the circumferential portion where the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole tends to be high, but also in the circumferential portion where the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole tends to be relatively low. When the oil jacket is provided in a part in the circumferential direction where the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole tends to be relatively low, the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole is compared with the case where the oil jacket is not provided by providing a fin portion in a part in the circumferential direction. The temperature in a part in the circumferential direction increases. In contrast, in the present invention, the fin portion and the oil jacket are combined and provided in the cylinder body so that the circumferential range of the oil jacket is smaller than the circumferential range of the fin portion. Therefore, an oil jacket can be provided in a part in the circumferential direction where the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole tends to be high, and no oil jacket can be provided in a part where the temperature tends to be relatively low. As a result, the temperature in the entire circumferential direction of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be reduced and the circumferential direction in the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole that is likely to become hot, as compared with the case where the oil jacket is provided all around the cylinder body. The temperature of the part can be further reduced.
Further, since the oil jacket is provided on the cylinder body, the oil jacket can be provided at a position closer to the cylinder hole than in the case where the oil jacket is provided only on the cylinder head. Therefore, the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be efficiently reduced.

As described above, the air-cooled single-cylinder engine according to the present invention has the technical idea that the fin portion is provided on the outer surface of the cylinder body and the oil jacket is provided on the cylinder body, and the circumferential direction range of the oil jacket is defined as the peripheral portion of the fin portion. By providing the oil evaporation suppression part that is formed by the technical idea of forming it smaller than the direction range, the temperature of the entire circumferential direction of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole is lowered, and the temperature of a part of the inner wall surface in the circumferential direction that tends to become high Can be further reduced. As a result, the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be further suppressed, and the consumption amount of the lubricating oil can be further reduced.
Further, since the lubricating oil originally provided in the engine is used to reduce the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole, an increase in manufacturing cost can be suppressed.
Therefore, the air-cooled single-cylinder engine of the present invention can reduce the consumption of lubricating oil while suppressing an increase in manufacturing cost.

In the air-cooled single-cylinder engine of the present invention, it is preferable that the oil evaporation suppression portion is provided on the cylinder head side with respect to an intermediate position between the top dead center and the bottom dead center of the piston.

The inner wall surface of the cylinder hole tends to be relatively hot at a position close to the cylinder head. In the present invention, since the oil evaporation suppression part including the fin part and the oil jacket is provided at a position near the cylinder head in the cylinder body, the temperature of the part of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole that is likely to become high temperature is further reduced. Can do. Therefore, the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be further suppressed, and the consumption amount of the lubricating oil can be further reduced.
In the present invention, the oil evaporation suppression part is provided closer to the cylinder head than the middle position between the top dead center and the bottom dead center of the piston. It is provided on the cylinder head side with respect to the middle position between the bottom dead center and the bottom dead center.

In the air-cooled single-cylinder engine of the present invention, the oil evaporation suppression portion is provided outside the combustion chamber in the cylinder head and a head fin portion having a plurality of fins provided on the outer surface of the cylinder head. It is preferable to include a head oil jacket in which the inside is filled with lubricating oil.

The cylinder head becomes hotter than the cylinder body, and heat is transferred from the cylinder head to the cylinder body. The oil evaporation suppression portion of the present invention includes a fin portion provided on the cylinder body and an oil jacket, a head fin portion having a plurality of fins provided on the outer surface of the cylinder head, and an outer side of the combustion chamber in the cylinder head. And a head oil jacket in which the lubricating oil flows in a filled state. Therefore, the temperature of the cylinder head which is a heat source can be reduced, and the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be further reduced. Therefore, the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be further suppressed, and the consumption amount of the lubricating oil can be further reduced.
The oil jacket and the head oil jacket are provided at positions close to each other in the cylinder axial direction. Therefore, as compared with the case where the oil jacket and the head oil jacket are provided at positions separated from each other, the configuration for supplying the lubricating oil to the oil jacket and the head oil jacket can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

In the air-cooled single cylinder engine of the present invention, it is preferable that the oil jacket and the head oil jacket have the same circumferential range and communicate with each other in the cylinder axial direction.

According to this configuration, the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be further lowered by providing the oil jacket and the head oil jacket in the circumferential region that is particularly likely to be high in the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole. Therefore, the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be further suppressed, and the consumption amount of the lubricating oil can be further reduced.
In addition, since the configuration for supplying the lubricating oil to the oil jacket can also serve as the configuration for supplying the lubricating oil to the head oil jacket, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

The air-cooled single-cylinder engine of the present invention includes a shroud that covers at least a part of the cylinder head and has an air inlet, and a fan that introduces air from the air inlet into the shroud, and the oil jacket Is preferably provided on the opposite side of the air inlet with respect to the cylinder axis.

According to this configuration, the oil jacket is provided on the side opposite to the air inlet of the shroud with respect to the cylinder axis. That is, the oil jacket is provided at a location where the temperature reduction effect of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole is low even if the fin is provided. Therefore, the temperature of the entire inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be efficiently reduced by the oil jacket and the fin portion. Therefore, the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be further suppressed, and the consumption amount of the lubricating oil can be further reduced.

In the air-cooled single cylinder engine of the present invention, the oil evaporation suppression unit preferably suppresses evaporation of the lubricating oil having a low temperature viscosity grade lower than 20 W according to SAE viscosity classification on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole. .

The lower the viscosity of the lubricating oil, the more likely it will evaporate. In contrast, the air-cooled single-cylinder engine of the present invention includes an oil evaporation suppression unit that suppresses evaporation of lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole. Therefore, even when a lubricating oil having a low temperature viscosity grade of less than 20 W according to the SAE viscosity classification is used as the lubricating oil, evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be suppressed.
In addition, the lower the viscosity of the lubricating oil, the greater the flow rate per hour of the lubricating oil flowing through the oil jacket, and the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be further reduced. Therefore, when the low-temperature viscosity grade of the lubricating oil is lower than 20 W, the effect of suppressing the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole by the oil evaporation suppressing portion can be further enhanced.

A straddle-type vehicle according to the present invention is a straddle-type vehicle including a body frame, an engine mounted on the body frame, and a pair of leg shields disposed on both sides of the body frame in the vehicle width direction. The engine is the air-cooled single-cylinder engine of the present invention, wherein the fin portion and the oil jacket are disposed on both sides of the cylinder axis in the vehicle width direction and between the pair of leg shields. And

による According to this configuration, the engine is placed between a pair of leg shields. Therefore, if the fin portions are provided on both sides of the cylinder axis in the vehicle width direction, the gap between the fin portions and the leg shield is reduced, and the temperature reduction effect of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole by the fin portions is reduced. On the other hand, in the present invention, the fin portion is provided only on one side of the cylinder axis in the vehicle width direction, and no oil is required on the other side of the cylinder axis in the vehicle width direction with the leg shield. A jacket is provided. Therefore, a large gap can be secured between the fin portion and the leg shield, and the temperature reduction effect of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole by the fin portion can be improved. Therefore, the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be further suppressed, and the consumption amount of the lubricating oil can be further reduced.

A straddle-type vehicle of the present invention is a straddle-type vehicle comprising a body frame and an engine mounted on the body frame, and the engine is the air-cooled single cylinder engine of the present invention, The cylinder axis extends in the vehicle vertical direction.

According to this configuration, the wind direction when the saddle riding type vehicle travels is a direction intersecting the cylinder axis. Therefore, the degree of receiving wind greatly differs depending on the circumferential position of the outer surface of the cylinder body. Therefore, for example, the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be adjusted by adjusting the circumferential position of the fin portion and the oil jacket by, for example, arranging an oil jacket on the rear side in the traveling direction where the wind hardly hits.
In the present invention, the state in which the cylinder axis extends in the vehicle vertical direction is not only the case where the cylinder axis extends strictly in the vehicle vertical direction, but the cylinder axis is ± 45 ° with respect to the vehicle vertical direction. Including the case of tilting in the range.

1 is a right side view of a motorcycle according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is the left view of the engine of FIG. 1, Comprising: It is the figure which displayed one part by the cross section. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 3. (A) is a right side view of a portion of the engine of FIG. 1, (b) is a bottom view of a portion of the engine of FIG. 1, and (c) is a left side view of a portion of the engine of FIG. FIG. 2D is a plan view of a part of the engine of FIG. It is a graph which shows the relationship between the temperature of the inner wall face of the cylinder hole in the engine of 1st Embodiment and a comparative example, and the circumferential direction position. FIG. 6 is a left side view of a motorcycle according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 8 is a front view of the motorcycle shown in Fig. 7. It is the top view of the engine unit of FIG. 7, Comprising: It is the figure which displayed one part by the cross section. FIG. 6 is a left side view of a motorcycle according to a third embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view of the engine unit of FIG. 10, Comprising: It is the figure which displayed one part by the cross section. FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along line XII-XII in FIG. 11. It is sectional drawing of the engine which concerns on the example of a change of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the engine which concerns on the example of a change of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the engine which concerns on the example of a change of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a graph which shows the relationship between the consumption of lubricating oil, and the temperature of the inner wall face of a cylinder hole. FIG. 6 is a left side view of a motorcycle according to another embodiment of the present invention.

<First Embodiment>
The first embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The present embodiment is an example in which the air-cooled single cylinder engine of the present invention is applied to the engine of the motorcycle 1 shown in FIG. In the following description, the front-rear direction refers to the vehicle front-rear direction viewed from a rider seated on a seat 8 (described later) of the motorcycle 1, and the left-right direction refers to a view viewed from a rider seated on the seat 8. The vehicle left-right direction (vehicle width direction). Moreover, the arrow F direction and the arrow B direction of each drawing represent the front and the rear, the arrow L direction and the arrow R direction represent the left side and the right side, and the arrow U direction and the arrow D direction are Represents the top and bottom.

[Overall configuration of motorcycle 1]
As shown in FIG. 1, the motorcycle 1 of the present embodiment is a scooter. The motorcycle 1 includes a front wheel 2, a rear wheel 3, and a body frame 4. The vehicle body frame 4 extends in the front-rear direction as a whole.

The body frame 4 has a head pipe 4a at the front thereof. A steering shaft 5 is rotatably inserted into the head pipe 4a. An upper end portion of the steering shaft 5 is connected to the handle unit 6. The lower end portion of the steering shaft 5 is connected to a pair of front forks 7. The lower end of the front fork 7 supports the front wheel 2.

The seat 8 is supported on the upper part of the body frame 4. A footrest plate 9 is supported in front of the seat 8 in the body frame 4. The body frame 4 supports a body cover 10 that covers the body frame 4 and the like. The vehicle body cover 10 has a form extending upward from the front end and the rear end of the footrest plate 9.

The body frame 4 is equipped with a swing type engine unit 11 and a fuel tank (not shown). The fuel tank is disposed below the seat 8 and is covered by the seat 8 and the vehicle body cover 10.

The engine unit 11 includes an engine 12 and a transmission 13 connected to the rear portion of the engine 12. The transmission 13 is a V-belt type continuously variable transmission. The transmission 13 is disposed on the left side of the engine 12 and the rear wheel 3. The front portion of the engine 12 is covered with a vehicle body cover 10 from the front and both left and right sides. A front end portion of the engine 12 is swingably supported by the vehicle body frame 4 via a pivot shaft 4b. A rear end portion of the transmission 13 supports the rear wheel 3. A rear suspension 14 is attached between the transmission 13 and the vehicle body frame 4.

[Configuration of engine 12]
The engine 12 (the air-cooled single cylinder engine of the present invention) is a forced air-cooled engine. The engine 12 is an OHC (Over Head Camshaft) type four-cycle single cylinder engine. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the engine 12 includes a crankcase 20, a cylinder body 21 attached to the front end portion of the crankcase 20, a cylinder head 22 attached to the front end portion of the cylinder body 21, and a cylinder A head cover 23 attached to the front end of the head 22 and a shroud 24 are provided. In FIG. 2, the display of the shroud 24 is omitted. FIG. 2 shows a left side surface of the crankcase 20 and cross sections of the cylinder body 21, the cylinder head 22, and the head cover 23.

The crankcase 20, the cylinder body 21, the cylinder head 22, and the head cover 23 are preferably formed of a light alloy having a higher thermal conductivity than iron, but may be formed of iron or other metals. Specific examples of the light alloy include aluminum, magnesium, an alloy of aluminum and silicon, and an alloy of aluminum and magnesium. The crankcase 20, the cylinder body 21, the cylinder head 22, and the head cover 23 are formed by casting, for example.

As shown in FIG. 3, the shroud 24 covers the entire cylinder body 21, the entire cylinder head 22, and the rear end of the head cover 23 over the entire circumference. Further, the shroud 24 covers the right side portion of the crankcase 20. An air inflow port 24a is formed in a portion of the shroud 24 that covers the crankcase 20 (that is, the rear right portion of the shroud 24). An air discharge port (not shown) is formed in the front portion of the shroud 24. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 2 and also a cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG.

A crankshaft 30 extending in the left-right direction is accommodated in the crankcase 20. The crankshaft 30 is rotatably supported with respect to the crankcase 20. The left end portion of the crankshaft 30 protrudes from the crankcase 20 and is connected to the transmission 13. A right end portion of the crankshaft 30 protrudes from the crankcase 20 and is connected to the fan 31. The fan 31 is driven to rotate as the crankshaft 30 rotates. By driving the fan 31, air is introduced into the shroud 24 through the air inlet 24a, and the introduced air is discharged from an air outlet (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 2, an oil pan 20 a extending in the left-right direction is formed at the lower portion of the crankcase 20. Lubricating oil is stored in the oil pan 20a. The crankcase 20 houses an oil pump 32 that sucks up lubricating oil stored in the oil pan 20a. Lubricating oil is pumped by the oil pump 32 and circulates in the engine 12. Details of the flow of the lubricating oil will be described later. Lubricating oil is included in the components of the engine 12.

Lubricating oil has a low temperature viscosity grade according to SAE viscosity classification specified in SAE J300, which is lower than 20W. The lower the viscosity grade, the lower the viscosity of the oil. The high temperature viscosity grade according to the SAE viscosity classification of the lubricating oil is not particularly limited. When X is an integer of 0 or more and less than 20, and Y is an integer of 0 or more, the SAE viscosity grade of the lubricating oil is represented by XW-Y. Lubricating oil is composed of base oil and additives. Roughly speaking, the lower the viscosity of the lubricating oil, the lower the evaporation temperature of the lubricating oil and the easier it is to evaporate. Depending on the type of base oil (for example, whether it is mineral oil or synthetic oil) and additives, the evaporation temperature may be different even if the lubricating oil has the same viscosity. The evaporation characteristic of the lubricating oil can be obtained, for example, by a boiling point distribution measuring method by gas chromatography simulated distillation based on ASTM D6352.

The cylinder body 21 is connected to the front end surface of the crankcase 20. As shown in FIG. 4, the cylinder body 21 includes a cylindrical cylinder portion 50, two protruding

portions

51 and 52 that protrude from the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder portion 50, a chain chamber forming portion 53, and a fin portion 54. It has. The cylinder part 50, the

protrusion parts

51 and 52, the chain chamber forming part 53, and the fin part 54 are integrally formed of the same material.

The cylinder portion 50 is formed with a cylinder hole 50a in which the piston 33 is slidably accommodated. The inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a may be plated. As shown in FIG. 3, the piston 33 is connected to the crankshaft 30 via a connecting rod 34. As shown in FIG. 2, the central axis of the cylinder hole 50a, that is, the cylinder axis C1 extends in the front-rear direction. Specifically, the cylinder axis C1 is slightly inclined with respect to the front-rear direction so that the front end (end on the cylinder head 22 side) of the cylinder portion 50 is positioned above the rear end (end on the crankcase 20 side). Yes. In the present embodiment, the inclination angle of the cylinder axis C1 with respect to the front-rear direction (horizontal direction) is about 5 degrees, but may be in the range of 0 degrees to 45 degrees.

As shown in FIG. 4, a groove portion 50b extending in the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis C1 is formed on the front surface of the cylinder portion 50. As shown in FIG. 3, the opening of the groove 50 b is blocked by the rear surface of the cylinder head 22. The lubricating oil flows in the groove portion 50b in a full state. Groove 50b constitutes oil jacket 50b.

The oil jacket 50 b is formed on the left side and the lower side of the cylinder part 50. The oil jacket 50b is formed in a range from a position of about 2 o'clock to a position of about 7 o'clock when viewed from the direction of the cylinder axis C1 (direction A1). The oil jacket 50b is provided on the opposite side of the shroud 24 from the air inlet 24a with respect to the cylinder axis C1. The oil jacket 50b is provided at a position closer to an exhaust passage 63 (to be described later) than an intake passage 62 (to be described later) in the circumferential direction centered on the cylinder axis C1. Further, the oil jacket 50b is formed in substantially the entire circumferential range of the chain chamber 55 described later in the circumferential direction centering on the cylinder axis C1. The oil jacket 50b is formed in the entire circumferential range of the exhaust passage 63 in the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis C1.

The oil jacket 50b is formed at a substantially central portion of the thickness of the cylinder portion 50 in the radial direction. The length of the oil jacket 50b in the radial direction around the cylinder axis C1 is constant over the circumferential direction and the cylinder axis direction (A1 direction). The length of the oil jacket 50b in the cylinder axis direction (A1 direction) is constant over the circumferential direction. In FIG. 3, the piston 33 at the top dead center is indicated by a solid line, and the piston 33 at an intermediate position between the top dead center and the bottom dead center is indicated by a two-dot chain line. The oil jacket 50b is formed forward (on the cylinder head 22 side) with respect to the intermediate position between the top dead center and the bottom dead center of the piston 33.

The front surface of the cylinder body 21 is formed with two groove portions (hereinafter referred to as communication portions) 50c and 50d extending in a substantially radial direction from both circumferential ends of the oil jacket 50b. The communication portion 50c allows the lower right end of the oil jacket 50b to communicate with a bolt hole 52a described later, and the communication portion 50d allows the upper left end of the oil jacket 50b to communicate with a chain chamber 55 described later.

The protruding part 51 protrudes from the upper right part of the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder part 50 and extends in the cylinder axial direction (A1 direction). The protruding portion 52 protrudes from the lower right portion of the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder portion 50 and extends in the cylinder axial direction (A1 direction).

Bolt holes

51a and 52a penetrating in the cylinder axis direction (A1 direction) are formed in the

protrusions

51 and 52, respectively. The cylinder head 22 has bolt holes (not shown) communicating with the bolt holes 51a and 52a, respectively. Two stud bolts 35 for connecting the cylinder body 21 and the cylinder head 22 are inserted into the two

bolt holes

51 a and 52 a of the cylinder head 22 and the two bolt holes of the cylinder head 22. The diameters of the bolt holes 51 a and 52 a are respectively larger than the diameter of the stud bolt 35 to be inserted, and a gap is generated between the inner peripheral surface of the bolt holes 51 a and 52 a and the outer peripheral surface of the stud bolt 35.

The chain chamber forming portion 53 is provided on the left side portion of the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder portion 50. A chain chamber 55 is formed between the chain chamber forming portion 53 and the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder portion 50. That is, the chain chamber 55 is formed outside the cylinder portion 50. The chain chamber 55 allows the chain chamber 20 b formed in the crankcase 20 to communicate with the chain chamber 60 formed in the cylinder head 22. In the

chain chambers

55, 20b, 60, a timing chain 44 described later is arranged. As shown in FIG. 4, the cross-sectional shape of the chain chamber 55 perpendicular to the cylinder axial direction (A1 direction) is a substantially rectangular shape that is elongated in the vertical direction. The vertical length of the chain chamber 55 is larger than the diameter of the cylinder hole 50a. An intermediate position in the vertical direction of the chain chamber 55 is aligned substantially horizontally with the cylinder axis C1. The chain chamber forming portion 53 is formed with four bolt holes 53a through which the stud bolts 36 are inserted.

As shown in FIGS. 5A to 5D, the fin portion 54 is formed on a part of the outer peripheral portion of the cylinder body 21 in the circumferential direction. The fin portion 54 is formed in a substantially half region on the front side (cylinder head 22 side) of the cylinder body 21 in the cylinder axial direction (A1 direction). The fin portion 54 is formed closer to the cylinder head 22 than an intermediate position between the top dead center and the bottom dead center of the piston 33. The fin portion 54 includes a plurality of fins arranged in the cylinder axial direction (A1 direction). Each fin extends in the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis C1. The fin portion 54 is formed on the upper surface, the right surface, and the lower surface of the cylinder body 21. The fin portion 54 protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder portion 50 and the outer surfaces of the protruding

portions

51 and 52. Both ends in the circumferential direction of the fin portion 54 are connected to the right surface of the chain chamber forming portion 53. In the present embodiment, the fin portion 54 is formed in a range of about 200 degrees around the cylinder axis C1. Therefore, the fin part 54 is formed in the circumferential direction range larger than the circumferential direction range of the oil jacket 50b. Further, a part of the circumferential range of the fin portion 54 overlaps a part of the circumferential range of the oil jacket 50b. The air introduced into the shroud 24 by the fan 31 comes into contact with the fin portion 54, so that the cylinder body 21 radiates heat from the fin portion 54.

The cylinder head 22 is connected to the front end surface of the cylinder body 21 via the gasket 25. The gasket 25 has holes having substantially the same shape at positions corresponding to the cylinder hole 50a, the oil jacket 50b, the

bolt holes

51a, 52a, 53a, and the chain chamber 55 of the cylinder body 21, respectively. The gasket 25 is preferably made of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than iron, but may be made of other materials. The gasket 25 may be made of metal or may be made of a material other than metal (for example, synthetic resin).

As shown in FIG. 3, a substantially hemispherical recess 61 is formed on the rear surface of the cylinder head 22 at a position corresponding to the cylinder hole 50a. The diameter of the rear end of the recess 61 is substantially the same as the diameter of the cylinder hole 50a. The combustion chamber 26 is defined by the recess 61, the cylinder hole 50 a, and the piston 33.

2, an intake passage 62 and an exhaust passage 63 communicating with the combustion chamber 26 are formed inside the cylinder head 22. The intake passage 62 is formed in the upper part of the cylinder head 22. The intake passage 62 extends obliquely upward and forward from the recess 61 to the upper surface of the cylinder head 22 when viewed from the left-right direction. The exhaust passage 63 is formed in the lower part of the cylinder head 22. The exhaust passage 63 extends obliquely downward in the forward direction from the recess 61 to the lower surface of the cylinder head 22 when viewed from the left-right direction. As shown in FIG. 4, the exhaust passage 63 of the present embodiment extends in a direction orthogonal to the left-right direction when viewed from the front. The exhaust passage 63 may extend downward from the recess 61 to the lower surface of the cylinder head 22 while turning rightward or leftward when viewed from the front. The intake passage 62 is a passage for introducing air into the combustion chamber 26. The exhaust passage 63 is a passage for discharging high-temperature combustion gas generated in the combustion chamber 26.

As shown in FIG. 1, the intake passage 62 is connected to an air cleaner (not shown) via the intake pipe 15. A throttle valve (not shown) is provided in the middle of the intake pipe 15. The amount of air supplied to the combustion chamber 26 is adjusted by adjusting the opening of the throttle valve. As shown in FIG. 1, the exhaust passage 63 is connected to the muffler 17 via the exhaust pipe 16. A three-way catalyst (not shown) is disposed in the middle of the exhaust pipe 16.

As shown in FIG. 3, a spark plug 37 is disposed on the right side of the cylinder head 22. A tip portion that is an ignition portion of the spark plug 37 is exposed in the combustion chamber 26 from an insertion port 64 formed in the recess 61. Further, as described above, the cylinder head 22 is formed with the chain chamber 60 communicating with the chain chamber 55 of the cylinder body 21 and the plurality of bolt holes communicating with the plurality of

bolt holes

51a, 52a, 53a of the cylinder body 21. Has been.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the cylinder head 22 as viewed from the front in the cylinder axial direction (A1 direction). Therefore, originally, the intake passage 62 and the exhaust passage 63 do not appear in FIG. 4, but the intake passage 62 and the exhaust passage 63 are arranged at positions corresponding to the vertical and horizontal positions where the intake passage 62 and the exhaust passage 63 are arranged. Displayed with a two-dot chain line. Further, although the insertion port 64 formed in the recess 61 does not originally appear in FIG. 4, the insertion port 64 is indicated by a two-dot chain line at a position corresponding to the position in the vertical and horizontal directions where the insertion port 64 is arranged. Yes.

The front part of the cylinder head 22 is covered with a head cover 23. Inside the cylinder head 22 and the head cover 23 are housed an intake valve 38 and an exhaust valve 39 for opening and closing the intake passage 62 and the exhaust passage 63, respectively, and a valve operating mechanism 40 for driving the intake valve 38 and the exhaust valve 39. ing. The valve mechanism 40 includes a cam shaft 41 extending in the left-right direction. The cam shaft 41 is rotatably supported by the cylinder head 22. The left end portion of the cam shaft 41 is disposed in the chain chamber 60 of the cylinder head 22. A timing chain 44 is wound around a sprocket 42 provided at the left end of the camshaft 41 and a sprocket 43 provided at the left end of the crankshaft 30. The timing chain 44 is a power transmission member that transmits the rotational force of the crankshaft 30 to the valve mechanism 40. As the camshaft 41 rotates as the crankshaft 30 rotates, the intake valve 38 and the exhaust valve 39 are driven to open and close.

As shown in FIGS. 5A to 5D, a head fin portion 65 is provided on the outer surface of the cylinder head 22. The head fin portion 65 is composed of a plurality of fins arranged in the cylinder axis direction (A1 direction). Each fin extends in the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis C1. The head fin portion 65 is formed in a substantially half region on the rear side (cylinder body 21 side) of the cylinder head 22 in the cylinder axial direction (A1 direction). The head fin portions 65 are formed on both upper and lower sides of the spark plug 37 on the right surface of the cylinder head 22. When the air introduced into the shroud 24 by the fan 31 comes into contact with the head fin portion 65, the cylinder head 22 radiates heat from the head fin portion 65. Since the cylinder head 22 is formed of a light alloy having a higher thermal conductivity than iron, the temperature of the cylinder head 22 is likely to be lowered by the head fin portion 65.

Next, the flow of lubricating oil in the engine 12 will be described. The white arrow and the solid arrow shown in each figure show a part of the flow of the lubricating oil. The solid arrows indicate the flow of the lubricating oil that does not appear in the cross section, and the open arrows indicate the flow of the lubricating oil that appears in the cross section. In the engine 12 of the present embodiment, the lubricating oil is used not only for lubricating the sliding portion of the engine 12 but also for lowering the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a.

The crankcase 20 is formed with a passage for supplying the lubricating oil pumped from the oil pump 32 to the crankshaft 30 and a passage for supplying the cylinder body 21. As shown in FIG. 3, the crankcase 20 is formed with an injection port (oil jet hole) 20c for injecting the lubricating oil pumped from the oil pump 32 toward the back surface (rear surface) of the piston 33. Has been. The lubricating oil supplied to the crankshaft 30 is injected from an injection port (not shown) formed in the connecting rod 34 toward the piston 33 and the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a. The lubricating oil supplied to the piston 33, the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a, and the crankshaft 30 flows down by its own weight and returns to the oil pan 20a. Note that the lubricating oil hardly adheres to the recess 61.

Further, the lubricating oil sent from the crankcase 20 is applied to the rear surface of the cylinder portion 50 from the rear into the gap between the bolt hole 51a and the stud bolt 35 and the gap between the bolt hole 52a and the stud bolt 35, respectively. Grooves (not shown) for supply are formed.

The lubricating oil that has flowed into the gap between the bolt hole 51 a and the stud bolt 35 from behind flows into the gap between the bolt hole (not shown) formed in the cylinder head 22 and the stud bolt 35. A plurality of branch paths (not shown) for supplying lubricating oil to the

valves

38 and 39 and the valve operating mechanism 40 are connected to the bolt holes of the cylinder head 22. The lubricating oil supplied to the

valves

38 and 39 and the valve operating mechanism 40 is discharged into the chain chamber 55, and then flows down due to its own weight and returns to the oil pan 20a.

The lubricating oil that has flowed into the gap between the bolt hole 52a and the stud bolt 35 from the rear flows into the oil jacket 50b through the communication portion 50c. The lubricating oil flows in the circumferential direction along the oil jacket 50b, and then is discharged to the chain chamber 55 through the communication portion 50d. The lubricating oil discharged to the chain chamber 55 flows down by its own weight and returns to the oil pan 20a. The temperature of the lubricating oil flowing through the oil jacket 50b is about 80 to 90 ° C., for example. The lubricating oil flowing through the oil jacket 50b takes heat from the cylinder body 21.

The engine 12 repeats an intake stroke, a compression stroke, a combustion stroke, and an exhaust stroke in order. The combustion gas generated in the combustion chamber 26 during the combustion stroke is discharged from the exhaust passage 63 during the exhaust stroke. Therefore, the combustion gas heats the portion on the cylinder head 22 side of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a, the recess 61 of the cylinder head 22, and the inner wall surface of the exhaust passage 63. A portion of the cylinder portion 50 that is aligned with the exhaust passage 63 in the cylinder axial direction (A1 direction) (that is, a portion behind the exhaust passage 63) is configured to transmit heat transmitted from the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a and heat transmitted from the exhaust passage 63. Heated by both.

The graph of Example 1 shown in FIG. 6 shows the relationship between the circumferential position of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a of the engine 12 of the present embodiment and the temperature. 6 indicates the clockwise angle in FIG. 4 from the position P1 directly above the cylinder axis C1 shown in FIG. 4, and the vertical axis indicates the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a at the angular position. Shows the temperature. In addition, the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a is specifically the temperature at a position 1.5 mm radially outward from the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a. Moreover, the graph of the comparative example 1 shown in FIG. 6 has shown the result in case an oil jacket is not provided and the other structure is substantially the same as the engine 12 of this embodiment. Moreover, the graph of the comparative example 2 shown in FIG. 6 changes the circumferential direction range of the oil jacket of this embodiment to the substantially whole circumference of the cylinder part 50, and the other structure is substantially the same as the engine 12 of this embodiment. The result in some cases is shown.

In Comparative Example 1 in which no oil jacket is provided, the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a is deprived of heat only by heat radiation from the fin portion 54. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the portion on the chain chamber 55 side where the fin portion 54 is not provided on the outer peripheral side (near the portion where the angle from the position P1 is 90 °) is high in the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a. It becomes. Further, the portion on the exhaust passage 63 side (near the portion where the angle from the position P1 is 180 °) is provided with the fin portion 54 on the outer peripheral side thereof, but the amount of heat transmitted from the combustion gas is the largest, so the chain chamber 55 It becomes hot like the side part.

As shown in FIG. 6, in Comparative Example 2 in which the oil jacket is provided on the entire circumference, the portion of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a on the chain chamber 55 side where the fin portion 54 is not provided on the outer peripheral side is the oil jacket. The temperature is lower than that of Comparative Example 1 in which no is provided. Further, since the oil jacket is provided on the entire circumference, the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a, the fin portion 54, and the exhaust passage 63 side portion, the intake passage 62 side portion, and the portion opposite to the chain chamber 55 are provided. The heat transfer in the radial direction between the two is interrupted by the oil jacket. Since the temperature reduction effect by the oil jacket is higher than the temperature reduction effect by the fin portion 54 in the portion on the exhaust passage 63 side that is likely to become high temperature, the oil jacket 50b is provided, so that the oil jacket is not provided. The temperature can be lowered more than 1. On the other hand, since the original temperature of the portion on the intake passage 62 side and the portion on the opposite side of the chain chamber 55 is low, the temperature reduction effect by the oil jacket is lower than the temperature reduction effect by the fin portion 54. By providing, temperature will become higher than the comparative example 1 which does not provide an oil jacket. Therefore, in the comparative example 2, the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a is made uniform in the circumferential direction.

On the other hand, in Example 1 (this embodiment), the oil jacket 50b is not provided in the portion on the intake passage 62 side and the portion on the opposite side to the chain chamber 55, and the portion on the exhaust passage 63 side and the chain chamber. It is provided on the 55 side. Therefore, for the same reason as in Comparative Example 2 in which the oil jacket is provided on the entire circumference, the part on the chain chamber 55 side and the part on the exhaust passage 63 side of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a are not provided with an oil jacket at all. The temperature can be lowered more than 1. Further, since lubricating oil is not used for the portion on the intake passage 62 side and the portion on the opposite side of the chain chamber 55, the corresponding lubricating oil can be used for the portion on the exhaust passage 63 side and the portion on the chain chamber 55 side. it can. As a result, the temperature of the portion on the exhaust passage 63 side and the portion on the chain chamber 55 side can be lowered as compared with Comparative Example 2 in which the oil jacket is provided on the entire circumference.

Further, as described above, the temperature reduction effect by the oil jacket is lower than the temperature reduction effect by the fin portion 54 in the portion on the intake passage 62 side and the portion opposite to the chain chamber 55. By not providing the temperature, the temperature can be lowered as compared with Comparative Example 2 in which the oil jacket is provided on the entire circumference. Further, since the temperature of the portion on the exhaust passage 63 side and the portion on the chain chamber 55 side can be lowered as compared with Comparative Example 1, the portion on the intake passage 62 side and the portion on the opposite side of the chain chamber 55 The amount of heat transmitted from the portion on the exhaust passage 63 side and the portion on the chain chamber 55 side can be reduced. Therefore, the temperature of the portion on the intake passage 62 side and the portion on the opposite side of the chain chamber 55 can be lowered as compared with Comparative Example 1 in which no oil jacket is provided.

¡The higher the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a, the more easily the lubricating oil evaporates on the inner wall surface. The graph of FIG. 16 is a graph demonstrating that the consumption of lubricating oil increases as the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole increases. This graph shows the result of measurement on a test bench using a plurality of types of engines and its approximate curve. A plot c in the graph is a result of measurement using the engine 12 of the present embodiment. Plot a in the graph is a result of measurement in a water-cooled engine in which a water jacket is formed over the entire circumference of the cylinder body and no fan is provided. Plot d in the graph is a result of measurement in an oil-cooled engine in which an oil jacket is formed over the entire circumference of the cylinder body and no fan is provided. Plot b and plot e in the graph are the results of measurement in a forced air-cooled engine in which no oil jacket or water jacket is formed on the cylinder body. Since the configuration of the fan (31) (for example, the number of blades) is different between the plot b and the plot e, the amount of air generated by the fan (31) is different. The air volume of the fan 31 in plot c and plot e is the same. Accordingly, the only difference between the engines used in plots c and e is the presence or absence of the oil jacket 50b.

The plots a to e in the graph of FIG. 16 are results obtained by measuring the engine for a predetermined time under predetermined operating conditions. Lubricating oil consumption was measured by comparing the weight of lubricating oil in the engine before and after the test run. The vertical axis in FIG. 16 indicates the consumption amount of the lubricating oil per unit time. In addition, the horizontal axis of FIG. 16 indicates the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole during operation of the engine, specifically, the temperature at a position 1.5 mm radially outward from the inner wall surface. More specifically, the temperatures in the vicinity of the exhaust passage (63) and the chain chamber (55), which are the highest in the circumferential direction, are displayed. The temperature of the lubricating oil during the test operation is 125 ± 5 ° C. Moreover, since it is a test of a test bench, there is no air flow and natural wind due to running.

Further, the predetermined operating condition described above is a condition in which the engine is operated at a high load and the air-fuel ratio of the mixed gas becomes the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio (when the excess air ratio λ = 1). Here, the high load means that the engine speed and the opening of the throttle valve (hereinafter referred to as throttle opening) satisfy the following conditions. The engine rotation speed under a high load is included in the medium speed range or the high speed range when the entire engine speed range is equally divided into three regions (low speed range, medium speed range, and high speed range). The throttle opening at high load is divided into three areas (small opening area, medium opening area, and large opening area) when the entire throttle opening area is equally divided into the middle opening area and the large opening area. included. The operating condition includes the excess air ratio λ = 1 for the following two reasons. When the fuel injection amount is large and the excess air ratio λ is less than 1, the temperature reproducibility of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole is deteriorated due to the variation in cooling accompanying the evaporation of excess fuel. When the excess air ratio λ = 1, the engine load and the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole are in a clear proportional relationship, and data reproducibility is high. This is the first reason. When the excess air ratio λ is less than 1, a part of the injected fuel is not burned and accumulates in the cylinder hole. Since the unburned fuel is mixed with the lubricating oil, the weight of the lubricating oil in the engine cannot be accurately measured. This is the second reason.

As is clear from Example 1 and Comparative Example 1 in FIG. 6 and plots c and e in FIG. 16, the engine 12 of this embodiment (Example 1, plot c) does not include the oil jacket 50 b ( Compared to Comparative Example 1, plot e), the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole is low. Therefore, the engine 12 of this embodiment can suppress the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole as compared with the case where the oil jacket 50b is not provided. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 16, the engine 12 of the embodiment (plot c) can reduce the consumption amount of the lubricating oil compared to the case where the oil jacket 50b is not provided (plot e).

In other words, from the results of FIG. 16, the engine 12 (plot c) of the embodiment has a lower temperature on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole than the case where the oil jacket 50b is not provided (plot e), and the lubricating oil Low consumption. From this, it can be said that the engine 12 of the embodiment has less evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole than in the case where the oil jacket 50b is not provided. Note that the amount of consumption of the lubricating oil is not particularly limited as long as it is a value obtained by measurement before and after the engine is operated under the predetermined operating conditions described above.

In the present embodiment, the fin portion 54 and the oil jacket 50b correspond to the oil evaporation suppression portion of the present invention.

The engine 12 of the present embodiment described above has the following characteristics.
The engine 12 of the present embodiment includes an oil evaporation including a fin portion 54 and an oil jacket 50b that is formed in a circumferential range smaller than the circumferential range of the fin portion 54 and flows inside in a state in which lubricating oil is filled. A suppression unit is provided. The oil evaporation suppression portion is constituted by a technical idea that the fin portion 54 and the oil jacket 50 b are provided in the cylinder body 21, and a technical idea that the circumferential range of the oil jacket 50 b is smaller than the circumferential range of the fin portion 54. Yes.
The temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a is likely to be uneven in the circumferential direction. Compared to the case where the oil jacket 50b is provided in a portion in the circumferential direction where the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a is likely to be high, and only the fin portion is provided in the circumferential portion and no oil jacket is provided (Comparative Example 1). The temperature in the circumferential direction part of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole can be lowered.
The oil jacket 50 b is provided in a circumferential range smaller than the circumferential range of the fin portion 54. Therefore, the oil jacket 50b can be provided in a portion in the circumferential direction where the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a tends to be high, and the oil jacket 50b can be omitted in a portion where the temperature tends to be relatively low. Thereby, compared with the case where an oil jacket is provided on the entire circumference of the cylinder body (Comparative Example 2), the temperature in the entire circumferential direction of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be lowered, and the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be reduced. Among them, the temperature of a part in the circumferential direction that tends to be high can be further reduced.

In addition, there is a conventional air-cooled engine in which an oil jacket is provided only on the cylinder head. In this embodiment, since the oil jacket 50b is provided in the cylinder body 21, the oil jacket 50b can be provided at a position closer to the cylinder hole 50a as compared with the conventional air-cooled engine. Therefore, the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be efficiently reduced.

As described above, the engine 12 of the present embodiment has a technical idea that the fin portion 54 and the oil jacket 50 b are provided in the cylinder body 21, and the circumferential range of the oil jacket 50 b is smaller than the circumferential range of the fin portion 54. By providing an oil evaporation suppression portion that is based on the technical idea of performing, the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a is reduced in the entire circumferential direction, and the temperature of a portion of the inner wall surface in the circumferential direction that is likely to become high is further reduced. Can do. Therefore, evaporation of the lubricating oil attached to the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be suppressed, and the consumption amount of the lubricating oil can be further reduced.

Further, since the lubricating oil originally provided in the engine is used to reduce the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a, an increase in manufacturing cost can be suppressed as compared with the water-cooled engine.
Therefore, the engine 12 of this embodiment can reduce the consumption amount of lubricating oil while suppressing an increase in manufacturing cost.

Further, by providing the oil jacket 50b only on a part of the cylinder body 21 in the circumferential direction, the manufacturing cost can be reduced as compared with the case where the oil jacket is provided on the entire circumference of the cylinder body. If the oil jacket is provided on the entire circumference of the cylinder body, for example, the structure of the engine becomes complicated or the oil pump becomes large in order to ensure the strength of the cylinder body and the oil flow path.

The lubricating oil evaporated in the combustion chamber 26 is discharged to the exhaust pipe 16 through the exhaust passage 63 together with the combustion gas. The lubricating oil that has flowed into the exhaust pipe 16 poisons a three-way catalyst (not shown) disposed in the middle of the exhaust pipe 16. In the present embodiment, poisoning of the three-way catalyst can be suppressed by suppressing evaporation of the lubricating oil attached to the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a.

Also, the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a tends to be relatively hot at a position close to the cylinder head 22. In the present embodiment, the oil jacket 50b is provided closer to the cylinder head 22 than the intermediate position between the top dead center and the bottom dead center of the piston 33. Therefore, the temperature of the portion of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a that tends to be high can be further reduced. Therefore, the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be further suppressed, and the consumption amount of the lubricating oil can be further reduced.

Further, since the oil jacket 50b is provided at a position closer to the exhaust passage 63 than the intake passage 62 in the circumferential direction, it is possible to effectively reduce the temperature of the portion of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a that is likely to be hot. it can. Therefore, the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be further suppressed, and the consumption amount of the lubricating oil can be further reduced.

The oil jacket 50b is provided on the opposite side of the shroud 24 from the air inlet 24a with respect to the cylinder axis C1. That is, the oil jacket 50b is provided at a location where the temperature reduction effect of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a is low even if the fin portion 54 is provided. Therefore, the temperature of the entire inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be efficiently reduced by the oil jacket 50b and the fin portion 54. Therefore, the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be further suppressed, and the consumption amount of the lubricating oil can be further reduced.

In conventional engines, lubricating oil with high viscosity was used. Specifically, a lubricating oil having a low temperature viscosity grade of 20 W or higher according to SAE viscosity classification was used. The higher the viscosity of the lubricating oil, the higher the evaporation temperature of the lubricating oil, and the more difficult it is to evaporate. Therefore, in conventional engines, consumption of lubricating oil due to evaporation of lubricating oil has not been a problem.
However, in recent years, low-viscosity lubricating oils have been used in engines to improve fuel economy. As a result, there is a problem that the lubricating oil is likely to evaporate and the consumption amount of the lubricating oil increases.

The engine 12 of the present embodiment includes an oil evaporation suppression portion (an oil jacket 50b and a fin portion 54) that suppresses evaporation of lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a. Therefore, even when a lubricating oil having a low temperature viscosity grade of less than 20 W according to the SAE viscosity classification is used as the lubricating oil, evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be suppressed.
Further, as the viscosity of the lubricating oil is lower, the flow rate per hour of the lubricating oil flowing through the oil jacket 50b increases, and the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be further lowered. Therefore, when the low temperature viscosity grade of the lubricating oil is lower than 20 W, the effect of suppressing the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a by the oil evaporation suppressing portion can be further enhanced.

Second Embodiment
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. However, about the thing which has the structure similar to the said 1st Embodiment, the description is abbreviate | omitted suitably using the same code | symbol. This embodiment is an example in which the air-cooled single cylinder engine of the present invention is applied to the engine of the motorcycle 201 shown in FIG. The definitions of the front-rear direction and the left-right direction used in the following description are the same as in the first embodiment.

[Overall configuration of motorcycle 201]
As shown in FIG. 7, the motorcycle 201 of the present embodiment is a so-called underbone type motorcycle. The motorcycle 201 includes a front wheel 202, a rear wheel 203, and a vehicle body frame 204. The vehicle body frame 204 extends in the front-rear direction as a whole.

The body frame 204 has a head pipe 204a at the front thereof. A steering shaft (not shown) is rotatably inserted into the head pipe 204a. The upper end portion of the steering shaft is connected to the handle unit 206. The lower end portion of the steering shaft is connected to a pair of front forks 207. A lower end portion of the front fork 207 supports the front wheel 202.

A pair of swing arms 216 are swingably supported on the body frame 204. The rear end portion of the swing arm 216 supports the rear wheel 203. A rear suspension 214 is attached between a position behind the swing center of each swing arm 216 and the body frame 204.

A seat 208 and a fuel tank (not shown) are supported on the upper part of the body frame 204. The vehicle body frame 204 supports a vehicle body cover 210 that covers the vehicle body frame 204 and the like. The fuel tank is disposed below the seat 208 and is covered with the seat 208 and the vehicle body cover 210.

In the body frame 204 and the body cover 210, a portion between the head pipe 204a and the seat 208 is low. Thereby, a space is formed between the head pipe 204 a and the seat 208 and above the body frame 204. This space makes it easier for riders to cross the car.

The engine unit 211 is mounted on the body frame 204. The engine unit 211 is disposed below the body frame 204 and supported while being suspended from the body frame 204. The front portion of the engine unit 211 is covered with the vehicle body cover 210 from both the left and right sides. Footrests 209 are disposed on the left and right sides of the engine unit 211. The left and right footrests 209 are supported on the lower surface of the engine unit 211 via a bar-shaped member.

The body cover 210 includes a front cover 270 disposed in front of the body frame 204, a body cover 271 connected to the rear end of the front cover 270, a front fender 272 disposed above and behind the front wheel 202, and a rear wheel. 203 and a rear fender 273 disposed obliquely above and rearward.

The front cover 270 includes a front cowl portion 270a disposed above the front fender 272 and a pair of left and right leg shield portions 270b disposed below the front cowl portion 270a. The front cowl portion 270a covers the head pipe 204a from the front.

The leg shield part 270b extends obliquely downward and rearward from the lower end of the front cowl part 270a. The leg shield part 270b is disposed in front of the leg of the rider seated on the seat 208. As shown in FIG. 8, a space is formed between the pair of leg shield portions 270b. The leg shield part 270b is inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to the left-right direction. In the present embodiment, the pair of leg shield portions 270b (particularly the upper and lower portions of the leg shield portion 270b) are inclined so as to be separated in the left-right direction toward the rear.

The front lower portion of the body cover 271 is formed in a bifurcated shape when viewed from the front-rear direction. This bifurcated tip portion is referred to as a leg shield portion 271a. The leg shield part 271a of the body cover 271 is connected to the lower part of the leg shield part 270b of the front cover 270. The left and right side surfaces of the front part of the engine unit 211 are covered with the lower part of the leg shield part 270b of the front cover 270 and the leg shield part 271a of the body cover 271. In the following description, a combination of the leg shield part 270b of the front cover 270 and the leg shield part 271a of the body cover 271 connected thereto may be referred to as a leg shield.

[Configuration of engine unit 211]
The engine unit 211 is a natural air-cooled engine unit. The engine unit 211 is an OHC (Over Head Camshaft) type four-cycle single-cylinder engine unit. The engine unit 211 corresponds to the air-cooled single cylinder engine of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 9, the engine unit 211 includes a crankcase 220, a cylinder body 221 attached to the front end portion of the crankcase 220, a cylinder head 222 attached to the front end portion of the cylinder body 221, and a cylinder head 222. And a head cover 223 attached to the front end portion. FIG. 9 is a top view of the engine unit 211, and only the cylinder body 221 is shown in cross section.

The crankcase 220 accommodates a crankshaft 230 that extends in the left-right direction. The crankshaft 230 is rotatably supported with respect to the crankcase 220. Further, the crankcase 220 houses a speed change mechanism 245 connected to the right end portion of the crankshaft 230. In FIG. 9, only some of the components of the speed change mechanism 245 are indicated by broken lines. The left end portion of the drive shaft 246 included in the speed change mechanism 245 protrudes from the crankcase 220. A sprocket 247 is provided at the left end of the drive shaft 246. A chain 248 is wound around the sprocket 247 and a sprocket (not shown) of the rear wheel 203 as a power transmission member. Further, the crankcase 220 accommodates a flywheel magneto 249 attached to the left end portion of the crankshaft 230.

Although not shown, an oil pan for storing lubricating oil is formed in the lower portion of the crankcase 220. The crankcase 220 houses an oil pump (not shown) that sucks up lubricating oil stored in an oil pan. Lubricating oil is pumped by this oil pump and circulates in the engine unit 211.

The cylinder body 221 is connected to the front end surface of the crankcase 220. The cylinder body 221 is different in the configuration of the fin portion 254 from the fin portion 54 of the first embodiment, and other configurations are substantially the same as those of the cylinder body 21 of the first embodiment. The cylinder axis C2 (the central axis of the cylinder hole 50a) extends in the front-rear direction. Specifically, as in the first embodiment, the cylinder axis C2 is positioned such that the front end (end on the cylinder head 222 side) of the cylinder portion 50 is located above the rear end (end on the crankcase 220 side). Slightly inclined with respect to the front-rear direction. In FIG. 7, the inclination angle of the cylinder axis C2 with respect to the front-rear direction (horizontal direction) is about 10 degrees, but may be in the range of 0 degrees to 45 degrees. The configuration of the piston 33 and the like disposed inside the cylinder part 50 is the same as that of the first embodiment.

The fin portion 254 is formed on a part of the outer peripheral portion of the cylinder body 221 in the circumferential direction. In the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis C2, the formation range of the fin portion 254 is the same as the formation range of the fin portion 54 of the first embodiment. That is, the fin portion 254 is formed in a portion excluding the left surface of the cylinder body 221 (the outer surface of the chain chamber forming portion 53) in the circumferential direction. Therefore, in the left-right direction, a part of the fin portion 254 is disposed on the left side of the cylinder axis C2, and a part of the oil jacket 50b is disposed on the right side of the cylinder axis C2. Further, the fin portion 254 of the present embodiment is formed in almost the entire area of the cylinder body 221 in the direction of the cylinder axis C2. During traveling, the air flowing from the front between the pair of leg shields (270b and 271a) comes into contact with the fin portion 254, so that the cylinder body 221 dissipates heat from the fin portion 254.

The cylinder head 222 is connected to the front end surface of the cylinder body 221 through the gasket 25. On the rear surface of the cylinder head 222, a recess 61 that defines the combustion chamber 26 together with the cylinder hole 50a is formed. A head fin portion is not provided on the outer surface of the cylinder head 222 of the present embodiment. A front portion of the cylinder head 222 is covered with a head cover 223. The internal configurations of the cylinder head 222 and the head cover 223 are substantially the same as in the first embodiment.

In the engine unit 211 of the present embodiment, the lubricating oil pumped from the oil pump is supplied to the speed change mechanism 245. Except for this point, the flow of the lubricating oil in the engine unit 211 is substantially the same as in the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the fin part 254 and the oil jacket 50b are equivalent to the oil evaporation suppression part of this invention.

The engine unit 211 of the present embodiment described above includes a fin portion 254, and an oil jacket 50b that is formed in a circumferential range smaller than the circumferential range of the fin portion 254 and that flows inside in a state in which lubricating oil is filled. The oil evaporation suppression part containing is provided. Therefore, similarly to the engine 12 of the first embodiment, it is possible to suppress the evaporation of the lubricating oil adhering to the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a while suppressing the manufacturing cost, and it is possible to further reduce the consumption amount of the lubricating oil. In addition, about the structure similar to 1st Embodiment, there exists the effect described in 1st Embodiment.

Further, in the engine unit 211 of the present embodiment, the fin portion 254 and the oil jacket 50b are provided between the pair of left and right leg shields (270b and 271a) on both sides of the cylinder axis C2 in the left-right direction (vehicle width direction) and the vehicle width direction. Is arranged. If the fin portion 254 is provided on both the left and right sides of the cylinder axis C2, the gap between the fin portion 254 and the leg shield (270b and 271a) is reduced. As a result, the amount of air passing through the gap between the fin portion 254 and the leg shield (270b and 271a) is reduced, so that the temperature reduction effect of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a by the fin portion 254 is reduced. In contrast, in the present embodiment, the fin portion 254 is provided only on the right side of the cylinder axis C2, and no gap is required between the leg shields (270b and 271a) on the left side of the cylinder axis C2. An oil jacket 50b is provided. Therefore, a large gap can be secured between the fin portion 254 and the leg shield (270b and 271a), and the temperature reduction effect of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a by the fin portion 254 can be improved. Therefore, the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be further suppressed, and the consumption amount of the lubricating oil can be further reduced.

In the present embodiment, the leg shield part 270b of the front cover 270 and the leg shield part 271a of the body cover 271 constitute the leg shield of the present invention, but the pair of leg shields of the present invention includes the body frame 204 and The shape is not particularly limited as long as it is disposed on the left and right sides of the engine unit 211 and disposed in front of the legs of the rider seated on the seat 8.

<Third Embodiment>
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. However, about the thing which has the structure similar to the said 1st Embodiment and 2nd Embodiment, the description is abbreviate | omitted suitably using the same code | symbol. This embodiment is an example in which the air-cooled single cylinder engine of the present invention is applied to the engine of the motorcycle 301 shown in FIG. The definitions of the front-rear direction and the left-right direction used in the following description are the same as in the first embodiment.

[Overall configuration of motorcycle 301]
As shown in FIG. 10, the motorcycle 301 of the present embodiment is a sports type motorcycle. The engine of the present embodiment may be applied to an on-road type motorcycle or an off-road type motorcycle. The motorcycle 301 includes a front wheel 302, a rear wheel 303, and a body frame 304. The vehicle body frame 304 has a form extending in the front-rear direction as a whole.

The body frame 304 has a head pipe 304a at the front thereof. A steering shaft (not shown) is rotatably inserted into the head pipe 304a. An upper end portion of the steering shaft is connected to the handle unit 306. An upper end portion of a pair of front forks 307 is fixed to the handle unit 306. The lower end portion of the front fork 307 supports the front wheel 302.

A pair of swing arms 316 are swingably supported on the body frame 304. The rear end of the swing arm 316 supports the rear wheel 303. A rear suspension 314 is attached between a position behind the swing center of each swing arm 316 and the body frame 304.

A seat 308 and a fuel tank 317 are supported on the upper part of the body frame 304. The fuel tank 317 is disposed in front of the seat 308. The vehicle body frame 304 supports a vehicle body cover 310 that covers the vehicle body frame 304 and the like.

The engine unit 311 is mounted on the body frame 304. The engine unit 311 is disposed below the fuel tank 317. Most of the engine unit 311 whose upper end is covered with the vehicle body cover 310 is exposed to the outside. Footrests 309 are disposed on the left and right sides of the engine unit 311. The left and right footrests 309 are supported on the lower surface of the engine unit 311 via bar-shaped members.

[Configuration of Engine Unit 311]
The engine unit 311 is a natural air-cooled engine unit. The engine unit 311 is an OHC (Over Head Camshaft) type four-cycle single cylinder engine unit. The engine unit 311 corresponds to the air-cooled single cylinder engine of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 11, the engine unit 311 includes a crankcase 320, a cylinder body 321 attached to the upper end portion of the crankcase 320, a cylinder head 322 attached to the upper end portion of the cylinder body 321, and a cylinder head 322. And a head cover 323 attached to the upper end of the head. FIG. 11 is a top view of the engine unit 311, and only the cylinder body 321 is shown in cross section.

The internal structure of the crankcase 320 is almost the same as in the second embodiment. The cylinder body 321 is connected to the upper end surface of the crankcase 320. The cylinder body 321 is different in the configuration of the fin portion 354 from the fin portion 54 of the first embodiment, and the other configuration is substantially the same as the cylinder body 21 of the first embodiment. In the present embodiment, the cylinder axis C3 (the central axis of the cylinder hole 50a) extends in the vertical direction. Specifically, the cylinder axis C3 is slightly inclined with respect to the vertical direction so that the upper end (end on the cylinder head 322 side) of the cylinder 50 is positioned forward of the lower end (end on the crankcase 320 side). . In FIG. 10, the tilt angle of the cylinder axis C3 with respect to the vertical direction is about 20 degrees, but may be in the range of 0 degrees to 45 degrees. The configuration of the piston 33 and the like disposed inside the cylinder part 50 is the same as that of the first embodiment.

The engine unit 311 of this embodiment corresponds to the case where the inclination of the engine unit 211 of the second embodiment is changed in the vertical direction and the front-rear direction while maintaining the horizontal direction. That is, the engine unit 311 of the present embodiment having the same configuration as that of the second embodiment has the inclination of the engine unit 211 of the second embodiment changed in the vertical direction and the front-rear direction while maintaining the horizontal direction. It is the same arrangement position as the case. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the oil jacket 50 b is formed on the left side portion and the front side portion of the cylinder body 221.

As shown in FIG. 12, the fin portion 354 is formed on almost the entire circumference of the outer peripheral portion of the cylinder body 321. That is, the fin portion 354 of the present embodiment is also formed on the left surface of the cylinder body 321 (the outer surface of the chain chamber forming portion 53). Similarly to the second embodiment, the fin portion 354 is formed in almost the entire area of the cylinder body 321 in the direction of the cylinder axis C3. While traveling, air flowing in the front-rear direction with respect to the motorcycle 301 comes into contact with the fin portion 354, so that the cylinder body 321 radiates heat from the fin portion 354.

The cylinder head 322 is connected to the upper end surface of the cylinder body 321 through the gasket 25. A concave portion 61 that defines the combustion chamber 26 together with the cylinder hole 50 a is formed on the lower surface of the cylinder head 322. A head fin portion 365 is formed on the outer surface of the cylinder head 322. The head fin portion 365 is formed in almost the entire area of the cylinder head 322 in the circumferential direction centered on the cylinder axis C3. Further, the head fin portion 365 is formed in almost the entire area of the cylinder head 322 in the direction of the cylinder axis C3.

The front part of the cylinder head 322 is covered with a head cover 323. The internal configurations of the cylinder head 322 and the head cover 323 are substantially the same as in the first embodiment. In the present embodiment, since the cylinder axis C <b> 3 extends in the vertical direction, the intake passage 62 is formed in the rear portion of the cylinder head 322, and the exhaust passage 63 is formed in the front portion of the cylinder head 322. Yes.

The flow of lubricating oil in the engine unit 311 of this embodiment is the same as that of the second embodiment. In this embodiment, the fin part 354 and the oil jacket 50b are equivalent to the oil evaporation suppression part of this invention.

The engine unit 311 of the present embodiment described above includes a fin portion 354, and an oil jacket 50b that is formed in a circumferential range smaller than the circumferential range of the fin portion 354 and that flows inside in a state in which lubricating oil is filled. The oil evaporation suppression part containing is provided. Therefore, similarly to the engine 12 of the first embodiment, it is possible to suppress the evaporation of the lubricating oil adhering to the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a while suppressing the manufacturing cost, and it is possible to further reduce the consumption amount of the lubricating oil. In addition, about the structure similar to 1st Embodiment, there exists the effect described in 1st Embodiment.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made as long as they are described in the claims. Moreover, the example of a change mentioned later can be implemented in combination as appropriate. In the present specification, the term “preferred” is non-exclusive, and means “preferably but not limited to”.

In the first and second embodiments, the

fin portions

54 and 254 of the

cylinder bodies

21 and 221 are provided in portions other than the portion on the chain chamber 55 side in the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis. The positions of the

portions

54 and 254 in the circumferential direction are not limited to this. For example, the

fin portions

54 and 254 may be provided on the entire circumference of the cylinder body.
Moreover, in the said 3rd Embodiment, although the fin part 354 of the cylinder body 321 is provided in the perimeter of the cylinder body 321, the position regarding the circumferential direction of the fin part 354 is not limited to this. For example, the fin portion 354 may be provided in a portion other than the portion on the chain chamber 55 side.

In the first to third embodiments, the

head fin portions

65 and 365 are provided on the outer surfaces of the cylinder heads 22 and 322. However, the positions where the

head fin portions

65 and 365 are formed (the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis). And the position in the cylinder axial direction) are not limited to those in the first to third embodiments. Further, the head fin portion may not be provided.

In the first to third embodiments, the oil jacket 50b is formed by forming a groove on the end face of the cylinder portion 50 on the cylinder head 22 side. However, the configuration of the oil jacket of the present invention is not limited to this. . For example, the cylinder body 421 shown in FIG. 13 includes a cylinder part 421a that forms a cylinder hole 50a and a main body part 421b that is disposed on the outer periphery of the cylinder part 421a. A notch 450b extending in the circumferential direction is formed at the end of the inner peripheral surface of the main body 421b on the cylinder head 222 side. An oil jacket 421c is formed by the notch 450b and the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder portion 421a.

In the first to third embodiments, the oil jacket 50b is provided at the end of the

cylinder bodies

21, 221 and 321 on the cylinder heads 22, 222 and 322 side. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The oil jacket may be formed at a position away from the cylinder head side end surface of the cylinder head on the opposite side to the cylinder head in the cylinder axial direction. However, the oil jacket is preferably provided on the cylinder head side with respect to the intermediate position between the top dead center and the bottom dead center of the piston 33. For example, instead of forming the notch 450b on the inner peripheral surface of the main body 421b of the cylinder body 421 in FIG. 13, a groove extending in the circumferential direction is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the main body 421b. Is possible.

In the first to third embodiments, the oil jacket 50b is provided in a range from about 2 o'clock position to about 7 o'clock position when viewed from the cylinder axial direction. The position in the circumferential direction around the axis is not limited to this. As long as the circumferential range of the oil jacket is smaller than the circumferential range of the fin portion of the cylinder body, the oil jacket may be provided at any position. The oil jacket is preferably provided at a position closer to the exhaust passage 63 than the intake passage 62 in the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis.

In the first to third embodiments, the oil jacket 50b is provided in almost the entire circumferential range of the chain chamber 55 in the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis. However, the oil jacket 50b is arranged in the circumferential direction. You may provide in the circumferential direction range which overlaps only a part of range, and you may provide in the circumferential direction range which does not overlap with the said circumferential direction range.

In the first to third embodiments, the oil jacket 50b is provided in the entire circumferential range of the exhaust passage 63 in the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis. You may provide in the circumferential direction range which overlaps only a part of circumferential direction range, and you may provide in the circumferential direction range which does not overlap with the circumferential direction range of the exhaust passage 63. For example, the oil jacket may be provided at a position intermediate between the intake passage 62 and the exhaust passage 63 in the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis.

When the above modification is applied to the third embodiment, the following effects are obtained.
In the third embodiment, the cylinder axis extends in the vertical direction. Therefore, the wind direction during traveling is a direction intersecting the cylinder axis, and the front surface (surface on the exhaust passage 63 side) of the outer surface of the cylinder body 321 receives the most wind. Therefore, as a modification of the third embodiment, when the oil jacket 50b is provided in a circumferential range that does not overlap with the circumferential range of the exhaust passage 63 in the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis, the fin portion 354 is efficient. In addition, the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be lowered.

In the first to third embodiments, the oil jacket 50b of the

cylinder bodies

21, 221, and 321 forms one space continuous in the cylinder axial direction, but the oil jacket is formed side by side in the cylinder axial direction. A plurality of spaces may be formed. For example, this modification can be implemented by forming a groove portion extending in the circumferential direction so as to be aligned with the notch 450b in the cylinder axial direction on the inner peripheral surface of the main body portion 421b of the cylinder body 421 in FIG.

In the first to third embodiments, the oil jacket 50b of the

cylinder bodies

21, 221, and 321 forms one space that is continuous in the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis. A plurality of spaces formed side by side in the circumferential direction around the center may be formed.

In the first to third embodiments, the oil jacket 50b is provided only in the

cylinder bodies

21, 221 and 321. For example, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the cylinder head (522) also has lubricating oil. May be provided with an oil jacket (hereinafter referred to as a head oil jacket) (566a) that flows in a full state. The position of the head oil jacket is not particularly limited as long as the lubricating oil is configured to flow outside the recess 61. The head oil jacket may be provided in the same circumferential range as the oil jacket (50b) of the cylinder body (21), for example, as shown in FIGS. Further, the head oil jacket may be provided in a region overlapping with the recess 61 in the cylinder axis direction. The head oil jacket is preferably provided at a position closer to the exhaust passage 63 than the intake passage 62 in the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis.

When providing a head oil jacket on the cylinder head, it is preferable to provide a head fin portion on the outer surface of the cylinder head. Thereby, the temperature of the cylinder head which is a heat source can be further reduced. As described above, since the lubricating oil hardly adheres to the recess 61, the cylinder head hardly evaporates the lubricating oil. However, since the cylinder head has a higher temperature than the cylinder body, the amount of heat transferred from the cylinder head to the cylinder body can be reduced by lowering the temperature of the cylinder head. Therefore, the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be further reduced, and evaporation of the lubricating oil can be suppressed. Therefore, the consumption amount of lubricating oil can be further reduced.

In addition, when a head oil jacket is provided on the cylinder head and an oil jacket is also provided on the cylinder body on the cylinder head side from the middle position between the top dead center and the bottom dead center of the piston 33, the oil jacket and the head oil The jacket is provided at a position close to the cylinder axial direction. Therefore, compared with the case where the oil jacket and the head oil jacket are provided at positions separated from each other, the configuration for supplying the lubricating oil to the oil jacket and the head oil jacket can be simplified, and the engine can be downsized.

14 is composed of a groove formed on the cylinder body 21 side surface. The head oil jacket 566a of the cylinder head 522 shown in FIG. Two communicating

portions

566b and 566c extending outward in the radial direction are formed at both ends in the circumferential direction of the head oil jacket 566a. The head oil jacket 566a and the two

communication portions

566b and 566c communicate with the oil jacket 50b and the two

communication portions

50c and 50d of the cylinder body 21 through the holes of the gasket 25, respectively, in the cylinder axial direction.

15, the gasket 625 is different from the gasket 25 in FIG. 14, and other configurations are the same as those in FIG. 14. The gasket 625 has no hole formed at a position facing the oil jacket 50b. Therefore, the communication between the oil jacket 50b and the head oil jacket 566a is blocked by the gasket 625.

In FIG. 15, the gasket 625 does not have a hole at a position corresponding to the two

communication portions

50c and 50d. However, the gasket 625 corresponds to one or both of the two

communication portions

50c and 50d. May have holes. Further, a hole in the circumferential direction range smaller than the circumferential range of the oil jacket 50b is formed in the gasket 625, and a part of the circumferential direction of the oil jacket 50b and a part of the circumferential direction of the head oil jacket 566a are arranged in the cylinder axial direction. You may make it communicate.

As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, when the circumferential range of the oil jacket (50b) and the head oil jacket (566a) is the same, an oil jacket ( 50b) and the head oil jacket (566a) can further reduce the temperature of the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a. Therefore, the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be further suppressed, and the consumption amount of the lubricating oil can be further reduced.
Further, since the circumferential range of the oil jacket (50b) and the head oil jacket (566a) is the same, the configuration in which the lubricating oil is supplied to the oil jacket (50b) supplies the lubricating oil to the head oil jacket (566a). Since the structure can be doubled, the engine can be further downsized.

∙ An oil cooler for cooling the lubricating oil may be disposed in the lubricating path of the lubricating oil. When the traveling wind hits the oil cooler, the lubricating oil that passes through the oil cooler is cooled. For example, as shown in FIG. 17, the oil cooler 370 may be disposed in front of and above the engine unit 311 and connected to the engine unit 311 via a pipe (not shown). The oil cooler may be directly attached to the air-cooled single cylinder engine. By providing the oil cooler, the temperature of the lubricating oil supplied into the cylinder hole 50a can be lowered. Therefore, the evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole 50a can be further suppressed, and the consumption amount of the lubricating oil can be further reduced.

In the first to fourth embodiments, the combustion chamber 26 is formed by the recess 61 formed in the cylinder head, the inner surface of the cylinder hole 50a, and the piston 33, but the portion of the cylinder head that forms the combustion chamber 26 is concave. Not necessarily.

In the first to third embodiments, the

cylinder bodies

21, 221, 321, the cylinder heads 22, 222, 322, and the head covers 23, 223, 323 are separate members, but any two or three of them are It may be integrally molded.

In the first to third embodiments, the timing chain 44 is wound around the sprocket 42 provided on the camshaft 41 and the sprocket 43 provided on the crankshaft 30, but the rotation of the crankshaft 30 is controlled by the camshaft. The structure for transmitting to 41 is not limited to the above. A pulley may be provided as a rotating body provided on the camshaft 41 and the crankshaft 30 in place of the

sprockets

42 and 43, and a timing belt may be used in place of the timing chain 44 which is a power transmission member.

In the first to third embodiments, the intake passage 62 and the exhaust passage 63 extend substantially parallel to the vertical direction or the front-rear direction when viewed from the cylinder axial direction (see FIG. 4 and the like). The shape of the passage 63 is not limited to this.
The position of the opening end formed in the recess 61 of the intake passage 62 is substantially the same as in the first to third embodiments, and the opening on the opposite side of the intake passage 62 is the lower surface (first to second) of the cylinder body. If it is formed on the front surface (modified example of the fourth embodiment) or the front surface (modified example of the fourth embodiment), the intake passage 62 may be curved when viewed from the cylinder axial direction, and it is up and down when viewed from the cylinder axial direction. You may extend linearly so that it may incline with respect to a direction.
Similarly, the position of the opening end formed in the recess 61 of the exhaust passage 63 is substantially the same as in the first to third embodiments, and the opening on the opposite side of the exhaust passage 63 is the upper surface (first As long as it is formed on the rear surface (modified example of the fourth embodiment) or the rear surface (modified example of the fourth embodiment), the exhaust passage 63 may be curved when viewed from the cylinder axial direction, and from the cylinder axial direction. You may extend linearly so that it may incline with respect to an up-down direction seeing.
In the case of this modification, the oil jacket 50b is preferably formed at least in the entire circumferential range of the portion of the exhaust passage 63 that overlaps the cylinder hole 50a in the circumferential direction around the cylinder axis.

In the first to third embodiments, only one intake valve 38 is provided. However, the intake passage 62 may be formed in a bifurcated shape, and the two intake valves 38 may be provided side by side in the left-right direction. . Similarly, two exhaust valves 39 may be provided.

In the first and second embodiments, the cylinder axis direction extends in the front-rear direction, but may extend in the up-down direction.
Moreover, in the said 3rd Embodiment, although the cylinder axial direction has extended in the up-down direction, you may extend in the front-back direction.

The engine or engine unit of the first to third embodiments is an air-cooled OHC type 4-cycle single-cylinder engine, but the present invention may be applied to other air-cooled single-cylinder engines. In the present invention, the air-cooled engine means an engine having at least air cooling as a cooling method.

The straddle-type vehicle of the present invention is not limited to the motorcycle of the first to third embodiments. Note that the saddle riding type vehicle refers to all vehicles that ride in a state in which an occupant straddles a saddle. The straddle-type vehicle of the present invention includes a motorcycle, a tricycle, a four-wheel buggy (ATV: All Terrain Vehicle), a water bike, a snowmobile, and the like.

1, 201, 301 Motorcycles (saddle-ride type vehicles)
4, 204, 304

Body frame

10, 210, 310 Body cover 11 Engine unit 12, Engine (air-cooled single cylinder engine)
21, 221, 321, 421

Cylinder body

22, 222, 322, 522 Cylinder head 24 Shroud 24 a Air inlet 26 Combustion chamber 31 Fan 33

Piston

50, 421 a Cylinder portion 50 a Cylinder hole 61 Recess 62 Intake passage 63

Exhaust passage

54, 254 354 Fin part (oil evaporation suppression part)
50b, 421c Oil jacket (oil evaporation suppression part)
55 Chain chamber (hollow chamber)
65, 365 Head fin part (oil evaporation suppression part)
211, 311 engine unit (air-cooled single cylinder engine)
270 Front cover 270b Leg shield part (leg shield)
271 Body Cover 271a Leg Shield (Leg Shield)
566a Head oil jacket (oil evaporation suppression part)

Claims

A cylinder body having a cylinder portion that forms a cylinder hole in which the piston is accommodated;
An air-cooled single-cylinder engine that defines a combustion chamber together with the cylinder hole, and a cylinder head formed with an intake passage and an exhaust passage communicating with the combustion chamber,
A fin portion having a plurality of fins provided on an outer surface of the cylinder body, and a circumferential range smaller than a circumferential range around the cylinder axis of the fin portion in the cylinder body; and An air-cooled unit comprising an oil jacket that is provided outside the cylinder hole and includes an oil jacket in which the lubricating oil flows in a filled state, and that suppresses evaporation of the lubricating oil on the inner wall surface of the cylinder hole. Cylinder engine.
The air-cooled single-cylinder engine according to claim 1, wherein the oil evaporation suppression unit is provided on the cylinder head side with respect to an intermediate position between a top dead center and a bottom dead center of the piston. .
The oil evaporation suppression unit is
A head fin portion having a plurality of fins provided on the outer surface of the cylinder head, and a head oil jacket provided outside the combustion chamber in the cylinder head and flowing in a state filled with lubricating oil. The air-cooled single-cylinder engine according to claim 2,
The air-cooled single-cylinder engine according to claim 3, wherein the oil jacket and the head oil jacket have the same circumferential range and communicate with each other in the cylinder axial direction.
A shroud covering at least a portion of the cylinder head and having an air inlet;
A fan for introducing air into the shroud from the air inlet,
The air-cooled single-cylinder engine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the oil jacket is provided on a side opposite to the air inlet with respect to a cylinder axis.
6. The oil evaporation suppression unit according to claim 1, wherein the lubricating oil having a low temperature viscosity grade lower than 20 W according to SAE viscosity classification is prevented from evaporating on an inner wall surface of the cylinder hole. The air-cooled single-cylinder engine described in 1.
Body frame,
An engine mounted on the body frame;
A straddle-type vehicle comprising a pair of leg shields disposed on both sides of the vehicle body frame in the vehicle width direction,
The engine is an air-cooled single-cylinder engine according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The straddle-type vehicle, wherein the fin portion and the oil jacket are disposed on both sides of the cylinder axis in the vehicle width direction and between the pair of leg shields.
Body frame,
A straddle-type vehicle comprising an engine mounted on the vehicle body frame,
The engine is an air-cooled single-cylinder engine according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
A straddle-type vehicle, wherein the cylinder axis extends in a vehicle vertical direction.