Internal combustion engine unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11236649-B2
Application number	US-202016847936-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2020
Priority date	Apr 18, 2019
Publication date	Feb 1, 2022
Grant date	Feb 1, 2022

Abstract

An internal combustion engine unit including an internal combustion engine body, a balancer device attached to a lower portion of the internal combustion engine body, and an oil pan attached to the lower portion of the internal combustion engine body so as to surround the balancer device. The balancer device is disposed facing an outlet of an oil outflow hole, and the oil outflow hole is formed in the internal combustion engine body so as to return a lubricating oil in the internal combustion engine body to the oil pan.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An internal combustion engine unit, comprising:
an internal combustion engine body;
a balancer device attached to a lower portion of the internal combustion engine body; and
an oil pan attached to the lower portion of the internal combustion engine body so as to surround the balancer device, wherein
an oil outflow hole is formed in the internal combustion engine body so as to return a lubricating oil in the internal combustion engine body to the oil pan, wherein
the balancer device includes a lower housing and an upper housing jointed with an upper side of the lower housing,
the lower housing includes a swelling portion formed integrally with the lower housing and swelled so as to cross an outflow direction of the lubricating oil flowing out from an outlet of the oil outflow hole,
the upper housing includes a guide formed integrally with the upper housing to guide the lubricating oil flowing out from the outlet of the oil outflow hole toward the swelling portion,
the swelling portion is disposed facing the outlet of the oil outflow hole, is formed so as to swell outward at a side end portion of the lower housing, and includes an oil passage formed so as to supply the lubricating oil stored in the oil pan to the internal combustion engine body,
the guide is formed at a side end portion of the upper housing so as to be disposed facing the outlet of the oil outflow hole, and includes a through hole configured to communicate with the oil outflow hole, and
the through hole is disposed so that an entire area of an outlet of the through hole is covered with the swelling portion through a predetermined clearance.

2. The internal combustion engine unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the balancer device includes a balancer shaft and a housing configured to rotatably support the balancer shaft, and
the housing includes the upper housing and the lower housing.

3. The internal combustion engine unit according to claim 1 , further comprising
an oil pump disposed at an end of the oil passage to supply the lubricating oil from the oil pan to the internal combustion engine body through the oil passage.

4. The internal combustion engine unit according to claim 3 , wherein
the swelling portion includes an oil inlet at a lower portion thereof to flow the lubricating oil from the oil pan into the oil passage.

5. The internal combustion engine unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the swelling portion includes an outer peripheral surface formed in a convex curved surface so that the lubricating oil flowing out from the outlet of the oil outflow hole flows down along the outer peripheral surface of the swelling portion.

6. The internal combustion engine unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the swelling portion is formed so as to further swell downward.

7. The internal combustion engine unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the through hole is in a shape of a circular truncated cone and a cross-sectional area thereof is gradually reduced in a downward direction.

8. The internal combustion engine unit according to claim 1 , wherein
an inlet of the through hole is formed so that a cross-sectional area thereof is greater than a cross-sectional area of the outlet of the oil outflow hole.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Harada Toru

Classifications

• F01M2011/0041

  for accommodating movement or position of engines · CPC title

• F01M11/065

  Position · CPC title

• F01M2011/007

  Oil pickup tube to oil pump, e.g. strainer · CPC title

• F01M11/0004 Primary

  Oilsumps · CPC title

• F01M2011/0079

  with the oil pump integrated or fixed to sump · CPC title