Patents Assigned to Honda Giken Kogyo Kagushiki Kaisha
  • Patent number: 5860403
    Abstract: An oil reservoir chamber 22 in an engine E is formed into a tubular shape having annular corner portions 22a and 22b at opposite ends, and an oil slinger 25 is secured to a crankshaft 13 and has two splashing blades 25a and 25b with their tip ends being in proximity to the corner portions 22a and 22b, so that a lubricating oil in the oil reservoir chamber 22 is splashed by at least one of the two splashing blades 25a and 25b during rotation of the oil slinger 25 with any operative position of the engine E. Thus, a lubricating oil mist can be produced with any operative position of the engine E by the oil slinger of a simple structure including the two blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kagushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiro Hirano, Yasutake Ryu, Shinji Katayama, Mitsuo Shiga