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Vertical internal combustion engine

Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1997-12-17
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Granted: 2000-09-12
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Expires: 2017-12-17
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Abstract

Abstract A water-cooled 4-stroke cycle internal combustion engine for propelling ships having a cylinder head and a cylinder block. The engine including a plurality of connecting bolts for detachably connecting the cylinder head with the cylinder block arranged around a cylinder with substantially equal distances from a center axis of the cylinder; an exhaust passage formed in the cylinder head positioned on one side of the cylinder, opening on a connecting face to the cylinder block; a cooling water passage disposed around the exhaust passage in the cylinder head, opening on the connecting face; an exhaust passage formed in the cylinder block positioned on the above-mentioned one side of the cylinder, opening on a connecting face to the cylinder head to communicate with the exhaust passage in the cylinder head; a cooling water passage disposed around the exhaust passage in the cylinder block, opening on the connecting face to the cylinder head to communicate with the cooling water passage in the cylinder head; a lubricating oil passage formed in the cylinder head positioned on another side of the cylinder, opening on the connecting face to the cylinder block; and a lubricating oil passage formed in the cylinder block positioned on the above-mentioned another side of the cylinder, opening on the connecting face to the cylinder head to communicate with the lubricating oil passage in the cylinder head.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masaki Tsunoda
  • 👤 Shigekazu Sakata

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 08:02
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01P; F01P3/00; F01P3/20; F01P3/202; F01M; F01M1/00; F01M1/02; F02; F02B; F02B61/00; F02B61/04; F02B61/045; F02B75/00; F02B75/007; F02B75/16; F02B75/18; F02B75/20; F01M2001/0253; F01M2001/0269; F01M1/12; F01M2001/126; F02B2075/1804; F02B2075/1816; F02B2275/00; F02B2275/20; F02F; F02F1/00; F02F1/24; F02F1/42; F02F1/4214; F02F2001/244; F02F2001/245

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 253 words
A water-cooled 4-stroke cycle internal combustion engine for propelling ships having a cylinder head and a cylinder block, comprising: a plurality of connecting bolts for detachably connecting said cylinder head with said cylinder block arranged around a cylinder with substantially equal distances from a center axis of said cylinder; an exhaust passage formed in said cylinder head positioned on one side of said cylinder and opening on a connecting face to said cylinder block; cooling water passage means disposed at locations around said exhaust passage in said cylinder head and opening on said connecting face; an exhaust passage formed in said cylinder block positioned on said one side of said cylinder and opening on a connecting face to said cylinder head to communicate with said exhaust passage in said cylinder head; cooling water passage means disposed at locations around said exhaust passage in said cylinder block and opening on said connecting face to said cylinder head to communicate with said cooling water passage means in said cylinder head; a lubricating oil passage formed in said cylinder head positioned on a side of said cylinder displaced from the side of said cylinder containing said exhaust passage and opening on said connecting face to said cylinder block; and a lubricating oil passage formed in said cylinder block positioned on a same side of said cylinder as said lubricating oil passage in said cylinder head and opening on said connecting face to said cylinder head to communicate with said lubricating oil passage in said cylinder head.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 253 words
A water-cooled 4-stroke cycle internal combustion engine for propelling ships having a cylinder head and a cylinder block, comprising: a plurality of connecting bolts for detachably connecting said cylinder head with said cylinder block arranged around a cylinder with substantially equal distances from a center axis of said cylinder; an exhaust passage formed in said cylinder head positioned on one side of said cylinder and opening on a connecting face to said cylinder block; cooling water passage means disposed at locations around said exhaust passage in said cylinder head and opening on said connecting face; an exhaust passage formed in said cylinder block positioned on said one side of said cylinder and opening on a connecting face to said cylinder head to communicate with said exhaust passage in said cylinder head; cooling water passage means disposed at locations around said exhaust passage in said cylinder block and opening on said connecting face to said cylinder head to communicate with said cooling water passage means in said cylinder head; a lubricating oil passage formed in said cylinder head positioned on a side of said cylinder displaced from the side of said cylinder containing said exhaust passage and opening on said connecting face to said cylinder block; and a lubricating oil passage formed in said cylinder block positioned on a same side of said cylinder as said lubricating oil passage in said cylinder head and opening on said connecting face to said cylinder head to communicate with said lubricating oil passage in said cylinder head.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 41 words
A water-cooled multi-cylinder 4-stroke cycle internal combustion engine for propelling ships as claimed in claim 1 having cylinders arranged linearly and said exhaust passages in said cylinder head and in said cylinder block being substantially coextensive with said linearly arranged cylinders.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 31 words
A vertical water-cooled 4-stroke cycle internal combustion engine for propelling ships as claimed in any one of claim 1 or claim 2 having a crankshaft directed substantially in a vertical direction.

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