Patent classifications
F01M9/101
Engine and straddle-type vehicle equipped with engine
An engine, including a crankcase, a cylinder body extending upward from the crankcase, a cylinder head coupled to an upper portion of the cylinder body, a cylinder head cover coupled to an upper portion of the cylinder head, and a gasket disposed between the cylinder head and the cylinder head cover. The gasket includes a projection that projects along directions from an inner wall of the cylinder head and from the cylinder head cover toward a camshaft. The projection is located in a cam chain chamber, which is formed in the engine along the cylinder body, the cylinder head and the cylinder head cover, and a cam chamber formed in the engine along the cylinder head and the cylinder head cover. The projection has an oil supply portion disposed in the cam chain chamber and above a cam chain guide guiding a cam chain.
OIL FEED MEMBER AND LUBRICANT FEED MECHANISM OF ENGINE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME
Provided are an oil feed member that makes it possible to ensure a wide distance between oil passages and to achieve space saving in the oil passages and a lubricant feed mechanism of an engine provided with the oil feed member. An oil feed member includes a lubricant passage and a plurality of discharge ports that are formed on the downstream end of the lubricant passage and discharge lubricant flowing through the lubricant passage to a lubrication portion. The lubricant passage includes a basis oil passage, a first upstream branch oil passage that branches off from the basis oil passage and allows lubricant guided to the discharge ports to flow therethrough, and a second upstream branch oil passage that branches off from the basis oil passage and allows lubricant guided to the discharge ports to flow therethrough.