Engine oil supply apparatus

• US 7,287,507 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2004
• Issued: 10/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Ikegawa, Atsutoshi, Fujikawa, Toru, Shirai, Makoto, Futamura, Kazumasa
• Primary Examiner(s): Cronin; Stephen K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Benton; Jason
• Application Number:
  US10/546,986
• Publication Number:
  US 20060231057A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,341 Days
• Field of Search: 123/196.R, 123/196.M, 123/196.S
• US Class Current: 123/196.00R
• CPC Class Codes: F01M 11/02 Arrangements of lubricant conduits
• CPC Class Codes: F01M 2001/123 using two or more pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F01M 2001/126 Dry-sumps

Abstract

In order to provide an engine oil supply apparatus including a second oil pump (12) which can draw in and discharge oil quickly regardless of whether or not a first oil pump (11) is driven and which does not need to be large, an engine oil supply apparatus (Y) includes a first oil pump (11) drawing oil through a first oil passage (21) from an oil holder (13) holding oil, a second oil pump (12) connected in series with the first oil pump (11) through a connection oil passage (26) and driven independently of the first oil pump (11), a first supply oil passage (23) for supplying oil to a first circulation section (41) from the first oil pump (11), and a second supply oil passage (24) for supplying oil to a second circulation section (42) from the second oil pump (12). In the engine oil supply apparatus (Y), a first oil reservoir (15) holds oil to be supplied to the second oil pump (12) and is provided independently of the oil holder (13) is provided.

Claims

1. An engine oil supply apparatus comprising:

a first oil pump driven in synchronism with a crankshaft and drawing oil through a first oil passage from an oil holder holding oil;

a second oil pump connected in series with the first oil pump through a connection oil passage and driven independently of the first oil pump;

a first supply oil passage for supplying the oil to a first circulation section from the first oil pump; and

a second supply oil passage for supplying oil to a second circulation section from the second oil pump,

a first oil reservoir which holds oil to be supplied to the second oil pump, the first oil reservoir being shielded from the outside, and is provided independently of the oil holder.

2. The engine oil supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein oil is supplied from the oil holder or a second oil reservoir to the second oil pump through a second oil passage of the connection oil passage, and wherein a first valve for controlling circulation of the oil to the second oil pump is disposed in the second oil passage.

3. The engine oil supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first valve is either a check valve or a control valve.

4. The engine oil supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a third oil passage for supplying oil to the second supply oil passage by bypassing the second oil pump is provided, and a second valve for controlling circulation of oil to the second supply oil passage is disposed in the third oil passage.

5. The engine oil supply apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the second valve is either a check valve or a control valve.

6. The engine oil supply apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a reflux oil passage for returning oil from the first circulation section or the second circulation section is connected to the first oil reservoir.

7. The engine oil supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a third supply oil passage for supplying the oil discharged from the first oil pump is connected to the second oil reservoir.

8. The engine oil supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an oil filter is disposed in the connection oil passage, and wherein the oil filter functions as the first oil reservoir.

9. The engine oil supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connection oil passage and the first oil reservoir are integrally formed with a member of the engine.

10. The engine oil supply apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a third valve for performing a controlling operation so that only oil from the second oil passage can be supplied to the second oil pump is disposed in the connection oil passage.

11. An engine oil supply apparatus comprising:

a first oil pump driven in synchronism with a crankshaft and drawing oil through a first oil passage from an oil holder holding oil;

a second oil pump provided in parallel with the first oil pump and driven independently of the first oil pump;

a first supply oil passage for supplying oil to a first circulation section from the first oil pump; and

a second supply oil passage for supplying oil to a second circulation section from the second oil pump,

wherein oil is supplied to the second oil pump through a second oil passage, and the second oil passage is disposed independently of a first oil passage for supplying oil to the first oil pump, and

wherein a fifth valve for controlling circulation of oil to the second circulation section is disposed in a connection oil passage connecting the first oil pump and the second oil pump.