Pump drive structure of water-cooled internal combustion engine

• US 7,578,277 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2007
• Issued: 08/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Sumi, Hiromi, Inui, Hiroatsu
• Primary Examiner(s): KAMEN, NOAH P
• Application Number:
  US11/896,875
• Publication Number:
  US 20080173274A1
• Time in Patent Office: 719 Days
• Field of Search: 123 4144- 4147, 123/192.2, 123/196.R
• US Class Current: 123/192.2
• CPC Class Codes: F01M 1/02 using lubricating pumps pumps in general F04; lubricating pumps per se F16N
• CPC Class Codes: F01M 2001/0276 driven by a balancer shaft

Abstract

To provide a pump drive structure for a water-cooled internal combustion engine in which the number of revolving shafts arranged in parallel in an internal combustion engine is reduced and a power transmission mechanism is eliminated. Thus, the internal combustion engine is downsized. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine is provided in which a balancer shaft is arranged in parallel with a crankshaft at a position where crank webs of the crankshaft and balancer weights are overlapped in the axial direction. An oil pump drive shaft of an oil pump is connected coaxially at one end of the balancer shaft, and a water pump drive shaft of a water pump is connected coaxially with the other end of the balancer shaft.

Claims

1. A pump drive structure for a water-cooled internal combustion engine in which a balancer shaft is arranged in parallel with a crankshaft at a position where crank webs of the crankshaft and balancer weights are overlapped in the axial view comprising:

an oil pump drive shaft of an oil pump, said oil pump drive shaft being connected coaxially at one end of the balancer shaft, and a water pump drive shaft of a water pump being connected coaxially with the other end of the balancer shaft.

2. The pump drive structure for a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the internal combustion engine is mounted on a vehicle vertically with the crankshaft oriented in the fore-and-aft direction, a radiator is arranged forwardly of the internal combustion engine, the water pump drive shaft is connected to the front end of the balancer shaft, and the oil pump drive shaft is connected to the rear end of the balancer shaft.

3. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 2, wherein an oil strainer is arranged at the rear of an oil pan provided at the bottom of the internal combustion engine, and oil channels are formed intensively at the rear of a crankcase.

4. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 1, and further including a driven gear operatively connected to the balancer shaft and being in mesh with balancer shaft drive gear operatively connected to the crankshaft for transmitting rotation from the crankshaft to the balancer shaft at the same revolving speed.

5. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 1, and further including a connecting recess formed at the one end of the balancer shaft and a connecting projection projecting from the oil pump drive shaft for mating relative to each other for supplying rotation from the balancer shaft to the oil pump drive shaft.

6. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 1, and further including a spacer for connecting an upper crankcase and a lower crankcase and a rear case cover, said spacer including mating surfaces oriented substantially in parallel relative to each other for mating with the upper and lower crankcases and with the rear case cover.

7. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 6, wherein an inner surface of a rear mating surface and an inner wall form a recess defining an oil tank chamber.

8. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 7, wherein an upper portion of the recess includes an oil discharge channel in communication with a scavenge pump for supplying oil from a discharged oil deriving port.

9. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 8, and further including a discharged oil returning port positioned adjacent to said discharged oil deriving port.

10. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 9, wherein the discharged oil returning port and the discharged oil deriving port are formed in an oil filter mounting surface.

11. A pump drive structure for a water-cooled internal combustion engine comprising:

a crankshaft including crank webs;

a balancer shaft including balancer weights, said balancer shaft being arranged substantially in parallel with the crankshaft at a position where the crank webs of the crankshaft and balancer weights are overlapped in the axial view;

an oil pump, said oil pump including a drive shaft being connected coaxially at one end of the balancer shaft; and

a water pump, said water pump including a drive shaft being connected coaxially with the other end of the balancer shaft.

12. The pump drive structure for a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 11, wherein the internal combustion engine is mounted on a vehicle vertically with the crankshaft oriented in the fore-and-aft direction, a radiator is arranged forwardly of the internal combustion engine, the water pump drive shaft is connected to the front end of the balancer shaft, and the oil pump drive shaft is connected to the rear end of the balancer shaft.

13. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 12, wherein an oil strainer is arranged at the rear of an oil pan provided at the bottom of the internal combustion engine, and oil channels are formed intensively at the rear of a crankcase.

14. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 11, and further including a driven gear operatively connected to the balancer shaft and being in mesh with balancer shaft drive gear operatively connected to the crankshaft for transmitting rotation from the crankshaft to the balancer shaft at the same revolving speed.

15. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 11, and further including a connecting recess formed at the one end of the balancer shaft and a connecting projection projecting from the oil pump drive shaft for mating relative to each other for supplying rotation from the balancer shaft to the oil pump drive shaft.

16. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 11, and further including a spacer for connecting an upper crankcase and a lower crankcase and a rear case cover, said spacer including mating surfaces oriented substantially in parallel relative to each other for mating with the upper and lower crankcases and with the rear case cover.

17. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 16, wherein an inner surface of a rear mating surface and an inner wall form a recess defining an oil tank chamber.

18. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 17, wherein an upper portion of the recess includes an oil discharge channel in communication with a scavenge pump for supplying oil from a discharged oil deriving port.

19. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 18, and further including a discharged oil returning port positioned adjacent to said discharged oil deriving port.

20. The pump drive structure of a water-cooled internal combustion engine according to claim 19, wherein the discharged oil returning port and the discharged oil deriving port are formed in an oil filter mounting surface.