Breather arrangement for internal combustion engine
US4541399A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 29, 1984 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 29, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02F2200/06
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A V-type internal combustion engine having cam shafts respectively provided in first spaces defined between cylinder heads and head covers of a pair of upwardly diverging cylinder banks and a breather arrangement which includes a pressure buffer chamber provided between the cylinder banks of a cylinder block and having side walls constituted by cylinder block walls of said cylinder banks so as to be closed at its upper portion and communicated with an interior of a crankcase, and a communicating passage for communicating said pressure buffer chamber with an intake passage at a downstream of a throttle valve, and a baffle plate provided in said pressure buffer chamber to confront the open end of said communicating passage.
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