Patent ID: 9388765
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: F02F

Claim Text:
1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a chain cover that is attached to an internal combustion engine main body having a crankshaft; an oil seal that is mounted on the crankshaft in the vicinity of the chain cover; a metallic oil seal fixing member that is disposed on a surface of the chain cover and fixes the oil seal, the surface being present opposite to the internal combustion engine main body; a first sealing member that is disposed between the oil sealing fixing member and the chain cover; a second sealing member that is disposed between the chain cover and the internal combustion engine main body; wherein the oil seal fixing member includes a first chain cover contact portion that is in contact with the chain cover in a vicinity of the second sealing member, and wherein in a state where a first gap is provided between the chain cover and the internal combustion engine main body by the second sealing member, the first chain cover contact portion is brought into contact with the chain cover from the oil seal fixing member toward the chain cover in a first direction.