Patent ID: 9587529
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: F01L,F01M,F02B,F02F,F02M

Claim:
1. An engine comprising: a side wall; a head cover; a cam cover covering a part of a camshaft of the engine and disposed obliquely relative to the side wall, the cam cover having a seal line that seals a gap between the head cover and the cam cover; and a cam cap, fixed to an upper surface of the side wall to support the camshaft so as to be rotatable between the side wall and itself, wherein the cam cover has an arch shape spaced apart from a circumferential surface of the camshaft and is formed integrally with the cam cap so as to bridge the upper surface of the side wall and an upper surface of an external wall that lies adjacent to the side wall, the head cover is fixed to upper portions of a cylinder head of the engine and the cam cover, and a seal line passing obliquely between the side wall and the external wall so as to avoid a protruding corner lying therebetween as seen from the top is formed on an upper surface of the cam cover.