Patent ID: 6332441
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: F01L,F01M,F02B,F16H

Abstract:
An assembling arrangement for a tensioner and a hydraulic control valve in an internal combustion engine, said assemblying arrangement compromising:the tensioner, adapted to operate by virtue of the pressure of a lubricating oil, for applying tension to a camshaft driving chain; andthe hydraulic control valve, disposed close to said tensioner, for controlling an oil pressure sent to an equipment which is operated by virtue of the pressure of said lubricating oil,wherein an oil passage for supplying an oil pressure to said tensioner is branched off from a downstream side of an oil filter provided at an inlet port of said hydraulic control valve, andwherein said hydraulic control valve is provided above said tensioner so that the oil flows into said tensioner from thereabove.