Patent ID: 9004039
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: F01M,F02F

Abstract:
1. A cylinder lubrication system comprising; a cylinder liner defining a cylinder; a piston reciprocally mounted in the cylinder for axial travel along a cylinder axis between a lower portion of the cylinder liner and an upper portion of the cylinder liner, the piston having a piston skirt that moves in close proximity with the cylinder liner; the cylinder liner defining one or more ports through the lower portion for passage of at least one of an intake charge and an exhaust charge; a sealing band extending radially outward of and about the upper portion of the cylinder liner and defining an oil supply passage extending substantially circumferentially about the upper portion of the cylinder liner; an oil supply line fluidly connecting the oil supply passage to an oil supply; and a series of small openings extending radially through the upper portion of the cylinder liner, from the cylinder to the oil supply passage, and defining oil passages for lubricating oil from the oil supply to flow to the cylinder.