Patent ID: 7421996
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: F01M

Abstract:
1. A lubricating device for an engine, comprising: a crankcase which freely rotatably supports a crankshaft and which stores oil at a lower part thereof; an oil strainer fixed in the crankcase; an oil pump which sucks oil in the lower part of said crankcase by way of said oil strainer; and a crankcase cover, covering part of said crankcase and coupled therewith, having an oil suction passage which communicates with said oil pump, wherein said oil strainer communicates with said oil suction passage by way of a connecting pipe, wherein said oil strainer and said connection pipe are separate from said crankcase, wherein said crankcase cover is shaped into a bottomed cylinder having an end wall part of a flat-plate-like shape, and at least part of said oil suction passage is formed in said end wall part, and further wherein said crankcase cover forms at least part of an outer surface of said engine.