Patent ID: 8656885
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: F01M,F02B,F02F

Abstract:
1. An engine for a vehicle, said engine comprising: an oil pan coupled to a lower portion of a crankcase; a partition wall configured to partition a crank chamber in said crankcase and the inside of said oil pan, said partition wall disposed on said crankcase, and said partition wall comprising openings configured to return oil from a crank chamber side to an oil pan side; and bridges configured to suppress backflow of the oil from the oil pan side to said crank chamber side, said bridges being fixedly disposed below said openings so as to cover at least part of said openings from below, wherein said bridges are disposed integrally with said partition wall, wherein a bridge extending rearwardly from said partition wall in a state in which the engine is mounted on the vehicle is disposed below an opening so as to cover at least part of the opening, and an inclined wall portion extends rearwardly downwards of said bridge is provided at part of the partition wall while an oil returning hole configured to retain the oil from the crank chamber side to the oil pan side is provided at a lowermost portion of a rear end of said inclined wall portion.