Patent ID: 7743758
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: F01M,F02B

Abstract:
1. A breather structure for an internal combustion engine, provided in a housing of an internal combustion engine, which housing includes: a cylinder block having a cylinder bore with a piston reciprocally disposed therein; and a case joined to the cylinder block with a crank chamber in communication with the cylinder bore, said case being formed to house a crankshaft rotating in conjunction with the piston, said breather structure of the internal combustion engine being capable of mitigating the fluctuation in an internal pressure in the crank chamber by allowing the crank chamber to communicate to an outside of the housing, the breather structure of the internal combustion engine comprising: a power transmission system having a power transmission route including a plurality of shaft members and a transmission mechanism to transmit the power among the crankshaft and the plurality of shafts members, and which power transmission system transmits the torque of the crankshaft to a wheel via the power transmission route; and a first side face cover joined to the case while covering a first one of a right and a left side faces of the case, and in which an auxiliary apparatus chamber is formed to house a clutch mechanism connecting and disconnecting the power transmission route, wherein a breather chamber and a small chamber are formed inside the housing in positions that are above the crankshaft, with the breather chamber having an external communication port formed therein to communicate to the outside of the housing, and the small chamber communicating both to the crank chamber and to the auxiliary apparatus chamber, wherein the small chamber communicates to the crank chamber in an up-and-down direction via a communication port penetrating through a lower surface of the small chamber, and wherein the breather chamber communicates to the small chamber via the auxiliary apparatus chamber.