Patent ID: 6213073
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine having a cylinder block, a crankshaft and a camshaft for driving suction and exhaust valves, and a timing mechanism for transmitting a rotation of the crankshaft to the camshaft, comprising:a timing mechanism cover attached to said cylinder block to define a timing mechanism chamber between the timing mechanism cover and the cylinder block;said timing mechanism being provided in said timing mechanism chamber and including a wrapping connecting member and a tensioner for tensioning the wrapping connecting member, said tensioner including a shoe held in contact with the wrapping connecting member, and a tensioning device for biasing the shoe toward the wrapping connecting member;said timing mechanism cover having a handhole formed at a position corresponding to said tensioning device;a covering member having a peripheral part attached to said timing mechanism cover to close said handhole; andfastening bolts passed through said peripheral part of the covering member into said timing mechanism cover to fasten the covering member to the timing mechanism cover, at least some of said fastening bolts passing through said timing mechanism cover into said cylinder block to fasten together the covering member and the timing mechanism cover to the cylinder block.