Patent ID: 6382145
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: F01L,F01P,F02B

Abstract:
A reed valve cooling apparatus for cooling a reed valve fitted in an intake port member formed on a crankcase of an internal-combustion engine, the reed valve having a flange placed between a joining surface of the intake port member and a joining surface of an intake pipe, the reed valve cooling apparatus comprising:a water jacket formed in a circumferential wall of the intake port member; a highly heat-conductive gasket placed between the joining surface of the intake port member and the flange of the reed valve; and wherein the flange of the reed valve is heat-conductively connected to the joining surface of the intake port via the heat-conductive gasket in order to transfer heat from the reed valve to the intake port cooled by the water jacket via the heat-conductive gasket.