Patent ID: 8291561

Claim:
A thermostat installing structure interposed between a cooling medium channel in an internal combustion engine body and a circulation path of cooling medium provided at a radiator side and connected to said internal combustion engine body in which said thermostat controls circulation of said cooling medium between said circulation path of cooling medium and said cooling medium channel, wherein said circulation path of the cooling medium is provided in an inlet housing attached to said internal combustion engine body to supply cooling medium to a cooling medium channel of said internal combustion engine body from said radiator, said thermostat comprising: an annular supporting substrate of which an inner circumferential edge portion serves as a valve seat; a valve casing having an extendable rod with a projected head, said extendable rod being so constructed as to be extended by the temperature of said cooling medium in said cooling medium channel of said internal combustion engine body; a valve body secured to said valve casing and moved by said extendable rod to contact and separate from said valve seat for open and close operation; a supporting frame integrally formed with said supporting substrate and provided with a resilient means to elastically support said valve body relative to said valve seat side, for slidably guiding said valve casing along the longitudinal direction of said rod; a regulatory frame integrally formed with said supporting substrate, for regulating said projected head of said rod; and a gasket fitted on said supporting substrate; wherein a fixing means for said thermostat is provided between said supporting substrate and an inner wall portion of said circulation path of cooling medium, whereby said thermostat is installed between said circulation path of cooling medium and said cooling medium channel of said internal combustion engine in a manner that said inlet housing and said internal combustion engine body are integrally fastened by interposing said gasket between said inlet housing and said internal combustion engine body after fixing said thermostat at a predetermined position in said circulation path of cooling medium with said fixing means, wherein said fixing means comprises a projected portion projecting from said inner wall face of said circulation path of cooling medium and supporting said regulatory frame therewith and said regulatory frame.