| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the effect on components around a pump, and reduce the size of an oil pump and an engine having a variable flow rate oil pump apparatus with a rod-shaped oil passage switching valve. <P>SOLUTION: The axial directions of an oil passage switching valve 51 and the drive shaft 32 of oil pumps 36, 37 are arranged to be parallel to the axial direction of a crankshaft. The oil pumps 36, 37 and the oil passage switching valve 51 are also disposed so as to overlap each other in the axial direction of the crankshaft. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
