(19)
(11) EP 0 987 410 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/46

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/12

(21) Application number: 99118210.6

(22) Date of filing: 13.09.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F01P 3/02, F01P 11/04, F02B 75/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 14.09.1998 JP 26069798

(71) Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Minato-ku Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kanbe, Takashi
    4-1, Chuo 1-chome, Wako-shi, Saitama (JP)
  • Nomura, Akifumi
    4-1, Chuo 1-chome, Wako-shi, Saitama (JP)

(74) Representative: Liska, Horst, Dr.-Ing. et al
Weickmann & Weickmann Patentanwälte Postfach 86 08 20
81635 München
81635 München (DE)

   


(54) Cooling device for v-type internal combustion engine


(57) Object: To provide a cooling device for a V-type internal combustion engine, which is capable of sequentially supplying cooling water having been discharged from a water pump to water jackets of first and second banks and to a radiator by way of relatively inconspicuous water pipes.
Solving Means: A discharge pipe 76 of a water pump 62 is communicated to a water jacket 241 of a first bank 41; a lower portion of the water jacket 241 of the first bank 41 is communicated to a lower portion of a water jacket 242 of a second bank 42 via a lower communication water pipe 773; an upper portion of the water jacket 241 of the first bank 41 is communicated via an upper communication water pipe 774 to a combined chamber 80 which is formed in the second bank 42 and connected to an upper portion of the water jacket 242 of the second bank 42; and the lower and upper communication water pipes 773, 774 are disposed in a valley portion 28 between the both banks 41 and 42.






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