| US 7,537,000 B2 | ||
| Engine with breather apparatus | ||
| Takahiro Ideguchi, Wako (Japan); Koichi Asai, Wako (Japan); Toshikazu Nakamura, Wako (Japan); Ryo Saito, Wako (Japan); Katsuhiro Nakagawa, Wako (Japan); and Yasushi Fujita, Wako (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 06, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/702,518. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-037087 (JP), filed on Feb. 14, 2006; application No. 2006-037088 (JP), filed on Feb. 14, 2006; and application No. 2006-045184 (JP), filed on Feb. 22, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0186913 A1, Aug. 16, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F02G 5/00 (2006.01); F02B 25/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 123—572 [123/543] | 7 Claims |
| 1. An engine with a breather apparatus introducing a blow-by gas to an intake passage of an engine via a blow-by gas passage,
comprising;
a breather heater provided within a breather tube of a blow-by gas passage corresponding to an external portion passing portion
of the engine,
wherein the breather tube has a slot formed by passing through a wall portion of the breather tube, and the breather heater
is incorporated into the breather tube by passing through the slot from outside of the breather tube so as to protrude into
a blow-by gas passing cavity formed within the breather tube,
wherein the breather heater is provided with a heater case formed of a thermally conductive material accommodating a heating
element, and one end of a heat radiating body is joined to the heater case, and
wherein the engine is provided with a tubular heat insulator covering at least the slot in an outer periphery of the breather
tube.
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