公开(公告)号：US20170145870A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US15347183

申请日：2016-11-09

Applicant: OTICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Hiroyuki SUZUKI ,  Kyosuke SUGIURA ,  Haruyasu TANAKA

IPC: F01L1/24 ,  F01M9/10

CPC classification number: F01L1/2416 ,  F01L1/185 ,  F01L1/2405 ,  F01L1/46 ,  F01L2105/00 ,  F01M9/10

Abstract: A lash adjuster includes a bottomed cylindrical body and a cylindrical plunger reciprocably inserted into the body and having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall. The plunger has a low-pressure chamber. The peripheral wall of the plunger includes an annular band portion abutting against an upper part of a peripheral wall of the body. The peripheral wall of the plunger has a plurality of plunger oil holes located below the band portion. The plunger oil holes include respective lower ends defining a level of the oil stored in the low-pressure chamber. The plurality of plunger oil holes are located at a common height position of the peripheral wall of the plunger coming close to the band portion.