Title:
小型車両用内燃機関
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4994285
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine for a small-sized vehicle, in which a tension sprocket at one end of a tensioner arm is engaged with a cam chain of a timing and power transmitting mechanism mounted between a crankshaft and a camshaft and in which a gear transmission mechanism having a main shaft and a countershaft which are parallel to the crankshaft is housed in a crankcase. When viewed in the direction of the axis of the crankshaft (53), the countershaft (72) is located rearward of the crankshaft (53), the axis of the main shaft (71) is located at a position which is between the crankshaft (53) and the countershaft (72) and above a line interconnecting the crankshaft (53) and the countershaft (72), and a support shaft (96) for pivotably supporting the tensioner arm (95) is located between the axes of the crankshaft (53) and the main shaft (71). The construction reduces the length in the front-rear direction of the internal combustion engine.
Inventors:
Naoki Kono
Fuminori Mizutani
Fuminori Mizutani
Application Number:
JP2008093551A
Publication Date:
August 08, 2012
Filing Date:
March 31, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Honda motor industry stock company
International Classes:
F02B61/02
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2007092699A | ||||
| JP2002309960A | ||||
| JP58065936A | ||||
| JP2007253685A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ken Ochiai
Kazuaki Niki
Nude Shima Shinji
Kazuaki Niki
Nude Shima Shinji