Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Motorcycle power unit
- Patent Title (中): 摩托车动力装置
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Application No.: US11980585Application Date: 2007-10-31
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Publication No.: US08011477B2Publication Date: 2011-09-06
- Inventor: Tomoo Shiozaki , Masahiro Shimizu , Osamu Emizu
- Applicant: Tomoo Shiozaki , Masahiro Shimizu , Osamu Emizu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2006-354358 20061228
- Main IPC: F01M1/04
- IPC: F01M1/04 ; F01M1/00 ; B62D61/02 ; B62K11/00 ; B62M11/00

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine includes a continuously variable transmission chamber formed of a crank case and a cover member connected to the crank case to permit the use of oil different between the internal combustion engine and the continuously variable transmission. Thereafter, a sufficient amount of each oil is ensured to not reduce the lowest road clearance. A division wall divides an interior of an oil pan into an internal combustion engine side oil reservoir and a continuously variable transmission side oil reservoir that reserves oil for lubrication of a continuously variable transmission and for speed control thereof, and which is connected to a lower portion of a crank case. The continuously variable transmission side oil reservoir is formed in a width direction of the motorcycle wherein part of continuously variable transmission side oil reservoir expands more outwardly than a continuously variable transmission chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080156560A1 Motorcycle power unit Public/Granted day:2008-07-03
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