US Patent 7516684 Shaft arrangement structure of engine

Patent 7516684 was granted and assigned to Kawasaki on April, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Kawasaki

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

75166840

Patent Inventor Names

Yoshio Watanabe0

Date of Patent

April 14, 2009

Patent Application Number

114723100

Date Filed

June 22, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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Tisha D Lewis

Patent abstract

In a shaft arrangement structure of an engine which is provided with a crank case divided into upper and lower two members, forms a transmission room accommodating a transmission within the crank case, and utilizes a lower portion of the transmission room as an oil reservoir chamber, an input shaft of the transmission is positioned above a line connecting an axis of the crank shaft of the engine and an axis of the output shaft of the transmission as seen in an axial direction. An angle formed between a first segment connecting the axis of the crank shaft and the axis of the input shaft and a center line of a cylinder of the engine above the axis of the crank shaft is acute.