Accessory support structure for vehicle engine

An accessory support structure for a vehicle engine, the structure comprising:

• an engine body mounted on a vehicle;
• an engine accessory disposed along an accessory-side outer surface of the engine body;
• a pair of accessory-side supports provided on an engine facing portion of the engine accessory;
• and
• a pair of engine-side supports provided on the accessory-side outer surface of the engine body, the engine-side supports being disposed at locations corresponding to the accessory-side supports, respectively, wherein
• the engine accessory is fixed through first and second support shafts inserted, respectively, into each accessory-side support and one of the engine-side supports corresponding to the accessory-side support,
• the accessory-side supports each have
• a first shaft hole into which one of the first and second support shafts is inserted,
• the engine-side supports each have
• a second shaft hole into which the one of the first and second support shafts support shaft is inserted,
• a slot adjacent to the second shaft hole in a substantially horizontal direction and closer to the engine body than the shaft hole of the engine-side support is, the slot extending substantially horizontally,
• an intermediate portion interposed between the second shaft hole and the slot to restrict movement of the common support shaft toward the engine body,
• the second shaft hole, the slot, and the intermediate portion of each engine-side support are arranged in a substantially horizontal direction,
• the engine-side supports are each configured such that an external force that has acted on the engine accessory toward the engine body acts on an associated one of the intermediate portions through the one of the first and second support shafts, and
• a strength of each intermediate portion is set to remove a restriction on one of the first and second support shafts if the external force exceeds a predetermined threshold.