Power unit
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorsSeiji Itoo, Ayumi Hamada, Nobuyuki Nishiguchi
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Abstract
A power unit includes a prime mover and a belt continuously variable transmission. The belt continuously variable transmission includes a drive pulley, a driven pulley, a belt wound around the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and a housing forming an accommodation space in which the belt is disposed. The belt continuously variable transmission changes a speed of rotation produced by drive power output from the prime mover. The power unit further includes a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the belt or a temperature corresponding to the temperature of the belt.
Claims9
A utility vehicle comprising:
- a prime mover;
- a belt continuously variable transmission comprising a drive pulley, a driven pulley, a belt wound around the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and a housing forming an accommodation space in which the belt is disposed, the belt continuously variable transmission being configured to change a speed of rotation produced by drive power output from the prime mover;
- a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the belt or a temperature corresponding to the temperature of the belt;
- an intake duct connected to the housing;
- and
- an exhaust duct connected to the housing, wherein
- the housing includes a dividing wall dividing the accommodation space into a first flow passage and a second flow passage, the first flow passage communicating with an intake passage of the intake duct, the second flow passage communicating with an exhaust passage of the exhaust duct, the second flow passage accommodating the drive pulley, the driven pulley, and the belt;
- the dividing wall is provided with an opening between the first flow passage and the second flow passage;
- and
- the temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of air in the second flow passage.
A utility vehicle comprising:
- a prime mover;
- a belt continuously variable transmission comprising a drive pulley, a driven pulley, a belt wound around the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and a housing forming an accommodation space in which the belt is disposed, the belt continuously variable transmission being configured to change a speed of rotation produced by drive power output from the prime mover;
- an intake duct connected to the housing;
- an exhaust duct connected to the housing;
- and
- a temperature sensor, wherein
- one of the drive pulley and the driven pulley includes a sheave with an impeller;
- the belt continuously variable transmission further comprises an opening that faces the impeller such that a rotation of the impeller causes air to flow from the opening toward the belt;
- the temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the air downstream of the opening;
- the housing includes a dividing wall dividing the accommodation space into a first flow passage and a second flow passage, the first flow passage communicating with an intake passage of the intake duct, the second flow passage communicating with an exhaust passage of the exhaust duct, the second flow passage accommodating the drive pulley, the driven pulley, and the belt;
- the dividing wall is provided with an opening between the first flow passage and the second flow passage;
- and
- the temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of air in the second flow passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.