Small-sized vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKen Adachi, Masahiro Nakashima
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Abstract
A small-sized vehicle has an oil control valve for a hydraulically-actuated mechanism of an engine, and provides good cooling of the oil control valve. A small-sized vehicle includes a spool valve for adjusting a hydraulic pressure for a hydraulically-actuated mechanism of an engine. The spool valve is disposed sideways of a cylinder portion (cylinder head) such that an axis of the spool valve extends substantially in parallel with an axis of the cylinder portion. Further, the spool valve is disposed at a position that is rearward of a radiator and that falls within a vertical span of the radiator in a vehicle side view.
Claims16
A vehicle, comprising:
- an engine including a cylinder and a cylinder head;
- a radiator disposed forward of said engine;
- and
- an oil control valve which adjusts hydraulic pressure of a hydraulically-actuated mechanism of said engine,
- wherein said oil control valve is disposed at a side of said cylinder or said cylinder head of said engine, in a vehicle width direction,
- wherein an axis of said oil control valve extends substantially in parallel with an axis of said cylinder,
- wherein said oil control valve is disposed rearward of said radiator, and
- wherein said oil control valve is disposed within a vertical span of said radiator, in a vehicle side view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.