Engine
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroyuki Yoshida, Hiroki Tawa, Tamotsu Momosaki, Hideaki Takada
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Abstract
In an engine, a cover member closing an opening in an engine block is integrally formed with supporting arms extending radially outwards beyond an outer periphery of a flywheel mounted on a crankshaft supported at its one end on the cover member, and a recoil starter located axially outside the flywheel is supported on the supporting arms. Thus, the recoils starter can be supported easily and reliably without provision of a special mounting bracket and a stay and while preventing the interference with the flywheel. Moreover, the coaxiality of the recoil starter and the crankshaft can be ensured.
Claims4
An engine comprising:
- a crankshaft having a flywheel at one end thereof,
- an engine block including a cylinder bore and a crankcase and supporting a journal at the other end of the crankshaft, and
- a cover member coupled to said engine block to close an opening in said engine block and supporting a journal at the one end of the said crankshaft,
- characterized in that said cover member has auxiliary-supporting portion integrally formed thereon to extend radially outwards beyond an outer periphery of said flywheel, and an auxiliary located axially outside said flywheel is supported on said auxiliary-supporting portions.
An engine according to clam 1, wherein said engine is for an outboard engine system and is at least partly housed in an engine cover of the outboard engine system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.