Power unit and saddle-ride type vehicle provided with the power unit
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAtsushi Aoyama
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Abstract
A power unit in a saddle-ride type vehicle in which an arrangement space of an engine constituent part is ensured in an upper space of an engine body. In the power unit, an engine body having a crankshaft and a transmission casing accommodating therein a V-belt type transmission are joined. An oil reservoir portion is formed on a bottom of the engine body to project downward from a lower edge of the transmission casing, and a starter motor is arranged adjacent to a rear wall of the oil reservoir portion.
Claims13
A power unit, in which an engine body having a crankshaft and a transmission casing accommodating therein a V-belt type transmission are joined, the power unit comprising an oil reservoir portion formed on a bottom of the engine body to project downward from a lower edge of the transmission casing and an electric motor arranged adjacent to a side wall of the oil reservoir portion, wherein
- the V-belt type transmission has a drive side sheave and a driven side sheave driven by the drive side sheave, and
- the oil reservoir portion and the electric motor are positioned next to each other generally within a range between front and rear ends of the drive side sheave.
A power unit, in which an engine body having a crankshaft and a transmission casing accommodating therein a V-belt type transmission are joined, the power unit comprising an oil reservoir portion formed on a bottom of the engine body to project downward from a lower edge of the transmission casing and an electric motor arranged adjacent to the oil reservoir portion, wherein
- the V-belt type transmission has a drive side sheave and a driven side sheave driven by the drive side sheave, and
- the oil reservoir portion and the electric motor are positioned next to each other generally within a range between front and rear ends of the drive side sheave.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.