Vehicle having internal combustion engine with supercharger
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorHisashi Sakuyama
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Abstract
A vehicle having an internal combustion engine with a supercharger is provided for reducing the number of parts and for reducing the size of the engine in the transverse direction of the vehicle by effectively utilizing an outer space around the engine. A supercharger is fixed to a rear end of a crank shaft, the crank shaft extends to the rear from a crank case, and is disposed on one side-face side of a cylinder head with an intake port formed therein. An air cleaner for the supply of air to the supercharger is disposed on an upstream side of the supercharger at a position above the supercharger and behind an engine E.
Claims20
A vehicle having an internal combustion engine with a supercharger, said vehicle comprising:
- an intake port disposed on one side-face side of a cylinder head of said engine and into which a fuel mixture is supplied;
- a crank shaft supported rotatably within a crank case of said engine;
- and
- said supercharger adapted to pressurize air to be supplied to said engine and supply the pressurized air to said intake port, wherein
- said crank shaft extends from said crank case in a direction substantially orthogonal to said one side-face, and
- said supercharger is disposed on said one side-face side with said intake port disposed thereon and is fixed to said crank shaft extending from said crank case.
A supercharger for use with an engine comprising:
- a cylinder head;
- an intake port disposed on one side-face side of the cylinder head for receiving a fuel mixture;
- a crank case for the engine;
- and
- a crank shaft supported rotatably within the crank case;
- wherein the supercharger is adapted to pressurize air to be supplied to the engine and supply the pressurized air to said intake port and the crank shaft extends from the crank case in a direction substantially orthogonal to said one side-face, and said supercharger is disposed on said one side-face side with said intake port disposed thereon and is fixed to said crank shaft extending from said crank case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.