Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Toru Minami

Michio Hirano

Takao Sasamura

Masahiro Nonaka

Kazuhiro Maeda

Hiroyuki Fujimoto

Itsuo Takegami

Fumio Mizuta

Hideyoshi Kosuge

Haruo Kitai

Takahiro Yano

Jiro Kitao

Takeshi Usui

Masahiro Ueno

Shozo Tokunaga

A general purpose engine includes: a cooling fan fixed to an engine rotary shaft; a muffler to silence exhaust gases; a muffler covering to cover the muffler; and an auto choke device to control an opening of a choke valve in an air intake passage by the utilization of heat evolved from the muffler. The auto choke device includes: a drive source, which is fitted to the muffler covering in a non-contact fashion to the muffler and exposed to an outer surface of the muffler covering; and a link member to connect between the drive source and the choke valve. The drive source includes a bracket, which is fitted to the muffler covering, and a bimetal fitted inside the bracket. The bracket includes a heat shield extending towards an inner side of the muffler covering, and the heat shield blocks out a cooling wind then flowing towards the bimetal.

General purpose engine

Internal combustion engine

A four-wheeled utility vehicle including an engine unit mounted in the utility vehicle; and a vehicle body frame including a frame member that is disposed in the vicinity of the engine unit and is partially movable relative to the engine unit.

Four-wheeled utility vehicle

A cover structure for a belt converter facilitating more easily inspecting or replacing a drive belt in a small vehicle in which an obstacle is provided in such a direction as to hinder removal of a cover configured for covering an outer periphery and an outer side face portion of a belt converter.

Cover structure of belt converter

A substantially flat-shaped board type carrier (,) is placed on a carrier frame mounted on the front and/or rear of a straddle type four wheeled all-terrain vehicle. The carrier surface (,A) on which baggage is placed is provided with numerous lateral anti-slip projections (,) that are parallel to one another and expand outward. Of the parts comprising the carrier frame, at least the front main frame and rear main frame are made of pipe and support the carrier by being fitted into the fitting grooves formed by the ribs on the bottom surface of the carrier.

Carrier for straddle type four wheeled all-terrain vehicle and support structure therefor

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Kakogawa, Japan

Toru Minami