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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 25/08 (2006.01); B62M 7/02 (2006.01); B62M 11/06 (2006.01); F16D 48/06 (2006.01); F16H 61/688 (2006.01); F16H 63/18 (2006.01); F16H 63/02 (2006.01); F02B 61/02 (2006.01); F02B 75/22 (2006.01); F02B 77/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 25/08 (2013.01); B62M 7/02 (2013.01); B62M 11/06 (2013.01); F16D 48/06 (2013.01); F16H 61/688 (2013.01); F02B 61/02 (2013.01); F02B 75/22 (2013.01); F02B 77/11 (2013.01); F16H 63/18 (2013.01); F16H 2063/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power unit for a vehicle includes an engine that is a power source, a gear shift apparatus, a twin clutch type transmission that intermittently switches power transmission between the engine and the gear shift apparatus, and a clutch actuator that controls intermittent switching of the twin clutch type transmission, the engine includes a crankcase and a pair of cylinders installed on the crankcase so that a V-bank is formed therebetween, and the clutch actuator is installed on the cylinders so that the clutch actuator overlaps a region of the V-bank.