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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2000
Masatoshi Fukamachi, Saitama, JP;
Shin Nabeya, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To suppress vibrations of a power unit which is vertically swingably supported to a vehicle body, thereby suppressing the generation of noise. A vehicle power unit includes an internal combustion engine having a cylinder portion with axis L which is inclined down to the rear side from a vertical direction, and a power transmitting device for transmitting power of the engine to a rear wheel WR. The power unit is supported at a front pivot portion and a rear pivot portion to a vehicle body so as to be vertically swingable about the front pivot portion. A crankshaft and an axle of the rear wheel are located below a plane containing the axes of the front pivot portion and the rear pivot portion. The plane and the cylinder portion intersect each other between the front pivot portion and the rear pivot portion as viewed in side elevation.