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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsutaka Hattori, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 5/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 5/12 ;
Abstract
In a V-type internal combustion engine having a crankshaft oriented in a substantially horizontal direction, drainage channels for draining liquid such as rainwater pooling within a recess formed within the V-shaped of the engine are formed in covers for covering the end surface of the internal combustion engine in an axial direction of the crankshaft. Accordingly, liquid such as rainwater pooling on the V-shaped bank of the V-type internal combustion engine is advantageously drained from the engine with the present apparatus and methods.