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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2003
Masaru Asari, Saitama, JP;
Ikuro Hara, Saitama, JP;
Kazuaki Shimoyama, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Takagishi, Saitama, JP;
Masaru Asari, Saitama, JP;
Ikuro Hara, Saitama, JP;
Kazuaki Shimoyama, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Takagishi, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Hogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An engine has a first camshaft having a power input portion at one end thereof and a second camshaft interlocked and connected with the first camshaft at one end portion thereof have axes which are parallel with each other and are rotatably supported on a cylinder head and in which a driven gear meshing with a drive gear provided at the other end portion of one of the first and second camshafts is provided on an auxiliary device drive shaft connecting to an auxiliary device mounted on an engine main body including the cylinder head, wherein an axis of the auxiliary device drive shaft is disposed between the first and second camshafts at a position closer to the cylinder head than a straight line connecting the axes of the two camshafts.