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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Atsuo Hojyo, Saitama, JP;
Atsuo Hojyo, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To enable the miniaturization of a crankcase side cover to lighten it in a casing of an engine and to enable the reduction of the area of each joined face to make performance for sealing the joined faces of a crankcase and the crankcase side cover satisfactory. In a casing of an engine composed of a crankcase, a crankcase side cover the inner end of which is joined to one side end of the crankcase and which covers a primary reduction gear and a clutch cover which is joined to the outer end of the crankcase side cover and which houses a clutch together with the crankcase side cover, the inside diameter d of the joined faces of a clutch enclosure enclosing the clutch of the crankcase side cover and the crankcase is set so that the inside diameter is smaller than the outside diameter D of a clutch outer in the clutch.