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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2002
Takayuki Yamagata, Saitama, JP;
Yoshiaki Koyama, Saitama, JP;
Takayuki Yamagata, Saitama, JP;
Yoshiaki Koyama, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An accessory mounting structure has an accessory bracket holding accessories thereon and attached to the engine body of an internal combustion engine, to provide a shortest possible overall length. The accessory mounting structure includes an end part, with respect to a direction parallel to a crankshaft, of the engine body, provided with a passage, a part of the engine body, provided with a recess extending along the passage, and the accessory bracket partly sunk in the recess and fastened to the engine body. At least one accessory, such as an automatic tensioning device is held on the accessory bracket.