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Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2004
Applicants:

Hiroyuki Kawakubo, Saitama, JP;

Toru Gunji, Saitama, JP;

Hiroshi Nakagome, Saitama, JP;

Toshihisa Nagashii, Saitama, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroyuki Kawakubo, Saitama, JP;

Toru Gunji, Saitama, JP;

Hiroshi Nakagome, Saitama, JP;

Toshihisa Nagashii, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

To facilitate attachment/detachment work of an oil filter in a vehicle engine without increasing an outer dimension thereof, and to provide a uniform a supply of engine oil into an engine body. An oil filter is attached onto a front portion of the engine body so as to be detachable in a vehicle body width direction from a side face of the engine body. An exhaust pipe on a side on which an oil filter is attached is displaced to a center side in the vehicle body width direction so as not to overlap the oil filter when viewed from a front of the engine body.


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