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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2006
Yuichi Tawarada, Saitama, JP;
Eiko Shiozaki, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Kawakubo, Saitama, JP;
Kazuyuki Nakai, Saitama, JP;
Yuichi Tawarada, Saitama, JP;
Eiko Shiozaki, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Kawakubo, Saitama, JP;
Kazuyuki Nakai, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular power unit including a drive-side transmission sprocket wheel provided on an end of an output shaft that protrudes from one side of a crankcase, an endless transmission belt for transmitting power to a driving wheel wound the sprocket wheel. The endless transmission belt transmits power from the crankshaft to a transmission housed in the crankcase. A water pump is arranged on the same side of the crankcase in a position between the crankshaft and the output shaft. Further, the water pump is disposed inside the drive-side transmission sprocket wheel in a direction along the axis of an output shaft. This configuration enables the vehicular power unit to be formed in a compact size in a direction along an axis of a crankshaft.