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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2005
Hitomi Miyake, Miki, JP;
Takemi Inoue, Kakogawa, JP;
Ichiro Uemura, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuhiro Yamakawa, Maryvill, MO (US);
Hitomi Miyake, Miki, JP;
Takemi Inoue, Kakogawa, JP;
Ichiro Uemura, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuhiro Yamakawa, Maryvill, MO (US);
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
To provide an internal combustion engine of a vertical shaft type, in which leakage of an oil from a crankcase and an oil pan is effectively prevented, which has high mounting rigidity relative to a working machine and, also, which is capable of being easily serviced, the combustion engine includes a vertically extending crankshaft () having a pair of upper and lower crank webs (A andB), a crankcase () accommodating the crankshaft () and including an oil pan (), and a crankcase cover () mounted on an upper surface () of the crankcase () to cover the crankcase (). The upper surface () of the crankcase () is positioned above the upper crank web (A).