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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Eishin Nakashima, Osaka, JP;
Kiyonobu Iida, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsuda, Osaka, JP;
Akiyoshi Morikawa, Osaka, JP;
Noriaki Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Masaharu Ohno, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Kawasoe, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Ozaki, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Tokunaga, Osaka, JP;
Takayuki Nakamae, Osaka, JP;
Mineo Takasaki, Osaka, JP;
Eishin Nakashima, Osaka, JP;
Kiyonobu Iida, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsuda, Osaka, JP;
Akiyoshi Morikawa, Osaka, JP;
Noriaki Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Masaharu Ohno, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Kawasoe, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Ozaki, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Tokunaga, Osaka, JP;
Takayuki Nakamae, Osaka, JP;
Mineo Takasaki, Osaka, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An air-cooled V-shaped engine comprises a throttle body () and a flow-dividing plate () arranged ahead of a central cooling-air passage (). The flow-dividing plate () is provided in a fan case () at a position forwardly of the throttle body () and has a bottom-plate portion () disposed at a position lower than the throttle body (). The flow-dividing plate () divides the cooling air generated by an air-blowing fan () toward left and right sides of the central cooling-air passage (). In this air-cooled V-shaped engine, the fan case () has a ceiling wall a central portion () of which is positioned just above the bottom-plate portion () of the flow-dividing plate (). The central portion () of the ceiling wall of the flow-dividing plate () is provided at a position higher than the throttle body () as well as the central side portions (), () of the ceiling wall, led out of the central portion () in a left and right directions.