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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Kiyohito Takano, Kobe, JP;
Noboru Meguro, Takasago, JP;
Kiyohito Takano, Kobe, JP;
Noboru Meguro, Takasago, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An engine for a vehicle including a crankcase having a crank room and a transmission room partitioned from the crank room by a partition wall, the transmission room housing a gear transmission having a gear train for backward movement and reserving oil of the engine. The gear train has a reverse drive gear provided on an input shaft of the gear transmission, a reverse driven gear provided on an output shaft of the gear transmission, and a reverse idle gear provided on a reverse idle shaft so as to be coupled with the reserve drive gear and the reserve driven gear. The input shaft and the reverse idle shaft are arranged so as to be divided into the upper side and the lower side of a reference line connecting an axis of the crankshaft and an axis of the output shaft. The reverse idle gear is arranged in a space surrounded by the reverse drive gear, the reverse driven gear and the partition wall.