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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Applicants:
Shinichiro Keyaki, Saitama, JP;
Toru Nishi, Saitama, JP;
Eiichi Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/02 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2006.01); F16H 61/00 (2006.01); F16H 59/00 (2006.01); F16H 63/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power unit includes a shaft member rotatably supported by the crankcase and a torsional coil spring, disposed at one end of the shaft member, biasing a swing arm in one rotational direction. An oil strainer is fixed to the crankcase through a strainer support bracket extending vertically relative to a strainer element. The torsional coil spring includes a coil portion wound around the shaft member, one end portion retained on the side of the shaft member, and the other end portion retained by a retaining portion formed integrally with the strainer support bracket.