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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Hiroshi Kuribara, Saitama, JP;
Shinichiro Keyaki, Saitama, JP;
Toru Nishi, Saitama, JP;
Kazuaki Iino, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Kuribara, Saitama, JP;
Shinichiro Keyaki, Saitama, JP;
Toru Nishi, Saitama, JP;
Kazuaki Iino, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An overhead-camshaft internal combustion engine having an outer wall of a crankcase provided adjacent a crankshaft, with a spiral-surfaced opening through which the crankshaft is passed. The outer crankcase wall is integrally provided with a loop guide engaging recess formed thereon. The loop guide engaging recess supports a base end portion of a loop guide for guiding an endless chain. A loop-retaining member for preventing the timing endless chain from dropping is arranged at a position on the lower side of a loop drive sprocket integrally formed at an end portion of the crankshaft.