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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2008
Applicant:
Kiyohito Takano, Kobe, JP;
Inventor:
Kiyohito Takano, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 43/18 (2006.01); F16D 13/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An engine with a centrifugal clutch which can efficiently cool and lubricate the centrifugal clutch. The engine supports a pair of journal portions of a crankshaft by a bearing such as a ball bearing, a roller bearing, or the like, as well as a bearing metal. There is provided first oil supplying means formed in the crankshaft. The first oil supplying means has an oil passage for the first oil supplying means which is communicated with a main oil passage through an oil hole formed in the bearing metal and extends through a fitting portion of a crankpin to reach the centrifugal clutch.