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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Makoto Mitsukawa, Wako, JP;
Koichiro Honda, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Makoto Mitsukawa, Wako, JP;
Koichiro Honda, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An engine has a crankcase, and a cylinder which extends from an upper portion of the crankcase toward a front side. In a space which is formed at an upper side of a horizontal plane which substantially horizontally extends from a bottom surface of the crankcase, a catalyst storage chamber is arranged in such a manner that an axis of the catalyst converter is in a direction of a crankshaft. The space is arranged just below a front surface of the cylinder and forward of a front surface of the crankcase.