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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2007
Kinya Mizuno, Wako, JP;
Yasushi Fujimoto, Wako, JP;
Masako Takahashi, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Sotani, Wako, JP;
Kinya Mizuno, Wako, JP;
Yasushi Fujimoto, Wako, JP;
Masako Takahashi, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Sotani, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power unit provided with a dry sump type lubricating device includes a power unit case that is covered in part by a power unit case cover and is divided into a front unit case and a rear unit case. The power unit also includes a crankshaft rotatably supported by a crank chamber that is formed by the power unit case and a shift shaft rotatably supported by a transmission chamber that is provided adjacent to the crank chamber. The power unit also includes an oil tank disposed on the crank chamber side of an anteroposterior outside surface of the power unit case cover and a hydraulic control device for controlling a shift clutch, disposed on the transmission chamber side of the anteroposterior outside surface of the power unit case cover.