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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2009
Yoshitaka Kochidomari, Amagasaki, JP;
Shuji Nishimoto, Amagasaki, JP;
Larry Swanson, Horicon, WI (US);
Jamie Kovalaske, Charlotte, NC (US);
Jeremie Wade, Charlotte, NC (US);
Nicholas Biersdorf, Charlotte, NC (US);
Yoshitaka Kochidomari, Amagasaki, JP;
Shuji Nishimoto, Amagasaki, JP;
Larry Swanson, Horicon, WI (US);
Jamie Kovalaske, Charlotte, NC (US);
Jeremie Wade, Charlotte, NC (US);
Nicholas Biersdorf, Charlotte, NC (US);
Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A power unit includes an engine, a belt transmission driven by the engine, and a second transmission driven by the belt transmission. The engine includes an engine output shaft having an end portion projecting outward from the engine. The second transmission includes a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft having respective end portions projecting outward from the second transmission. The belt transmission includes a drive pulley provided on the end portion of the engine output shaft, a driven pulley provided on the end portion of the transmission input shaft, and a belt looped over the drive and driven pulleys. The belt has first and second portions between the drive and driven pulleys. The first portion runs from the drive pulley to the driven pulley. The second portion runs from the driven pulley to the drive pulley. The end portion of the transmission output shaft is extended through a portion of the belt transmission between the drive and driven pulleys and between the first and second portions of the belt so as to project outward from the belt transmission.