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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toru Kisaichi, Asaka, JP;
Hiroshi Sotani, Tsurugashima, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A casing structure of an automotive internal combustion engine includes an upper/lower divided crankcase structure. A crankshaft and a first transmission shaft of a pair of transmission shafts parallel to the crankshaft of a transmission are axially supported by a dividing surface of the upper crankcase and the lower crankcase. The dividing surface of the crankcase is inclined so that a second transmission shaft axially supported by the upper crankcase above the first transmission shaft is below the crankshaft. A cylinder is formed on the upper crankcase so that a cylinder axial line is orthogonal to the dividing surface.