(19)
(11) EP 0 987 414 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/50

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/12

(21) Application number: 99116978.0

(22) Date of filing: 27.08.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F02B 75/22, F02B 61/00, F02B 61/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 14.09.1998 JP 26069598

(71) Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Minato-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Nomura, Akifumi
    1-4-1 Chuo, Wako-shi, Saitama-ken (JP)
  • Kanbe, Takashi
    1-4-1 Chuo, Wako-shi, Saitama-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Liska, Horst, Dr.-Ing. et al
Weickmann & Weickmann Patentanwälte Postfach 86 08 20
81635 München
81635 München (DE)

   


(54) V-type internal combustion engine for vehicle


(57) Object: To provide a V-type internal combustion engine for a vehicle, which is capable of connecting a primary transmission unit, a starting transmission unit, first and second timing transmission units, and a generator to a crank shaft in a reasonable layout, thereby improving the assembling characteristic and the maintenance characteristic and maintaining a good balance in weight between right and left sides of a vehicular body when the engine is mounted on the vehicle.
Solving Means: First and second timing transmission units 461 and 462 adjacent to each other in the axial direction, and a generator 30 adjacent to the outer side of the first and second timing transmission units 461 and 462 are connected to one end portion, projecting outwardly from a first journal 17, of a crank shaft 15, and a primary transmission unit 54 and a starting transmission unit 94 are connected to the other end, projecting outwardly from a second journal 18, of the crank shaft 15.






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