(19)
(11) EP 1 130 236 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/33

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.09.2001 Bulletin 2001/36

(21) Application number: 01104606.7

(22) Date of filing: 23.02.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F02B 61/02, F02B 75/16, F01M 1/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 29.02.2000 JP 2000054618

(71) Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Iwata-shi Shizuoka-ken (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Nara, Kazuhiro, Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Iwata-shi, Shizuoka-ken (JP)
  • Futohashi, Kimio, Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki K.
    Iwata-shi, Shizuoka-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Engine


(57) Engine with a crankshaft having a crankshaft axis supported by at least one crank journal bearing, and with an oil pump positioned in a vicinity of the crank journal bearing so as to at least partially overlap with said crank journal bearing in a direction of the crankshaft axis.






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