(19)
(11) EP 1 369 560 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/22

(43) Date of publication A2:
10.12.2003 Bulletin 2003/50

(21) Application number: 03010278.4

(22) Date of filing: 07.05.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F02B 61/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 03.06.2002 JP 2002162070

(71) Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Minato-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kakemizu, Kenichiro
    1-4-1 Chuo, Wako-shi, Saitama-ken (JP)
  • Hatayama, Atsushi
    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) Forced air-cooled type engine for motorcycle


(57) Object; In a forced air-cooled type engine for motorcycle in which an engine main body comprising as a part of component elements thereof a cylinder head having a cylinder axis set substantially horizontally and a spark plug mounted at least one of left and right side surfaces is vertically swingably supported to a vehicle body frame and the cylinder head is covered with a shroud for forming a communication passage for flow of air for forced air cooling between itself and the cylinder head; to increase the degree of freedom in laying out a high-tension cord and to enable enhancement of flexural durability of the high-tension cord.
Means of Solution: An ignition coil(126)disposed on the rear side of the cylinder head is supported by one of a left-right pair of rear frame members (29 and 30) possessed by the vehicle body frame(25), and an other end portion of the high-tension cord(123)having one end connected to the ignition coil(126)is bent back in a roughly U shape from the front side of a plug cap (121) connected to the spark plug to the rear side of the plug cap (121) and is connected to the plug cap (121).






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