Patent ID: 11919587
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 19:
20. A vehicle comprising:
an engine body which has a crankshaft extending in a vehicle width direction and a cylinder head;
an intake pipe disposed on a front side of the engine body;
an exhaust pipe disposed on a rear side of the engine body; and
a power transmission unit that is disposed on an outer side in the vehicle width direction of the engine body and to which power is transmitted from the engine body, wherein
the power transmission unit includes
a driving force transmission unit that is disposed on one side in the vehicle width direction of the engine body and to which power is transmitted from the engine body as a driving force for traveling, and
an auxiliary transmission unit that is disposed on other side in the vehicle width direction of the engine body and to which power is transmitted from the engine body as a driving force for an auxiliary attached to the engine body,
the cylinder head is provided with an exhaust port on a rear side,
a cylinder head cover is fixed to an upper portion of the cylinder head,
the exhaust pipe includes
an upstream side exhaust pipe that curves toward the other side in the vehicle width direction as the upstream side exhaust pipe extends from the exhaust port to rear, and
a downstream side exhaust pipe that is connected to a rear end portion of the upstream side exhaust pipe and extends to the one side in the vehicle width direction, and
at least a part of the upstream side exhaust pipe passes through a region that is located on an outer side in the vehicle width direction than the cylinder head cover and located on an inner side in the vehicle width direction than an outer end portion in the vehicle width direction of the auxiliary transmission unit.