Patent ID: 8015891
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: B60K,B60Y,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An engine including a speed-change actuator, comprising: a transmission provided in a power transmission pathway, a rotational drive power of a crankshaft being transmitted to a drive wheel through the power transmission pathway; an output shaft that forms a part of the transmission, the rotational drive power of the crankshaft that is transmitted to the transmission being output to the drive wheel-side through the output shaft; an engine case, the crankshaft and the transmission being accommodated in the engine case; and a speed-change actuator attached to the engine case to control a speed-change operation of the transmission, wherein the speed-change actuator is arranged below the output shaft, wherein the speed-change actuator is an electric motor, and an axis line of the electric motor is obliquely arranged relative to the vehicle traveling direction and is inclined downwardly toward a front of the vehicle, and wherein the axis line of the electric motor is arranged along the vehicle traveling direction.