Patent ID: 9127591
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: F02B,F02D

Abstract:
1. A supercharger drive device for a combustion engine, which comprises: a gear carrier shaft operable to rotate in unison with a rotary shaft of the combustion engine; a plurality of speed change gears mounted on the gear carrier shaft; a drive shaft of a supercharger connected directly or indirectly with the plurality of speed change gears for rotation; a gear shifter for selecting one of the plurality of speed change gears to transmit a motive force from the gear carrier shaft to the drive shaft by way of such selected one of the plurality of speed change gears; wherein the gear carrier shaft and the gear shifter are arranged parallel to the rotary shaft, and the gear carrier shaft has a drive gear formed integrally therewith and is rotatable in unison with the rotary shaft through an engagement of the drive gear with a rotary shaft gear formed in an outer periphery of a web of the rotary shaft.