Patent ID: 7985271
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An engine unit comprising: an engine arranged in a lower portion of a vehicle body, the engine including a front portion and a rear portion spaced apart in a vehicle longitudinal direction and a left side and a right side spaced apart in a vehicle width direction; an engine air intake passage that is connected to the engine and that supplies air to the engine; an air cleaner that cleans outside air to be sent to the engine air intake passage; a transmission case that houses a belt-type continuously variable transmission; and a transmission air intake passage that is connected to the transmission case and that sends air into the transmission case, wherein the transmission case is adjacent to the engine in the vehicle width direction; the engine air intake passage extends upward from the front portion of the engine; and the transmission air intake passage extends upward from a front portion of the transmission case and is spaced from the air cleaner and the engine air intake passage in the vehicle width direction.