Patent ID: 6405823
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: B60K,B60Y

Abstract:
A vehicle power unit, comprising:an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft for extending in a lateral direction of a vehicle body and a cylinder portion having an axis inclined down to a rear side from a vertical direction; a power transmitting device for transmitting power of said internal combustion engine to a rear wheel located behind said crankshaft; said vehicle power unit being supported to said vehicle body at a front pivot portion and a rear pivot portion spaced from each other in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body so as to be vertically swingable about said front pivot portion; wherein said crankshaft and an axle of said rear wheel are located below a plane containing the axes of said front pivot portion and said rear pivot portion, and said plane and said cylinder portion intersect each other between said front pivot portion and said rear pivot portion as viewed in side elevation, and wherein said front pivot portion is located upward of said cylinder portion so as to be vertically overlapped.