Patent ID: 7966987

Claim:
An air-cooled engine that is cooled using cooling air, said engine comprising: a cylinder block provided with a cylinder having a reciprocating piston; a crank case accommodating and supporting a crankshaft linked with the piston; a cylinder head closing off one end of the cylinder, said cylinder head including a base part that is superposed on and secured to the cylinder block by a plurality of bolts, wherein a valve compartment is formed integrally on the base part and accommodates an intake valve, an exhaust valve, and a camshaft for operating the intake valve and exhaust valve, and all of the bolts are disposed near the outer periphery of the base part at positions outside of the valve compartment; a power transmission mechanism transmitting drive force from the crankshaft to the camshaft; and a transmission mechanism compartment accommodating the power transmission mechanism and at least part of the transmission mechanism compartment being formed in the cylinder head so as to be separated from the valve compartment, wherein the valve compartment and the transmission mechanism compartment are formed integrally by a coupler through which the camshaft passes, and wherein the coupler has a head-cooling duct formed therethrough to allow the cooling air to flow through.