Patent ID: 8047179

Claim:
An engine unit including a V-type engine provided with a front cylinder, a rear cylinder, a front intake port connected to the front cylinder, and a rear intake port connected to the rear cylinder, and a throttle body assembly attached to the V-type engine, the throttle body assembly comprising: a front throttle body having a front cylinder connected to the front intake port and a front throttle valve for opening and closing the front cylinder of the front throttle body; a rear throttle body having a rear cylinder connected to the rear intake port and a rear throttle valve for opening and closing the rear cylinder of the rear throttle body; an actuator that, in a longitudinal direction, is disposed between a center axis of the front cylinder of the front throttle body and a center axis of the rear cylinder of the rear throttle body, and drives the front and rear throttle valves; a transmission gear mechanism that transmits power from the actuator to the front and rear throttle valves; and a casing that houses the actuator and the transmission gear mechanism and the casing includes a first casing portion that is fixed to the front and rear throttle bodies, and a second casing portion that faces the first casing portion in a widthwise direction and is fixed to at least one of the front and rear throttle bodies at positions that are different than positions that the first casing portion is fixed to the front and rear throttle bodies.