Patent ID: 8550043

Claim:
A two-stroke engine comprising: a cylinder block, an exhaust port formed at an inner wall of the cylinder block, an intake port formed at the inner wall opposite to the exhaust port, a crankshaft being rotatable, a flywheel provided on the crankshaft, at least one pair of scavenging ports formed at the inner wall and between the exhaust port and the intake port, and one pair of scavenging path covers attached to the cylinder block for providing one pair of scavenging paths connecting the scavenging ports and a crank chamber, wherein a scavenging path cover of the one pair of scavenging path covers closest to the flywheel is positioned at side of one of the exhaust port and the intake port from the crankshaft when viewed in the axial direction of the cylinder, and a line linking one pair of scavenging ports among the scavenging ports is inclined with respect to an axis of the crankshaft when viewed in the axial direction of the cylinder.