Patent ID: 8317653

Claim:
An engine unit comprising: a drive shaft; a driven shaft arranged separately from the drive shaft; a continuously variable transmission including a driving side pulley mounted on the drive shaft, a driven side pulley mounted on the driven shaft, and a belt looped around the driving side pulley and the driven side pulley; and a case arranged to house the continuously variable transmission; wherein the case includes a case body including a first opening; the case includes a support member including a drive shaft supporting portion arranged to support an end portion of the drive shaft, a driven shaft supporting portion arranged to support an end portion of the driven shaft, and a support column portion bridged between the drive shaft supporting portion and the driven shaft supporting portion; and the support member is attached to an outside of the case body such that the end portion of the drive shaft or the end portion of the driven shaft extends in an axial direction through the first opening to be supported by the drive shaft supporting portion or the driven shaft supporting portion.