Patent ID: 8075432

Claim:
An engine unit comprising: a single rotational shaft arranged to be rotated by a drive force provided thereto, the single rotational shaft extending in a width direction of the engine unit; a first bearing into which the single rotational shaft is inserted; a secondary sheave including a fixed sheave and a movable sheave and arranged to be driven by a primary sheave, the secondary sheave being mounted to a first end portion of the single rotational shaft; a clutch mounted on the single rotational shaft via the first bearing and arranged closer to a center of the engine unit in the width direction of the engine unit than the first end portion of the single rotational shaft and the secondary sheave; a body of rotation into which the first bearing is inserted; and a second bearing into which the single rotational shaft is inserted, wherein the single rotational shaft is supported in a cantilever fashion via the second bearing; the first bearing is a needle bearing; and the first bearing is positioned between two second bearings juxtaposed to each other in an axial direction of the single rotational shaft.