| US 7,516,727 B2 | ||
| Vehicle combustion engine | ||
| Atsushi Ueshima, Akashi (Japan); and Takahiro Ono, Kobe (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 19, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/857,928. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-256346 (JP), filed on Sep. 21, 2006; and application No. 2006-256347 (JP), filed on Sep. 21, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0072867 A1, Mar. 27, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. F02B 75/22 (2006.01); F01M 1/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 123—195R [123/41.33; 123/196 R; 123/196 A; 123/196 AB] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A vehicle combustion engine which comprises:
a crankcase;
an engine cylinder block mounted on the crankcase;
an exhaust tube fluidly connected with an exhaust port defined in a front surface of the combustion engine;
a vehicle transmission arranged at a rear portion of the crankcase; and
at least one of an oil filter for filtering oil and an oil cooler for cooling the oil, which is positioned outside the cylinder
block and the crankcase, but close to a lower portion of the cylinder block and above said transmission at a location rearwardly
of the cylinder block.
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