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Four-stroke cycle internal combustion engine

US6332440A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 23, 1999
Grant dateDec 25, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02B2275/20
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The four-stroke cycle internal combustion engine for portable working machines, which employs a toothed belt in the power transmission mechanism thereof, is disclosed. There is provided an OHC type four-stroke cycle internal combustion engine including a power transmission mechanism disposed vertically along a cylinder portion for transmitting the rotation of a crankshaft to a camshaft, wherein the power transmission mechanism comprises intermediate transmission members linked to the camshaft through a toothed belt and a rotation speed transmission member for reducing the rotation speed from the crankshaft and for transmitting it to the intermediate transmission members.

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