Internal-combustion engines – Cooling – With liquid coolant circulating means
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-01
2009-11-17
Cuff, Michael (Department: 3741)
Internal-combustion engines
Cooling
With liquid coolant circulating means
C417S364000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07617803
ABSTRACT:
A water-cooled internal combustion engine includes a water pump having a short pump drive shaft for reducing the weight and size thereof. In a water-cooled internal engine equipped with a clutch at the end of a crankshaft, a water pump having a water pump drive shaft parallel to the crankshaft is disposed on the axial inside of the clutch, that is, on a central side of the crankshaft.
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Fujimoto Yasushi
Ito Katsuhiko
Mizuno Kinya
Sotani Hiroshi
Takahashi Masako
Birch & Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Cuff Michael
Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
Nguyen Hung Q
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