US 12,077,044 B2
Vehicle
Yoshitaka Nukada, Tokyo (JP); Hitoshi Yokotani, Tokyo (JP); and Masaru Odajima, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,488.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-061356 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311650 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 25/02 (2013.01) [B60K 2025/022 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/20 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a front wheel and a rear wheel;
a power unit disposed between the front wheel and the rear wheel in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and
a plurality of the seats aligned in a left-right direction,
wherein the power unit includes an internal combustion engine and a compressor which are modularized, the compressor configured to operate on rotational power generated in the internal combustion engine,
the internal combustion engine includes a crankshaft and an output shaft,
a rotation axis of the crankshaft and a rotation axis of the output shaft are parallel to each other and extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle,
the compressor is disposed on a side of the crankshaft in the left-right direction,
the output shaft is disposed on an other side of the crankshaft in the left-right direction, and
the output shaft and the compressor are disposed below different seats when viewed in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.