IP Library Granted Patent US 12669171
Granted Patent B2
US 12669171 · App. 18/418,642 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Vehicle

Inventors: Yuki Nakamura (Akashi, JP); Shoya Yamamoto (Akashi, JP); Takahiro Jyouzaki (Akashi, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
F16H57/0416B60K13/04F16H57/027
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12669171
App. No.
18/418,642
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle including an engine, an air-cooled CVT to which driving force output from the engine is input, a transmission to which the driving force from the engine is transmitted via the CVT, an exhaust pipe connected to the engine and adjacent to the transmission at an interval in a horizontal direction, and a CVT exhaust duct connected to the CVT and including a discharge port through which air inside the CVT is discharged, the discharge port being directed to a space between the transmission and the exhaust pipe.

Claims (24)

1 . A vehicle comprising:

an engine;

an air-cooled CVT to which driving force output from the engine is input;

a transmission to which the driving force from the engine is transmitted via the CVT;

an exhaust pipe connected to the engine and adjacent to the transmission at an interval in a horizontal direction; and

a CVT exhaust duct connected to the CVT and including a discharge port through which air inside the CVT is discharged, the discharge port being directed to a space between the transmission and the exhaust pipe.

2 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmission is adjacent to the exhaust pipe in a vehicle width direction.

3 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmission is adjacent to the exhaust pipe in a front-rear direction.

4 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the discharge port is located above the transmission and extends in a direction inclined with respect to the horizontal direction.

5 . The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein

an upper end portion of the exhaust pipe is located further on an upper side than the transmission.

6 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the discharge port is elongated in a direction in which a space defined between the transmission and the exhaust pipe extends.

7 . The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein

the transmission is adjacent to the exhaust pipe in the vehicle width direction, and

the discharge port is elongated in a front-rear direction.

8 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

a plate is attached to the transmission at a position facing a lower side of the discharge port.

9 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmission includes an electric component, and

the electric component at least partially faces a space defined between the transmission and the exhaust pipe.