Vehicle
A vehicle that can cool an ignition coil is provided. The vehicle has an engine having a cylinder head and an ignition coil with a first end exposed from the cylinder head, a CVT that varies and outputs rotary power from the engine, and an exhaust duct having a first exhaust port for exhausting a gas within a CVT case to outside of the CVT case, and a second exhaust port for exhausting a part of the gas flowing to the first exhaust port to outside of the CVT case, wherein the second exhaust port is provided for exhausting the gas within the CVT case to at least a part of the first end of the ignition coil.
1. A vehicle comprising:
an engine having a cylinder head and a first ignition coil with a first end exposed from the cylinder head;
a continuously variable transmission (CVT) that varies and outputs rotary power from the engine;
a case surrounding the CVT, and
an exhaust duct connected to the case, having a first exhaust port configured to exhaust a gas within the case to outside of the case, and a second exhaust port configured to exhaust a part of the gas flowing to the first exhaust port to outside of the case,
wherein the second exhaust port is further configured to exhaust the gas within the case to at least a part of the first end of the first ignition coil,
wherein at least the part of the first end of the first ignition coil is placed on an extension of the second exhaust port in a direction orthogonal to an opening surface of the second exhaust port.
2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the cylinder head is placed at a side of the exhaust duct, and
the second exhaust port opens toward the side of the exhaust duct.
3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising an engine exhaust duct configured to exhaust a gas within the engine to outside of the engine, wherein the first exhaust port is configured to exhaust the gas within the case of the continuously variable transmission to the engine exhaust duct.
4. A vehicle comprising:
an engine having a cylinder head and a first ignition coil with a first end exposed from the cylinder head;
a continuously variable transmission (CVT) that varies and outputs rotary power from the engine;
a case surrounding the CVT, and
an exhaust duct connected to the case, having a first exhaust port configured to exhaust a gas within the case to outside of the case, and a second exhaust port configured to exhaust a part of the gas flowing to the first exhaust port to outside of the case,
wherein the second exhaust port is further configured to exhaust the gas within the case to at least a part of the first end of the first ignition coil,
wherein the exhaust duct has a projecting portion projecting outward from an outer circumferential surface thereof and provided above the second exhaust port, and
wherein at least a part of the projecting portion is at the same height as that of at least the part of the first ignition coil.
5. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein at least a part of the projecting portion overlaps with the cylinder head in a top view.
6. A vehicle comprising:
an engine having a cylinder head and a first ignition coil with a first end exposed from the cylinder head;
a continuously variable transmission (CVT) that varies and outputs rotary power from the engine;
a case surrounding the CVT, and
an exhaust duct connected to the case, having a first exhaust port configured to exhaust a gas within the case to outside of the case, and a second exhaust port configured to exhaust a part of the gas flowing to the first exhaust port to outside of the case,
wherein the second exhaust port is further configured to exhaust the gas within the case to at least a part of the first end of the first ignition coil,
wherein the exhaust duct has a projecting portion projecting outward from an outer circumferential surface thereof and provided above the second exhaust port, and
wherein the projecting portion has a tubular shape forming at least a part of an edge of the second exhaust port,
wherein the exhaust duct has a front portion extending diagonally upward toward a rear side from the case of the continuously variable transmission and a rear portion extending diagonally downward toward the rear side from the front portion and including the first exhaust port and the second exhaust port, and
at least a part of a base end of the projecting portion is provided below a lower end of a boundary between the front portion and the rear portion.
7. The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein at least a part of the rear portion is positioned to be inclined closer to the cylinder head toward the rear side.
8. A vehicle comprising:
an engine having a cylinder head and a first ignition coil with a first end exposed from the cylinder head;
a continuously variable transmission (CVT) that varies and outputs rotary power from the engine;
a case surrounding the CVT, and
an exhaust duct connected to the case, having a first exhaust port configured to exhaust a gas within the case to outside of the case, and a second exhaust port configured to exhaust a part of the gas flowing to the first exhaust port to outside of the case,
wherein the second exhaust port is further configured to exhaust the gas within the case to at least a part of the first end of the first ignition coil, and
wherein the exhaust duct has a front portion extending diagonally upward toward a rear side from the case of the continuously variable transmission and a rear portion extending diagonally downward toward the rear side from the front portion and including the first exhaust port and the second exhaust port.
9. A vehicle comprising:
an engine having a cylinder head and a first ignition coil with a first end exposed from the cylinder head;
a continuously variable transmission (CVT) that varies and outputs rotary power from the engine;
a case surrounding the CVT, and
an exhaust duct connected to the case, having a first exhaust port configured to exhaust a gas within the case to outside of the case, and a second exhaust port configured to exhaust a part of the gas flowing to the first exhaust port to outside of the case,
wherein the second exhaust port is further configured to exhaust the gas within the case to at least a part of the first end of the first ignition coil, and
wherein an area of an opening surface of the second exhaust port when the opening surface is seen from a direction orthogonal to the opening surface is smaller than an area of an opening surface of the first exhaust port.
10. A vehicle comprising:
an engine having a cylinder head and a first ignition coil with a first end exposed from the cylinder head;
a continuously variable transmission (CVT) that varies and outputs rotary power from the engine;
a case surrounding the CVT, and
an exhaust duct connected to the case, having a first exhaust port configured to exhaust a gas within the case to outside of the case, and a second exhaust port configured to exhaust a part of the gas flowing to the first exhaust port to outside of the case,
wherein the second exhaust port is further configured to exhaust the gas within the case to at least a part of the first end of the first ignition coil, and
wherein the engine having the cylinder head further includes a second ignition coil juxtaposed to the first ignition coil, and at least part of the first end of the first ignition coil and at least part of a first end of the second ignition coil are placed on an extension of the second exhaust port in a direction orthogonal to an opening surface of the second exhaust port,
wherein the cylinder head has a groove in a direction in which the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil are juxtaposed, and
the first end of the first ignition coil and the first end of the second ignition coil are exposed in a region in which the cylinder head groove is provided.