MUMBAI, India, Oct. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202414098398 A) filed by Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2024, for 'engine unit and straddled vehicle including same.'
Inventor(s) include Kyohei Fujikura; and Ippei Tanaka.
The application for the patent was published on Oct. 31, under issue no. 44/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "There is disclosed an engine unit (8) with a crankshaft (22), a case (2), and a continuously variable transmission (15); the case (2) including a crankcase (21) supporting the crankshaft (22); the continuously variable transmission (15) being of an electronically controlled type and is accommodated in the case (2); the continuously variable transmission (15) including a movable sheave (57) movable in the axial direction of the crankshaft (22) and a position detecting mechanism (100) detecting the position of the movable sheave (57); the position detecting mechanism (100) including a shaft (104), which is disposed to penetrate the case (2) and is rotated in conjunction with the movement of the movable sheave (57), and a rotation sensor (102) that is disposed outside the case (2) and detects the rotational angle of the shaft (104); the position detecting mechanism (100) detecting the position of the movable sheave (57) based on the rotational angle of the shaft (104) detected by the rotation sensor (102)."
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