Patent ID: 6065439
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: F01L,F02B,F02F

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine comprising an engine block having end walls and side walls with upper and lower flange surfaces, a cylinder head with a camshaft mounted on said upper flange surface, an oil pan mounted on said lower flange surface, a crankshaft mounted on said engine block, a camshaft timing drive disposed at one end of said engine block and drivingly interconnecting said crankshaft and said camshaft, and a camshaft timing drive enclosure of plastic material disposed at said one end of said engine block and enclosing said camshaft timing drive, said engine block having openings in its side walls and said timing drive enclosure having extensions extending along the side walls of said engine block so as to cover said openings and being mounted to said engine block.