Patent ID: 6178932
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: F02B,F02F

Abstract:
A V-type engine comprising a first bank and a second bank which are disposed in a V-shape on opposite sides of a vertical line passing through a center of a crankshaft carried in a crankshaft, said banks being formed continuously with said crankshaft, and a first piston and a second piston which are fitted in cylinder blocks of said first and second banks, respectively and which are connected to a common crank pin of said crankshaft through first and second connecting rods, respectively, whereinlarge ends of said connecting rods, which are connected to said crank pin, are formed so that lower faces of said large ends assume a substantially horizontal attitude as viewed from a crankshaft end at a most-lowered position of said crank pin, and a defined amount of oil is stored in a lower portion of said crankcase, so that the oil does not contact with said ends of said connecting rods.