Patent ID: 6073603
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: F02B,F02F

Abstract:
A cylinder block structure in a vehicular V-type internal combustion engine comprising:a front cylinder part arranged on a front side in a vehicular travel direction;a rear cylinder part arranged on a rear side in the vehicular travel direction;said front cylinder part and said rear cylinder part form an approximate V-shape and are provided in a cylinder block;plural journal walls, respectively, provided with semicircular bearing half parts for supporting an upper half part of a crankshaft are integrated at an interval in an axial direction of Ltie crankshaft in a lower part of said cylinder block;a center line of a front cylinder hole provided to the front cylinder part is displaced from a central position between a pair of journal walls adjacent along the axis or the crankshaft;said front cylinder part is tilted so that an upper end of the front cylinder part is lower relative to an upper end of the rear cylinder part; anda bent part bent on a side distant from said central position is formed immediately adjacent to the front cylinder hole of the journal wall arranged on a side displaced from said central position of the front cylinder hole.