Patent ID: 6070562
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: F02F,F16J

Abstract:
A cylinder block for a multiple-cylinder internal combustion engine having a multiply seated crankshaft and having a water jacket surrounding a plurality of cylinders, with an outer wall of the water jacket being extended downward extending approximately into a parting plane of a crankshaft bearing and a circumferential free edge of the water jacket forming a contact face, and having a base frame which rests against the contact face and is connected with the same, on which base frame the crankshaft bearings are arranged whose detachable bearing caps are arranged and fastened by screws on the side of the base frame facing the cylinders, and wherein the base frame is connected to the circumferential free edge of the outer wall of the water jacket by means of screws extending in a center plane of the crankshaft bearing, and further wherein the screws are approximately aligned with a plurality of screws for fastening the cylinder head.