Patent ID: 6666183
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: F01M,F02B

Abstract:
A V-type internal combustion engine, comprising:a breather apparatus for recirculating blowby gas from a crankcase to an intake system; a crankshaft, said crankshaft including at least a first, a second and a third crankpin contiguous with each other in a direction of a rotational axis line of said crankshaft; a cylinder block, said cylinder block being formed with a first and a second bank forming a V-shape; said first crankpin and said third crankpin are respectively connected with a first and a third connecting rod respectively connected to a first and a third piston respectively fitted in a first and a third cylinder bore formed in the first bank; said second crankpin is disposed between said first crankpin and said third crankpin, and is connected only with a second connecting rod connected to a second piston fitted to a second cylinder bore formed in the second bank; and said breather apparatus includes a breather path formed in a space portion between the first and the third cylinder bores in the first bank.