Patent ID: 7946264
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: F01L,F02B

Abstract:
1. A V-type engine for a vehicle, said engine comprising: a main engine body having a front bank and a rear bank cooperating to form a V shape extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein each of said banks comprises: said engine further comprising a valve-actuating mechanism accommodated in each of said valve chambers for selectively opening and closing one or more of the intake and exhaust valves; a hydraulically operated valve-pausing mechanism for selectively suspending operation of at least one of the intake valve and the exhaust valve of one or more of the cylinders of the rear bank, depending on an operation state of the engine, such that the at least one of the intake valve and the exhaust valve is temporarily held in a closed state, and a hydraulic pressure control device disposed on the engine for controlling hydraulic pressure supplied to the valve-pausing mechanism, wherein the hydraulic pressure control device is attached to a right or left side surface of the cylinder head of the rear bank proximate said valve-pausing mechanism so as to minimize a length of a hydraulic passage extending therebetween, and wherein said right or left side surface faces outwardly in a vehicle width direction.