Patent ID: 6516770
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: F02B,F16F,H02K

Abstract:
An engine comprising:an engine block having an interior portion and exterior portion, said engine block having a crankshaft therein; a balance shaft alternator assembly coupled to the exterior portion of the engine block, said assembly comprising; a housing; a balance shaft rotatably coupled within the housing and rotatably coupled to said crankshaft, said housing having a stator fixedly coupled thereto, said shaft having a rotor fixedly coupled thereto, said assembly having a stator adjacent to the rotor that induces current flow in the stator upon the rotation of the rotor; a plurality of weights coupled to said assembly for balancing an engine imbalance; and a drive having cog tooth sprockets and a cog tooth belt, said cog tooth belt coupling said cog toothed sprocket to said crankshaft.