Patent ID: 6196186
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: F02B,F02D,F02M,F05C,Y02T

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine having a plurality of combustion chambers each defined in part by a respective cylinder bore, said cylinder bores having respective axes lying in a common plane and spaced equally from each other, a plurality of intake passages disposed in side by side relation, each of intake passages serving a respective one of said combustion chambers, and a plurality of fuel injectors each mounted on a respective one of said intake passages for spraying fuel directly into said intake passages, said intake passages being formed by separate throttle bodies in which flow controlling throttle valves are supported, said throttle bodies defining respective flow axes that are parallel to each other, the distance between the flow axis of the throttle body serving one end cylinder bore at one end of said engine from the outermost peripheral edge of said one end cylinder bore intersected by said common plane being less than the distance between the flow axis of the throttle body serving the other end cylinder bore at the other end of said engine from the outermost peripheral edge of said other end cylinder bore intersected by said common plane.