Patent ID: 8201534
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
1. A V-type multicylinder internal combustion engine having a first bank of cylinders arranged in a first cylinder row, a second bank of cylinders arranged in a second cylinder row set at an angle to form a V, and an intake system including an air distribution case disposed between the first and the second banks, said intake system comprising: first intake pipes extending in parallel from the cylinders of the first bank obliquely into the air distribution case and arranged in a row along the first cylinder row; second intake pipes extending in parallel from the cylinders of the second bank obliquely into the air distribution case and arranged in a row along the second cylinder row; the first and second intake pipes being disposed and arranged alternately within the air distribution case so as to extend across each other into the air distribution case and having first open inner ends within the air distribution case and second open inner ends within the air distribution case, respectively; a first air inlet pipe provided on a first side wall of the air distribution case parallel to the first cylinder row, the first air inlet pipe being positioned at a part of the first side wall of the air distribution case substantially corresponding to a middle of the row of the first intake pipes parallel to the first cylinder row; and a second air inlet pipe provided on a second side wall of the air distribution case parallel to the second cylinder row, the second air inlet pipe being positioned at a part of the second side wall of the air distribution case substantially corresponding to a middle of the row of the second intake pipes parallel to the second cylinder row, wherein the first open inner ends of the first intake pipes and the second open inner ends of the second intake pipes open in substantially opposite directions, respectively, in a space within the air distribution case; the first inlet pipe has a center axis intersecting a first line segment extending between respective centers of the first open inner ends of the first intake pipes located at opposite ends of the row of the first intake pipes, the center of axis of the first inlet pipe intersecting the first line segment at substantially a middle point thereof; and the second inlet pipe has a center axis intersecting a second line segment extending between respective centers of the second open inner ends of the second intake pipes located at opposite ends of the row of the second intake pipes, the center of axis of the second inlet pipe intersecting the second line segment at substantially a middle point thereof; the cylinders of each of the first and second cylinder rows are divided into two end groups of the same number of the cylinders and one middle group of the cylinders other than the cylinders of the end groups with respect to a direction parallel to the cylinder rows; and the engine is provided with a cylinder deactivating mechanism for deactivating the cylinders of the two end groups of the first cylinder row and the cylinders of the middle group of the second cylinder row when the internal combustion engine is in a specific operating mode.