Patent ID: 7389759
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: F01B,F02B,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged in two rows in a V-formation with corresponding cylinder heads including connectors for the supply and discharge of fluids, the cylinders being mounted in a casing and being supplied with air for combustion by an air manifold running the length of the engine, in which the air manifold is located within the V of the engine, between the row of cylinders, and has sidewalls with shaped connectors for at least one of the fluids, the shaped connectors of the sidewalls connecting directly to the connectors of the cylinder heads along a parting plane that is substantially vertical, and in use the shaped connectors of the sidewalls being pressed against the connectors of the cylinder heads by the pressure in the manifold.