Patent ID: 6186109
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: F02B

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine and accessory drive therefore, said engine being comprised of an engine body in which a crankshaft is supported for rotation about a longitudinally extending axis, one end of said crankshaft extending outwardly from one end of said engine body, a torsional damper affixed to said one end of said crankshaft, an accessory drive shaft driven by said engine crankshaft about a parallel, juxtaposed axis, said accessory drive shaft having an end that it is disposed adjacent said one end of said engine, and an accessory drive pulley affixed to said end of said accessory drive shaft and axially spaced from said torsional damper, the diameters of said torsional damper and of said accessory drive pulley being such that they overlap each other when viewed in an axial direction.