Patent ID: 8307798
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
1. An internal combustion engine, comprising: a crankshaft; at least one cylinder head having an inlet duct and an outlet duct, the cylinder head being traversed by flow in a direction from an inlet duct entrance on a first side of the cylinder head, the first side being in a plane transverse to the crankshaft to an outlet duct exit on a second side of the cylinder head which is opposite the first side, the second side being in a plane transverse to the crankshaft; valves operatively configured for opening and closing the inlet and outlet ducts; first and second camshafts for actuating the valves; and wherein two of the valves are inlet valves positioned together on the first side of the cylinder head and two of the valves are outlet valves positioned together on the second side of the cylinder head, both the first and the second camshaft are assigned one of the inlet valves and one of the outlet valves, the first and second camshafts being arranged parallel to the crankshaft.