Patent ID: 7299716
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: F16C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A split connecting rod that holds a crank-pin through a bearing having a first protrusion and a second protrusion, comprising: a first locking groove that locks the first protrusion of said bearing when said bearing rotates forward in a circumferential direction of a crank-pin hole; a second locking groove that locks the second protrusion of said bearing when said bearing rotates backward in the circumferential direction of the crank-pin hole; and a large end portion including a rod portion and a cap portion; wherein said first locking groove and said second locking groove are offset from each other in said circumferential direction; said first locking groove and said second locking groove are arranged to extend over both of the rod portion and the cap portion when the large end portion is fractured and split into said rod portion and said cap portion; and said first locking groove is sized so as to be capable of receiving said first protrusion along substantially an entire length of said first locking groove and said second locking groove is sized so as to be capable of receiving said second protrusion along substantially an entire length of said second locking groove.