Patent ID: 7249577
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: F01M,F01P

Abstract:
1. A connecting rod comprising: a connecting rod body having a crank arm bore portion at a first end and a pin bore portion at a second end; a beam portion connecting said crank arm bore portion and said pin bore portion; at least two oil squirters provided within said crank arm bore portion, said at least two oil squirters being operable to selectively communicate oil to the underside of a piston; wherein one of said at least two oil squirters is one of a plain orifice oil squirter and a check valve regulated oil squirter; wherein the connecting rod is interconnectable to a crankshaft defining a pressurized oil passage; wherein said crank arm bore portion is mountable to a rod journal of said crankshaft via a journal bearing having at least two orifices defined therein, each of said at least two orifices being operable to selectively communicate pressurized oil from said pressurized oil passage through said journal bearing to a respective one of said at least two oil squirters; and wherein said one of said at least two oil squirters is disposed on one side of said beam portion and another of said at least two oil squirters is disposed on another side of said beam portion.