Patent ID: 7597077

Claim:
A V-type engine comprising: a housing; a crankshaft rotatably supported by the housing and having a crankpin; a first piston operatively connected to the crankpin; a second piston operatively connected to the crankpin; a counterbalance shaft rotatably supported by the housing; a first camshaft rotatably supported by the housing and associated with the first piston; a second camshaft rotatably supported by the housing and associated with the second piston; wherein an imaginary plane perpendicular to the rotational axis of the crankshaft intersects each of the crankpin and the counterbalance shaft, and the crankshaft is operatively coupled with each of the counterbalance shaft and the first camshaft on one side of the imaginary plane, and the counterbalance shaft is operatively coupled with the second camshaft on an opposite side of the imaginary plane.