Patent ID: 8851036

Claim:
An internal combustion engine with a plurality of cylinders with at least one cylinder head ( 10 ) having a planar inlet flange-side cylinder head surface ( 16 ) at one side of the cylinder head and a planar outlet flange-side cylinder head surface ( 18 ) at an opposite side of the cylinder head, and the cylinder head including air inlet channels and gas outlet channels ( 12 , 14 ) with openings to the respective inlet and outlet flange-side cylinder head surfaces ( 16 , 18 ), and also camshaft bearing structures ( 28 ) and an oil supply chamber ( 26 ) for receiving lubricating oil for lubricating the camshaft bearing structures ( 28 ) and actuating devices for gas exchange valves, the inlet flange-side cylinder head surface ( 16 ) and the outlet flange-side cylinder head surface ( 18 ) being arranged at an angle with respect to one another such that an imaginary line ( 22 ) of intersection of the planes defined by the two flange-side cylinder head surfaces ( 16 , 18 ) lies above the cylinder head ( 10 ) and the cylinder head ( 10 ) has an at least essentially triangular cross-section with manifold modules ( 48 , 48 ) mounted onto the planar flange-side cylinder head surfaces ( 16 , 18 ) which seal the as inlet and outlet channels ( 12 , 14 ) as well as the oil supply chamber ( 26 ).