Patent ID: 8567374

Claim:
An internal combustion engine, comprising: an engine body defining a plurality of cylinders; an intake passage member provided on an intake side of the engine body defined on one side of the engine body with respect to a cylinder row direction; an exhaust passage member provided on an exhaust side of the engine body defined on the other side of the engine body with respect to the cylinder row direction; and an exhaust gas recirculating passage member communicating a passage defined by the intake passage member with a passage defined by the exhaust passage member so as to recirculate exhaust gas from the exhaust side to the intake side; wherein the engine body includes an overhang projecting from a cylinder row end thereof and extending from the intake side to the exhaust side; and wherein the exhaust recirculating passage member is disposed in a space defined under the overhang with a gap defined between the exhaust gas recirculating passage member and the cylinder row end of the engine body.