Patent ID: 8820291

Claim:
A connecting rod for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a first end; a second end including a thrust face, a non-thrust face parallel with the thrust face and positioned a spaced distance from the thrust face, a first planar surface including a first pair of bolt holes located therein, a second planar surface including a second pair of bolt holes located therein, and a centroid, the first planar surface and the second planar surface positioned perpendicular to the thrust face and the non-thrust face, the centroid being positioned along the first planar surface and the second planar surface transversely equidistant from a central axis of each of the first pair of bolt holes and from each of the second pair of bolt holes; and a shank connecting the first end to the second end, the shank including a centerline extending parallel to, and positioned an offset distance from, the centroid.