Patent ID: 8191515

Claim:
A V-type internal combustion engine, comprising: a hollow crankcase and a crankshaft rotatably disposed in said crankcase; a first bank and a second bank operatively attached to said crankcase and arranged in a V-shaped profile defining a bank central plane therebetween, the bank central plane being parallel to a rotational centerline of said crankshaft, said bank central plane bisecting a bank angle formed by said first bank and said second bank arranged in said V-shaped profile; an intake apparatus comprising: a throttle body including a throttle bore provided with a throttle valve, a throttle actuator for operating the throttle valve, and an intake air routing pipe connected to a cylinder head of the first bank and to a cylinder head of the second bank, and adapted to lead intake air flow controlled by the throttle valve into a first cylinder of the first bank and into a second cylinder of the second bank; a first valve train system and a second valve train system provided on the cylinder heads of the first bank and the second bank, respectively, for operating an intake valve and an exhaust valve of each of the respective banks; and a first valve train timing mechanism and a second valve train timing mechanism provided on the first bank and the second bank, respectively, for operating the first valve train system and the second valve train system, respectively; wherein the throttle actuator includes an actuator and a force-transmitting device for transmitting drive force produced by the actuator to the throttle valve; wherein the throttle body, the actuator and the force-transmitting device are disposed between the first bank and the second bank; and wherein the force-transmitting device is disposed at a position adjacent the first bank with respect to the throttle body, and on a side opposite the first valve train timing mechanism.