Abstract: A V-type engine having a crankcase with a face, and cylinders arranged so as to form a V space therebetween. Pistons slidably mounted in the cylinders rotatably drive a crankshaft. The crankshaft is rotatably mounted in the crankcase at the junction of the V and has one end extending through the crankcase face. A timing gear engaged by the crankshaft rotatably drives a camshaft rotatably mounted in the crankcase. The camshaft extends through the crankcase face and has a sprocket mounted thereon which engages a drive belt. The drive belt rotatably drives a coolant pump interposed between the crankcase face and flywheel. The coolant pump has a pump cavity which is formed as an integral part of the crankcase face, and an impeller shaft with a rotational axis arranged substantially parallel to the crankshaft outside of the V space. A flywheel is mounted on the crankshaft end extending through the crankcase face and substantially covers the face and coolant pump.

Abstract: An outboard motor having a direct cylinder fuel injection system with a high-pressure pump that is driven directly from the engine crankshaft. This drive is positioned on the crankshaft above the flywheel at the upper portion of the engine, with other accessories being driven from the crankshaft below the flywheel, while still at the top of the engine. This facilitates servicing of the components and places them all in easily accessed locations.

Abstract: A lubrication system of an internal combustion engine is composed of an engine oil case and an engine oil pump located in the engine oil case such that an inlet of the engine oil pump is located in proximity of a geometrical center of the interior of the engine oil case. The engine oil kept in the engine oil case can be thus conveyed efficiently to all moving parts of the internal combustion engine even at the time when the internal combustion engine is tilted.

Abstract: An electric motor is connected via cog belt to a dual purpose pulley on the water pump of an automobile, to increase power available from the engine so that during racing maximum horsepower can be achieved. Enhanced cooling of the engine is also obtained.

Abstract: A device provided on a internal combustion piston engine for changing the rotational relations between at least one camshaft (5) and a crankshaft (6) includes a hydraulic cylinder (4). This hydraulic cylinder (4) is acted upon by a supply unit (7, 14) which displaces gas cushions in the hydraulic cylinder (4) when the internal combustion piston engine is at a standstill and replaces the gas cushions with hydraulic cylinder, especially motor oil.

Abstract: In a camshaft drive housing for an internal combustion engine supporting auxiliary equipment, an oil pump is mounted in the housing cover and driven by the engine crankshaft. It supplies oil under pressure to an oil filter also mounted on the camshaft drive housing and the pressure of the oil leaving the oil filter is communicated back to the oil pump by way of a passage extending through the housing cover for controlling the oil pump.

Abstract: In an internal combustion engine including a cylinder head and at least one camshaft and accessory units comprising pumps mounted on the front end of the engine on which also drive means for the camshaft of camshafts are disposed, the accessory units are operatively coupled to the drive means for the camshafts or camshafts so as to be driven thereby.

Abstract: An electric motor is connected via cog belt to a dual purpose pulley on the water pump of an automobile, to increase power available from the engine so that during racing maximum horsepower can be achieved. Enhanced cooling of the engine is also obtained.

Abstract: An oil pump sprocket cover for an internal combustion engine. One side of the oil pump sprocket cover is fixed to the crankcase and the other side of the oil pump sprocket cover is fixed to the oil pump, The oil pump sprocket cover protects the oil pump sprocket, reduces aeration of the oil flowing through the internal combustion engine, and decreases the flow velocity of the oil existing the oil pump sprocket cover thereby reducing oil mist and oil aeration.

Abstract: In order to provide a device with fuel injection and lubricant feed means for internal combustion engines, preferably for manual guided equipment, such as chain saws, with a helical gear wheel (12) mounted on a crankshaft (11) or driven indirectly by the crankshaft (11), which is in engagement with a mating gear wheel (13) for driving the lubricant pump (16), wherein a piston (17) of the lubricant pump (16) forms a trunnion for the mating gear wheel (13) and possesses an oblique anterior surface (18) which bears against a lifting stud (20) adjustably retained in the housing, for aiding lubricant delivery adjustment of the lubricant pump (16), in a compact assembly, preferably a chain saw with several, lubrication circuits and a high-pressure fuel feed it is proposed that the helical gear wheel (12) be in engagement with two mating gear wheels (13,14), each connected with a drive shaft (17,26) for one lubricant pump (16,31) and/or one fuel pump (27).

Abstract: An adaptor for mounting a high capacity external oil pump to an original equipment engine block having existing openings for mounting an external oil pump. The adaptor bolts on existing bolt holes in the engine block. Sump oil is routed through the adaptor into the high volume oil pump. The high volume gear pump is driven, through the adaptor, by the previously existing original equipment engine block mechanism and through the previously existing opening provided for driving the original equipment gear pump. The adaptor has openings for accepting dirty sump oil from the engine. Dirty sump oil is directed through a cavity to the intake side of the high capacity gear pump. An oil filter is provided on the gear pump cover. Orifices direct the pressurized oil from the gear pump to the filter. The filtered pressurized oil is returned to the engine by mating orifices in the adaptor, gear pump, and gear pump housing.

Abstract: A supply pump for lubricant or heat transfer liquid of a conventional design is driven by a drive unit independently of the consumer of the lubricant or of the heat transfer liquid. In the event of the failure of the drive unit a forced connection occurs between the pump and the rotating parts of the consumer in order to ensure its supply with the lubricant or the heat transfer liquid at least for a sufficient emergency period. By the independent drive of the supply pump the supply to the consumer can be controlled according to the consumption of lubricant or heat transfer liquid independently of its individual operating characteristic or operating state.

Abstract: A cooling system of an internal combustion engine wherein a water pump (1), a thermostat (2), a water pump exit port (3), a water jacket entrance passage (4), an exit passage (5), a bypass passage (6) and a bypass opening (7) are located in the rear (transmission side) of a cylinder head (8) of the engine. A water pump and thermostat body (13) is attached to the rear face of the cylinder head (8). The bypass passage (6) together with the exit passage (5) are cast by using a metal mold drag. The coolant flow path forms a U-path starting with the coolant from the water pump (1) in the rear of the cylinder head (8) to the front of the cylinder head (8), then down to the front of the cylinder block (10), then to the rear of the cylinder block (10), then up to the rear of the cylinder head (8).

Abstract: In an accessory unit drive arrangement of an internal combustion engine the accessory unit is mounted on the engine such that its drive shaft is arranged in axial alignment with an engine-operated shaft. The drive shaft is coupled to the engine-operated shaft by a coupling structure which includes a pin which projects axially eccentrically from the end face of the engine-operated shaft and engages a carrier mounted on the drive shaft of the accessory unit. The engine-operated shaft is supported by a friction bearing and a lubricant collecting space is in communication with the friction bearing so as to collect lubricant leaking from the bearing for the lubrication of the coupling structure.

Abstract: A gear 11 on a crankshaft 10 is made to engage with an internal gear 21 having twice the number of teeth of the gear 11, cams 22 are formed on the exterior surface of the internal gear 21, and the cams 22 are connected with valve actuating mechanisms 40 for actuating an exhaust valve 44 and an intake valve 40 to open or close. The gear 11, the internal gear 21, etc. have the function of an oil pump.

Abstract: An auxiliary PTO assembly is designed for attaching a front mounted auxiliary rotary driven hydraulic pump to an OEM truck engine. The PTO assembly includes an auxiliary belt drive pulley which is formed by a ring which is shrink-fitted around a harmonic balancer which forms a portion of an OEM fan drive pulley. A bracket attached to the OEM engine is adapted to hold the hydraulic pump and a plurality of idler and tensioner pulleys. Installation of the inventive assembly is relatively simple and straight forward and entails virtually no modification of the OEM components. The entire PTO assembly including the auxiliary drive belt and the hydraulic pump are accommodated behind the original position of the OEM cooling fan such that the fan shaft does not need to be extended.

Abstract: A fuel filter assembly employs a disposable filter cartridge disposed in a housing comprising a container and a cap. The cap comprises a cap member composed of elastomeric material, an externally projecting fuel outlet, and a centrally disposed axially extending conduit. A lower portion of the axial conduit is slidably received by an axial opening in a plate mounted on the top of the filter cartridge. The opening and conduit are dimensioned such that a gap between the opening and the conduit allows fluid flow through the plate. A spring biases the upper part of the cap member away from the filter cartridge. A fuel inlet in the container provides a path for the flow of fuel into the filter assembly. Spherical balls captured in the fuel inlet and fuel outlet act as check valves, preventing the flow out through the fuel inlet and in through the fuel outlet. The filter assembly is primed by pushing the cap member downwards, compressing the spring.

Abstract: A variable timing gear device for an engine component driven by a drive system from the engine drive shaft. The gear device comprises an epicyclic or differential gear mechanism, an input of which is driven from the engine drive shaft and an output being connected to the driven shaft of the component. The device allows the drive speed between the input and output to be varied. The device may include means for varying the phase relationship between the engine drive shaft and the driven shaft of the component.

Abstract: An improved lubrication system for a two-stroke engine having a lubrication path from an oil sump directly to an induction valve assembly for noise reduction. The oil sump is divided into two chambers with a restricted passage therebetween to ensure lubrication of transmission gears upon startup while reducing drag during operation. A cross-drilled lubrication passage through each crankshaft throw terminates in a second passage proximate a dead-end plug, the second passage being in communication with the piston rod bearing. Each piston skirt includes at least one axial groove in registration with an oil supply passage. Circumferential grooves distribute the oil around the piston skirt from the axial grooves. The pistons may include ceramic top layers for heat insulation to increase the compression ratio possible by raising the ring positions. The engine incorporates an air/oil mixture separator within a balancer shaft chamber and air from the chamber is directed to the intake system.

Abstract: An engine which employs a cam follower mechanism to reduce wear and reduce the size of an assembled engine. The cam follower mechanism utilizes guide rails located to reduce side thrust on the valve stem. The engine employs a high speed quill shaft to synchronize independent cam shafts existing in each of a plurality of interconnected engines. The engine is assembled using a single size fastener to provide a uniform stress gradient within the engine. The engines are interconnected utilizing O-ring seals. The engine provides a piston crown utilizing a connecting rod directly connected to the bottom surface of the piston crown. The piston crown is stabilized along the longitudinal cylinder axis by a rail guide. Connecting rods are provided which require less than one hundred eighty degrees (180.degree.) circumference of a crankshaft pin for support so that a plurality of connecting rods can be associated with a single crankshaft pin.

Abstract: In a valve-moving apparatus for a V-type multi-cylinder internal combustion engine in which plural rows of cylinders are disposed at predetermined angle relative to a crank shaft, cam shafts having cams disposed offset according to the plural rows of individual cylinders are provided, and fluid supply means provided on the cylinder head for supplying hydraulic pressure to a cooling passage, a lubricating passage, or change-over means of the valve-moving mechanism of variable valve operation condition is disposed in a space formed between the cylinder rows or in a space formed by cam shafts disposed offset along the crank shaft axial direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an outboard motor comprising a cylinder block having a horizontally extending lower mounting surface and a rearwardly located vertically extending cylinder head mounting surface, a cylinder head fixed to the cylinder head mounting surface, extending rearwardly from the cylinder block, and including a bottom wall portion having therein a rocker arm support shaft aperture and a camshaft aperture, a camshaft supported vertically and horizontally in the cylinder head about an axis located rearwardly of the cylinder head mounting surface, a rocker arm support shaft supported vertically and horizontally in the cylinder head about an axis located rearwardly of the cylinder head mounting surface, and a lower unit including a driveshaft housing supporting a propeller fixed to the cylinder block lower mounting surface and including an upper rearward profile located forwardly of the camshaft aperture and the rocker arm support shaft aperture and extending so as to enable, when the housing is fixed to

Abstract: A hydraulic pump is mounted to a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine and powered by said engine, and a hydraulic motor for operating an engine accessory, such as alternator, compressor of air conditioner and the like, is mounted to the cylinder block and driven by a highly pressurized oil fed by the hydraulic pump. The cylinder block is formed with an oil flow passage through which the highly pressurized oil is conveyed from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic motor. An oil return passage is provided for returning the oil from the hydraulic motor to the hydraulic pump. If desired, the oil return passage may be defined in the cylinder block.

Abstract: A rotary servo fluid pump and a rotary water pump for an internal combustion engine have respective drive shafts which are both drivingly coupled to the rotor of the servo fluid pump by splines, keys, dogs or by having non-circular section shaft portions engaged in complementary non-circular bores in the rotor of the servo fluid pump. Flow passages of the two pumps are preferably formed in a common pump casing part which can be directly mounted on the engine block with the flow passages in open communication with respective flow galleries in the engine block. The casing part can then serve as a mounting bracket for the pumps on the engine.

Abstract: A variable intake- and/or exhaust-valve timing control system for an internal combustion engine comprises a cam sprocket having a driven connection with an engine crankshaft, a camshaft, a ring gear provided between the camshaft and the cam sprocket for adjusting a relative phase angle between the cam sprocket and the camshaft, and a ring gear drive mechanism for drivingly controlling the ring gear via fluid pressure created by an engine oil pump, depending upon the operating state of the engine. The drive mechanism includes a subsidiary oil pump for supplying a fluid pressure greater than a designated pressure level to the ring gear, during low engine speed and high engine load.

Abstract: Two embodiments of crankcase compression, internal combustion engines have air/fuel injection systems that include an air compressor driven by the engine and protected by the intake manifold. In one embodiment, the air compressor also drives a water pump and in both embodiments the induction system is designed so as to maintain substantially equal length runners for the individual crankcase chambers. This is accomplished by forming the check valves the communicate the runners with the crankcase chambers in parallel relationship to the respective runners.

Abstract: A water pump has a bowl like body and a seal across the rim of the body. Coolant leakage through the seal is used to wet the rubbing faces of the seal. Superfluous leakage is collected in the bowl so that it may be evaporated by engine heat.

Abstract: In a V-type internal combustion engine, a timing chain is placed around and engaged with a pair of camshaft sprockets and a crankshaft sprocket. A water pump sprocket is disposed between one of the camshaft sprockets and the crankshaft sprocket and outside of an area bounded by the timing chain and engaged with the timing chain. A thermostat housing is provided integrally to a front end portion of one of the cylinder heads which is bounded by the water pump, the timing chain and a camshaft which is adjacent to an outer side of a bank and driven by one of the above mentioned camshafts. A cylinder block is provided with an engine mounting boss portion at a front end central portion thereof surrounded by the timing chain.

Abstract: A head (10) for mounting a replaceable spin-on fuel filter element (12) for use in a vehicle fuel system, includes an inlet (18) and outlet (76). The inlet is connected in the head to a second chamber (24) through a first check valve (26). The first check valve enables flow only from the first chamber to the second chamber. The second chamber includes a manually actuated pump (28). The second chamber is connected to a fluid in-flow area (64) of the element through a second check valve (62). The second check valve enables flow only from the second chamber to the in-flow area. The first chamber is also connected to the in-flow area of the element through a third check valve (84). The third check valve enables flow only from the first chamber to the in-flow area of the element. To remove air from a newly installed element and to prime the fuel system of the vehicle, the manual pump is cycled.

Abstract: A V-type engine is constructed so that one bank of cylinders is located rearward, in a longitudinal direction of the engine, relative to the other bank of cylinders so that a space is formed in front of a front surface of a cylinder block of the engine. In the space, a casing or casings for a fluid passage are provided. Supplemental apparatuses, such as a water pump, an alternator, a compressor, and an oil pump, are formed so as to be driven by belts transmitting drive power from a crankshaft of the V-type engine. One of the belts has tension applied to it by a tensioner, which is formed on a bracket. The bracket is fixed to the casing or casings by bolts, which are used for both fixing the casing or casings to the cylinder block and for fixing the bracket to the casing or casings. As a result, both of the bracket and the casing or casings are firmly fixed to the cylinder block within a compact space, even when the tensioner is located far from the front surface of the cylinder block.

Abstract: A drive shaft for driving supplemental apparatuses is disposed in or penetrates an oil pan disposed under an engine in order to provide a compact supplemental apparatus layout or arrangement. In the oil pan, a supplemental apparatus drive unit, including the drive shaft, an idle gear meshing with an output gear fixed on an engine crankshaft, and a chain for transmitting drive power from the idle gear to the drive shaft, is supported, and is simultaneously assembled so as to be linked with the idle gear and the output gear when the oil pan is assembled to the engine. The output gear is preferably fixed on the inner side of an endmost journal of the crankshaft to reduce vibrations from the crankshaft. Moreover, providing a damper associated with the output gear fixed to the crankshaft reduces the vibrations from the crankshaft.

Abstract: A device for adjusting a relative angle of rotation of a camshaft with respect to a drive wheel of an internal combustion engine utilizes a hydraulic linear motor for actuation. A hydraulic pump with a pump rotor is axially arranged with respect to a longitudinal or adjustment axis of the linear motor.

Abstract: The fuel pump permits a high delivery pressure with a low degree of pressure fluctuations and can be attached to the internal-combustion engine in a space-saving manner in axial prolongation of the camshaft and can be driven in a simple fashion. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the fuel pump serves as a tensioning device for a belt or chain drive by virtue of the drive wheel of the fuel pump acting as a belt or chain tensioning roller.

Abstract: A combination reciprocating piston device, such as an internal combustion engine, and a rotary machine of the intermeshing gear type, such as a hydraulic pump, are afforded in a compact arrangement that eliminates the need for separate crankshafts or separate rotary machine rotors. This reciprocating piston machine operates with a pair of oppositely rotatable crankshafts which are drivingly connected to the piston such that the piston reciprocates in its cylinder in a true straightline motion. The crankshafts are respectively provided with a pair of balance gears which directly intermesh with one another to coincide the rotational movement of the crankshafts. The balance gears also serve as the rotors for a rotary fluid machine in which the lobes of the rotors provide positive fluid displacement.

Abstract: An I.C. engine lubrication system comprises a gerotor pump set driven by a gear meshed with another gear on the crankshaft (FIG. 1). This enables pump diameter to be selected for minimum power absorption as compared with prior art arrangements where the gerotor surrounds the crankshaft, and also simplifies pipework particularly on the delivery side of the pump.

Abstract: A fuel pump arrangement for a marine propulsion system, such as a stern drive or inboard system, includes a fuel pump mounted adjacent a water pump. The water pump includes an input shaft which is rotatably driven in response to operation of the engine, and a cam member is mounted to the water pump input shaft. The fuel pump includes an actuator member which is maintained against the cam member, so that rotation of the water pump input shaft results in reciprocating movement of the actuator member, thus operating the fuel pump.

Abstract: A transversely disposed water cooled internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle that cooperates with a heat exchanger that is disposed transversely to the engine compartment and in parallel relationship with the engine. A cooling pump and thermostat assembly is mounted on the side of the engine between its ends and facing the heat exchanger for communicating the heat exchanger with the engine cooling jacket. Coolant is delivered first to the cylinder head and then through the cylinder head to the cylinder block cooling jacket. The coolant pump is driven off to an intermediate shaft driven by the timing mechanism for driving the camshafts of the engine.

Abstract: In the case of a multi-cylinder reciprocating engine in a V-construction, the crankshaft drives the camshafts and an output shaft to the clutch in a center plane of the engine by means of gear drives. The crankshaft, also by means of gear drives, drives two identically designed pump units comprising a water pump and oil pumps which are mounted on the outside on the crankcase, symmetrically to the center plane of the engine.

Abstract: A method of defueling a vehicle having a fuel tank, an electric fuel pump includes connecting a hose to the fuel system downstream of the fuel tank and electrically connecting the fuel pump to the battery. In a multiport fuel injected engine, the hose connection is to the fuel pressure gauge test point. In a throttle body fuel injection unit, the injector is removed and a dummy injector having an outlet is installed.

Abstract: A 3 fuel tank has a magnet 3 disposed on the inside or outside thereof in the vicinity of a fuel pump 12 which is housed inside the fuel tank. The magnet collects magnetic spatter which remains inside the fuel tank after welding and prevents the spatter from entering the fuel pump. The magnet may be a permanent magnet or an electromagnet, and it may be disposed outside the pump or in the fuel filter of the fuel pump. A cleaning method for a welded fuel tank comprises introducing a magnet into a fuel tank after welding, vibrating the fuel tank so that the magnet will move about the inside of the fuel tank and collect magnetic spatter, and then removing the magnet and spatter from the fuel tank.

Abstract: A combination gear type oil pump and pressure regulator is disclosed, particularly for a lubricating system of an internal combustion engine. Elements of a gear type pump are housed within an internal recess in the engine crankcase. An end cover is positioned between an enlarged portion of the crankshaft and gear elements and is biased thereagainst by a carefully selected spring which is positioned between the cover member and the enlarged crankshaft portion so that when a predetermined high pressure is formed at the pump outlet, the spring allows the end cover to move away from the pump elements to relieve the pressure by spillage in to the engine crankcase.

Abstract: In a V-type engine, a front casing is attached to a front end of a cylinder block and receives therewithin a sprocket and chain for transmission of engine power from a crankshaft to an oil pump. The front casing has at a peripheral portion on one side of cylinder block an oil pump mounting bracket which projects laterally outwardly of the cylinder block. The oil pump is installed on the oil pump mounting bracket in such a way as to be in a parallel relation to a crankshaft.

Abstract: A V-shaped engine has an inlet passage and an outlet passage for coolant. The inlet passage for introducing coolant to a water pump mounted to a front face of a cylinder block of the engine is arranged vertically in a space between a right bank and a left bank. The outlet passage is so arranged as to pass between a timing belt idler provided forwardly of the space between the right bank and the left bank and the inlet passage. This arrangement of the inlet passage and the outlet passage enables the V-shaped engine to be made compact.

Abstract: The lubricating-oil circulating system of a piston internal-combustion engine is supplied by a main oil pump arranged in the oil pan and driven by the crankshaft. A second oil pump, which is also driven by the crankshaft, supplies hydraulic pressure to hydraulic camshaft rotating devices. The second oil pump is integrated in an intermediate timing gear and is driven by it, the camshafts being driven by the crankshaft by way of this intermediate timing gear.

Abstract: For an internal combustion engine with a high speed air pump, an improved frictional drive including a drum drive member having an internal cylindrical track adapted to engage the shaft of a high speed pump in frictional driving relationship. The drum is rotated by an engine crankshaft through a belt/pulley arrangement including a belt tensioning device which tends to bias the drum against the shaft to generate a strong engagement force between the drum and pump shaft.

Abstract: Several embodiments of internal combustion engines as applied to outboard motors incorporating a combined electrical generator and air compressor unit driven by the engine output shaft and having a single input shaft that drives both the electrical generator and the air compressor. The air compressor supplies compressed air for a fuel/air injection system and the combined unit is disposed in a recess formed by the engine so as to provide a compact assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an engine comprising an engine block, a crankcase cover mounted on the engine block and including opposite first and second sides, a first carburetor mounted on the block at the first side of the crankcase cover, a second carburetor mounted on the block at the second side of the crankcase cover, a bracket supported by the crankcase cover intermediate the first and second carburetors, and a fuel supply component mounted on the bracket and comprising one of a fuel pump, an oil pump, a combined fuel and oil pump, a fuel vapor separator, a fuel vapor pump, a fuel filter, a primer fuel control valve, and a vacuum switch.

Abstract: A replacement coolant manifold and pump for pumping coolant through an engine, such as a race car, replaces the conventional coolant pump, thereby conserving engine horsepower. The unit comprises a replacement coolant manifold, a pump with an inlet and outlets, and a electrical motor to drive the pump.

Abstract: An air compressor, which is embodied as a single or multi-cylinder/piston compressor, and which is driven by gear wheels. The drive gear or pinion of the air compressor is disposed on the air compressor crankshaft and meshes with a gear wheel on the camshaft of an internal combustion engine. Provided on the periphery of the air compressor pinion is, for a single cylinder/piston compressor, one interval having an enlarged tooth gauge, and for a multi-cylinder/piston compressor, several such intervals, the number of which corresponds to the number of times the tangential force passes through zero during one air compressor crankshaft revolution, with the centers of the intervals being coordinated with the respective top dead center position of the air compressor piston.

Abstract: A lubricating oil pump device of an engine comprises an upper and a lower pump case and a rotary pumping mechanism of the internal-gear, one-tooth difference type housed within a housing formed between the upper and lower pump cases. Both the pump cases have oil reserving oil sumps formed therein, thereby to reserve some oil in the pump device even when the engine is stopped for a long period. Then, when the engine is restarted and the pumping mechanism operates, the oil thus reserved in the oil sumps is contacted by the moving pumping mechanism and is induced out to form oil films on the surfaces of the pump cases and of the pumping mechanism. Thus instant lubrication and sealing for effective suction are assured.