Abstract: An internal combustion engine including a crankcase and a cylinder head are described, including at least one cylinder block, at least one flat flange surface for accommodating at least one oil cooler, at least one oil cooler, at least one coolant inlet to the oil cooler, at least one coolant outlet from the oil cooler, and at least one internal cooling section.

Abstract: A UAV propulsion system is disclosed that utilizes a crankcase having a first crankcase compartment and a second crankcase compartment. Each crankcase compartment includes a corresponding cylinder assembly and piston, with each piston being interconnected with a rotatable crankshaft. A first airflow path extends from an exterior of the UAV propulsion system to the first crankcase compartment, and a separate second airflow path extends from the exterior of the UAV propulsion system to the second crankcase compartment. A first rotary valve may be mounted on and rotate with the crankshaft to control the airflow along the first airflow path to the first crankcase compartment, while a second rotary valve may be mounted on and rotate with the crankshaft to control the airflow along the second airflow path to the second crankcase compartment.

Abstract: An electric motorcycle in which a driving force is transmitted to a wheel by connection with less waste. The electric motorcycle is one in which a battery is disposed in a position behind a handle and in front of a seat. A driving motor is located below the seat, and a lower part of a swing arm is supported by an attachment section provided in a pivot plate, a drive shaft that transmits a driving force output from the driving motor to a wheel being supported by the swing arm.

Abstract: An intake system assembly including an intake manifold including a housing defining an interior conduit in fluidic communication with an intake valve and a lattice structure extending from an outer surface of the housing. The lattice structure includes a plurality of intersecting walls and the lattice structure and the housing form a continuous piece of material.

Abstract: An engine for a two-wheeled vehicle includes at least one cylinder comprising a combustion chamber and a cylinder head positioned adjacent the combustion chamber. The engine further includes a crankcase coupled to the at least one cylinder which includes a crankshaft. Additionally, the engine includes a valve train operably coupled to the crankshaft which includes at least one intake valve fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber, at least one exhaust valve fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber, at least one pushrod operably coupled to at least one of the intake valve and the exhaust valve, at least one camshaft operably coupled to the at least one pushrod and the crankshaft, and a cam phaser assembly operably coupled to the at least one camshaft and positioned generally outside an envelope of the cylinder head.

Abstract: An air intake structure for a saddled vehicle including a downsized air cleaner box and a sufficient intake path is provided. An air intake structure for a saddled vehicle applied to a saddled vehicle including an engine suspended from a vehicle body frame and an air cleaner box disposed behind the engine includes: a side cover mounted on a sidewall on an outer side in the vehicle width direction of the air cleaner box; and a side cover opening formed at the side cover toward the vehicle rear side. Outside air to be taken into the air cleaner box is taken from the side cover opening. The sidewall is provided with an intake opening, and the intake opening is covered with the side cover. The side cover includes a body that covers the sidewall, and a canopy member provided at the surface of the body. The side cover opening is formed of the outer edge of the canopy member.

Abstract: A thermal fuel delivery system includes an insertion assembly and a fuel device. The insertion assembly includes a housing defining a cavity for housing the fuel device. The housing is disposed above and coupled to a pair of frame members via a plurality of connecting members. The frame members extend laterally away from the housing. The insertion assembly further includes an intake manifold coupled to the housing via a tube. A plurality of runner tubes extend laterally away from the intake manifold and pass through the frame members at an inner portion of the frame members and terminate at an outer portion of the frame members.

Abstract: A thermal fuel delivery system includes an insertion assembly and a fuel device. The insertion assembly includes a housing defining a cavity for housing the fuel device. The housing is disposed above and coupled to a pair of frame members via a plurality of connecting members. The frame members extend laterally away from the housing. The insertion assembly further includes an intake manifold coupled to the housing via a tube. A plurality of runner tubes extend laterally away from the intake manifold and pass through the frame members at an inner portion of the frame members and terminate at an outer portion of the frame members.

Abstract: A secondary injector that is one of a plurality of injectors provided for each cylinder is arranged in an air cleaner and above an air funnel, and the secondary injector and the air funnel facing the secondary injector are arranged to be inclined such that a base portion of the secondary injector on an outer side in a vehicle width direction is biased to a center side in the vehicle width direction and an injection port thereof is directed to a throttle body.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a first bank and a second bank. The first bank includes a continuously variable valve apparatus that continuously changes a valve characteristic of an intake valve. The second bank includes a multi-stage variable valve apparatus that changes the valve characteristic in multiple stages. An engine control apparatus adjusts the intake air amount of the first bank by adjusting the valve characteristic that is changed by the continuously variable valve apparatus, based on the intake air amount of the second bank.

Abstract: An exhaust manifold for at least a portion of an internal combustion engine having a defined number of combustion chambers includes a plurality of inlet ports and four outlet ports. A first pair of the four outlet ports are disposed in gas flow communication with a first subset of the plurality of inlet ports, and a second pair of the four outlet ports different from the first pair are disposed in gas flow communication with a second subset of the plurality of inlet ports different from the first subset.

Abstract: An induction system for an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder includes a centrifugal compressor configured to pressurize an airflow being received from the ambient. The induction system also includes an intake manifold configured to channel the pressurized airflow to the at least one cylinder. The centrifugal compressor is disposed within and integral to the intake manifold. An internal combustion engine employing such an induction system is also disclosed.

Abstract: An oil passage structure of a dry sump engine includes an oil recovery passage, at least one first communicating hole, and a first oil suction passage. The oil recovery passage extends in a direction in which a cylinder bank extends and is disposed so that at least part of the oil recovery passage is located outward of an external lower end portion of a valve gear chamber of a cylinder head along a junction between a side wall portion of the cylinder head and a bottom surface of the valve gear chamber in a state where the dry sump engine is mounted on a vehicle in an inclined manner. The at least one first communicating hole is provided in the side wall portion so as to connect the valve gear chamber of the cylinder head and the oil recovery passage.

Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, an internal combustion engine includes a first set of cylinders in a first bank of the internal combustion engine and a second set of cylinders in a second bank of the internal combustion engine. The engine also includes a flat-plane crankshaft coupled to the first set of cylinders and the second set of cylinders. The pressure in the deactivated cylinders is controlled by gas injections and the bank angle between the first bank and second bank that is adjusted from a 90 degree bank angle by a selected angle to reduce an amplitude of second order torque variations when the internal combustion engine is operating in a fuel saving mode.

Abstract: A V-type block of a crank circular slider mechanism, comprising a piston with a circular slider receiving hole and a circular slider received in the receiving hole, the block having a main journal hole and comprising a group of adjacent cylinders arranged in a V form intersecting in the position of the main journal hole, each of the cylinders in the group penetrating the main journal hole, wherein said cylinders each penetrate the main journal hole with an axial length beyond the main journal hole, which the length is long enough for providing a reciprocating range required for the reciprocating motion of the part of the piston located beneath the receiving hole of the circular slider.

Abstract: A top deck area of a crankcase is provided. The top deck area includes an exhaust elbow extending from a side surface towards a top surface of the top deck area. The top deck area also includes a plate. The plate is configured to define a first chamber and a second chamber within the top deck area. The first chamber is configured to at least partially enclose the exhaust elbow. The second chamber is configured to provide a passage for a fluid flow such that the plate is disposed to isolate the second chamber from the exhaust elbow.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a vehicle, such as a motorcycle, includes a crankcase defining a sump, and a lubrication system scavenging oil from the crankcase and supplying oil to the crankshaft and to first and second cylinder heads. The lubrication system includes a pump with housing and rotor, the housing being fixed to the crankcase and the rotor being rotatable around a crankshaft axis and being rotated by the crankshaft. A plurality of oil supply passages extend through the crankcase, potentially including at least one being formed in the crankcase.

Abstract: A vehicle internal combustion engine wherein the vertical height of a crankcase is made short in addition to making short the anteroposterior (front to back) length of the crankcase. A vehicle internal combustion engine is configured such that a crankshaft, a main shaft, a counter shaft and an output shaft are arranged in parallel in a crankcase with the main shaft being disposed to the rear of the crankshaft and the counter shaft is disposed to the rear of the main shaft. The output shaft is disposed below and forward of the counter shaft.

Abstract: A cylinder head assembly in which the two cylinders of a V-twin configuration are arranged in a V with the cylinder provided on a plane which is transverse to the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine and normal thereto. Each of the cylinders is assembled together with an interlocking interference fit for installation on a common crankcase to permit larger engine displacements within the given physical dimensional space of the engine.

Abstract: A two-stroke, internal combustion engine which includes at least one set of paired first and second cylinders. The engine includes an air or air/fuel mixture inlet conduit bifurcated into inlet passages extending to respective first and second inlet ports of the first and second cylinders. A valve controls the passage of air or air/fuel mixture into the inlet passages. In one embodiment of the engine, a bypass passage provided with a bypass valve extends between the inlet ports of the paired cylinders.

Abstract: The present variable compression ratio V-type internal combustion engine is a variable compression ratio V-type internal combustion engine which joins cylinder blocks of two cylinder groups and makes the joined cylinder block 10 move relatively to a crankcase along an arc-shaped path so as to move away from an engine crankshaft, wherein the arc-shaped path is set so that the mechanical compression ratio of one cylinder group and the mechanical compression ratio of the other cylinder group become equal when the cylinder block is at the lowest position closest to the engine crankshaft and when the cylinder block is at a specific position between the lowest position and a highest position which is furthest from the engine crankshaft.

Abstract: The horizontally opposed center fired engine improves on the traditional design of the horizontally opposed engines and center fired engines with a better engine geometry. The present invention utilizes four pairs of opposing pistons to compress a larger volume of air-fuel mixture within four different cylinders. The four different cylinders are radially positioned around a center axle in order to achieve a perfectly symmetric engine geometry. The center axle consists of two different shafts spinning in two different directions, which could drastically reduce engine vibrations in the present invention. Engine vibrations are caused by a change in engine speed and result in a loss of energy. Due to the design, the present invention will only experience energy loss in the form of entropy and friction. Thus, the present invention can convert a higher percentage of chemical energy into mechanical energy than any other internal combustion engine.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a carrier base having a lower portion configured as a crankcase and an upper portion having a number of upwardly directed assembly provisions such as a crankshaft bay and at least one cylinder deck, with the crankshaft bay and cylinder deck being arranged so that the engine may be assembled from a position above the engine, without the necessity of attaching connecting rods or crankshaft main bearing bolts from underneath the engine.

Abstract: A V-type block of a crank circular slider mechanism, comprising a piston with a circular slider receiving hole and a circular slider received in the receiving hole, the block having a main journal hole and comprising a group of adjacent cylinders arranged in a V form intersecting in the position of the main journal hole , each of the cylinders in the group penetrating the main journal hole, wherein said cylinders each penetrate the main journal hole with an axial length beyond the main journal hole, which the length is long enough for providing a reciprocating range required for the reciprocating motion of the part of the piston located beneath the receiving hole of the circular slider.

Abstract: A V-type engine includes: first and second banks which are arranged in a V-shape and which respectively have cylinder bores; a crankshaft which is shared by the first and second banks; a crankcase which supports the crankshaft, the first and second banks being connected to the crankcase; and a valley portion which is defined between the first and second banks, an engine auxiliary machine being disposed in the valley portion. The first and second banks are arranged so that a cylinder center line of the first bank and a cylinder center line of the second bank respectively pass through a point which is eccentric from a rotational center of the crankshaft to a side opposite from both the banks. Thus, it is possible to improve an auxiliary machine housing function of the valley portion defined between the first and second banks while maintaining a predetermined opening angle therebetween.

Abstract: An engine assembly may include an engine structure and a crankshaft. The engine structure may include an engine block defining a first bank of cylinders defining two cylinders and a second bank of cylinders defining two cylinders forming a V4 arrangement. The crankshaft may include a first crank pin, a second crank pin, a third crank pin and a fourth crank. The fourth crank pin may be rotationally offset from the first crank pin by a first angle of less than two hundred and seventy degrees in the rotational direction of the crankshaft. The second and third crank pins may be located rotationally between the first crank pin and the fourth crank pin in the rotational direction.

Abstract: The present variable compression ratio V-type internal combustion engine is a variable compression ratio V-type internal combustion engine which joins cylinder blocks of two cylinder groups and makes the joined cylinder block 10 move relatively to a crankcase along an arc-shaped path so as to move away from an engine crankshaft, wherein the arc-shaped path is set so that the mechanical compression ratio of one cylinder group and the mechanical compression ratio of the other cylinder group become equal when the cylinder block is at the lowest position closest to the engine crankshaft and when the cylinder block is at a specific position between the lowest position and a highest position which is furthest from the engine crankshaft.

Abstract: A cylinder block is provided. The cylinder block includes a cylinder, two crankshaft supports at a bottom of the cylinder block, a cylinder head engaging surface at a top of the cylinder block, and first and second exterior sidewalls, the first exterior sidewall extending from the cylinder head engaging surface to a first structural frame engaging surface positioned above a centerline of the two crankshaft supports.

Abstract: A strong structural body is formed by integrating a side wall portion in the form of inverted V and a plate-shaped bottom wall portion. Plate-shaped side wall portions of the side wall portion in the form of inverted V are integrated with respective manifold arrays, whereby the two manifold arrays are linearly connected by the plate-shaped bottom wall portion.

Abstract: A V-type internal combustion engine includes a crankcase, a crankshaft disposed in the crankcase, and first and second banks operatively attached to the crankcase. The engine also includes a throttle body, an electric motor and a force-transmitting device arranged between the first and second banks. The force-transmitting device is disposed adjacent the front bank with respect to the throttle body. The force-transmitting device is disposed on a non-transmitting portion side opposite to a side where a timing mechanism is located with respect to a branch pipe of an intake air routing pipe, which supplies intake air into a cylinder adjacent to the timing mechanism of the first bank. An electric motor for operating the throttle valve is provided in the throttle body, and fuel injection valves are arranged between the banks.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine having a cylinder crankcase and a v-shaped cylinder configuration and having a lubricant circuit which operates according to the dry sump principle and has a lubricant reservoir, wherein the lubricant reservoir is located within the cylinder crankcase in the space between the cylinders.

Abstract: In a V-type engine in which first and second banks arranged in a V-shape are provided continuously to a crankcase, and in which a carburetor is placed at a valley between the first and second banks, the carburetor is placed spaced from the first and second banks. Further, the carburetor is connected to intake ports of the first and second banks via first and second intake pipes, respectively, and first and second heat shield plates each made of synthetic resin are attached to side faces of the respective first and second banks, the side faces facing the carburetor, each of the first and second heat shield plates covering a corresponding one of the side faces and defining a cooling air passage between the heat shield plate and the side face. Accordingly, it is possible to surely prevent heat from the banks from affecting the carburetor in order to prevent percolation in the carburetor even in the case where the engine stops its operation in a high-temperature state.

Abstract: The fuel feed system, used for a fuel feed system having an air intake path disposed in a V-form bank space, has injectors for jetting therethrough a fuel into the air intake path, and a delivery pipe for feeding therethrough the fuel to the injectors, wherein the delivery pipe is fixed to, and thereby supported by, the engine, while allowing the top portions of the injectors to be fitted into the delivery pipe, and the included angle formed between a pair of injectors, opposed on the front and rear sides of the delivery pipe placed in between, is set wider than the bank angle of the cylinder banks as viewed in the longitudinal direction or crankshaft.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments can provide at least one of a system, machine, device, and manufacture that can comprise: a V-type water-cooled diesel engine comprising: a first cylinder and a second cylinder disposed in a V-shape; a plurality of injection pumps adapted to serve each respective cylinder; and a fuel governor adapted to control fuel from the injection pumps, the fuel governor disposed between the cylinders; wherein the governor is an electrical governor and disposed outside a crankcase that is located between the cylinders, and the plurality of injection pumps are mounted on a cover of the crankcase.

Abstract: A system for supplying compressed air to an engine is presented. In one embodiment, the system includes a cylinder block that forms at least part of an air compressor housing. The system may improve engine balance and reduce engine assembly cost.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a vehicle, such as a motorcycle, includes a crankcase, two banks of cylinders projecting from the crankcase in a 56-57 degree V-configuration, a plurality of pushrods, and a plurality of camshafts supported by the crankcase. The two banks of cylinders include a first cylinder bank that projects from the crankcase to a first cylinder head, and a second cylinder bank that projects from the crankcase to a second cylinder head. The plurality of intake and exhaust valve pushrods extend between the crankcase and the first and second cylinder heads, driven by one intake camshaft and two exhaust camshafts.

Abstract: An engine unit with a decreased height dimension and longitudinal length comprises an engine and a throttle body assembly. The throttle body assembly includes front and rear throttle bodies formed with front and rear air cylinders and throttle valves. A fuel supply pipe is arranged between central axes of the air cylinders in a longitudinal direction to extend widthwise in a lower position than upper ends of the throttle bodies. A motor for driving throttle valves is arranged between the central axes of the air cylinders in the longitudinal direction. An axis of a rotating shaft of the motor is positioned forwardly or rearwardly of a central axis of the fuel supply pipe.

Abstract: A composite intake manifold coupled to a V-engine is provided. The composite intake manifold includes a supporting member overmolded in an unsupported region of the composite intake manifold.

Abstract: A camshaft drive mechanism used in V-twin engines provided with dual camshafts. An axial float plate is provided to control the longitudinal movement of the camshafts. This plate is provided on flanges of the camshafts, thereby eliminating the thrust washers used in prior art V-twin engines.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a vehicle, such as a motorcycle, includes a crankcase, two banks of cylinders projecting from the crankcase in a 56-57 degree V-configuration, a plurality of pushrods, and a plurality of camshafts supported by the crankcase. The two banks of cylinders include a first cylinder bank that projects from the crankcase to a first cylinder head, and a second cylinder bank that projects from the crankcase to a second cylinder head. The plurality of intake and exhaust valve pushrods extend between the crankcase and the first and second cylinder heads, driven by one intake camshaft and two exhaust camshafts.

Abstract: A method to produce cast iron articles with various graphite morphologies is disclosed that provides cast iron with tailored properties at different locations of the article. Flake graphite morphology is preferably created at locations requiring excellent thermal conductivity or lubricity. Spheroidal graphite morphology is preferably created at locations requiring excellent strength or mechanical fatigue life. These methods may be particularly valuable for the production of heavy duty diesel engine components.

Abstract: The following description relates to a central turbocharger configuration in a V-engine with two turbochargers. In one example approach, A V-engine having a first and second bank forming a valley therebetween, comprises: first and second in-board exhaust manifolds on the first and second banks, respectively; first and second turbines coupled to the first and second manifolds, respectively; the first and second turbines between the first and second exhaust manifolds; a passage intermediate to and coupling outlets of the first and second turbines; and a junction branching from the passage downward into the valley.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine cylinder head is based upon a one-piece structure including a number of exhaust runners, an exhaust collector, and a turbocharger exhaust turbine housing, all formed as one-piece.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a number of power cylinders furnishing exhaust gases to at least two turbochargers having a common air inlet housing which is divided into a separate compressor housing for each of the turbochargers.

Abstract: A valve train for an internal combustion engine includes a camshaft, a valve-operating cam for operating an engine valve, and a link mechanism for swinging the valve-operating cam. The valve train also includes a holder member operable to turn around the camshaft, and a drive mechanism operable to turn the holder member for varying positions of the link mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a ball screw provided perpendicularly to the camshaft, a slider threadably engaged with the ball screw, an arm member swingably attached to the slider, and a connecting bolt having one end secured to an arm-connecting portion of the arm member, and the other end secured to the holder member. In such movable valve train for an internal combustion engine, the holder member and the drive mechanism are connected to each other with a small and lightweight configuration, requiring a minimal number of parts.

Abstract: An oil return passage that is open at its upper end to a cam chamber and is open at its lower end to a crank chamber is formed to extend from a cylinder head to a cylinder block. A heat exchanger having a double-pipe structure is housed in the oil return passage. Lubricating oil fed from the cam chamber is passed through an oil-collection outer passage of the heat exchanger, and separated oil fed from a separator case of a PCV system is passed through an oil-collection inner passage of the heat exchanger, so that heat of the lubricating oil is imparted to the separated oil. Thus, water contained in the separated oil is evaporated, and the amount of water flowing into an oil pan can be reduced.

Abstract: In a V-type engine, intake and exhaust rocker arms in each bank are arranged in a substantially inverted-V-shape in a plan view, so that side end portions of corresponding intake and exhaust push rods are positioned adjacent to each other. Slipper portions of first and second intake cam followers have end portions at one end along the axial direction of a camshaft protrude respectively in opposite directions to each other so that they face each other across an intake cam therebetween. Slipper portions of first and second exhaust cam followers have end portions at one end along the axial direction of the camshaft protrude respectively in opposite directions to each other so that they face each other across an exhaust cam therebetween. This reduces the distance between the push rods in each bank to provide a compact valve-operating device.

Abstract: A vee-engine has left and right cylinder banks have valve configurations that are mirror images of each other. The exhaust valves and associated exhaust ports are situated more toward the rear of the engine than the intake valves in any particular cylinder. With all the exhaust valves nearer the rear of the engine, the overall exhaust manifold runner length between the ports and the turbocharger is reduced relative to an engine with offset cylinder banks where exhaust valves in one bank are located nearer the front of the engine than exhaust valves of the other bank.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a fuel system having a first fuel rail with an integrated diverter portion coupled to a high-pressure pump and separated from a common rail portion by a flow restriction device. The first fuel rail includes a pressure sensor coupled to the diverter portion at one end and a control valve coupled to the common rail portion at the other end of the same fuel rail. In V-engine embodiments, a second fuel rail communicates with the integrated diverter portion of the first fuel rail. In one embodiment, components including the first and second fuel rails, a pressure sensor, and a pressure or volume control valve are externally mounted outside the engine valve cover.

Abstract: In a V-type multi-cylinder engine, a first fuel supply conduit is connected to fuel-injection valves in a first throttle body group corresponding to the first bank, and a second fuel supply conduit is connected to fuel injection valves in a second throttle body group corresponding to the second bank. A pair of first and second side plates connect adjacent ends of the first and second throttle body groups together. A distance between respective throttle bodies located in two ends of the first throttle body group is set shorter than a comparable distance between the throttle bodies located in two ends of the second throttle body group. A joint part for connectively receiving the fuel hose is provided at an end of the first fuel supply conduit in a way that the joint part is arranged between the two side plates.