Publication number: 20190353094
Abstract: The present invention comprises a V-type 4-stroke internal combustion engine having (20) cylinders, having a counterclockwise or clockwise direction of rotation, comprising a crankshaft, a torsional vibration damper and a flywheel arranged on the crankshaft, wherein the crankshaft has (10) crank throws forming a crank star, wherein in each case the piston rods of the two cylinders of a V-segment are connected to the same crank throw, wherein the crank throws C1 to C10 have one of the following angular sequences in the direction of rotation of the engine when seen from the side of the flywheel, with the crank throws numbered as C1 to C10 when starting from the side of the flywheel: i) C1, C9, C4, C6, C3, C10, C2, C7, C5, C8 ii) C1, C8, C5, C7, C2, C10, C3, C6, C4, C9 iii) C1, C9, C5, C7, C3, C10, C2, C6, C4, C8 iv) C1, C9, C7, C3, C6, C10, C2, C4, C8, C5 v) C1, C7, C5, C8, C2, C10, C4, C6, C3, C9 vi) C1, C9, C7, C3, C5, C10, C2, C4, C8, C6 vii) C1, C6, C8, C4, C2, C10, C5, C3, C7, C9 viii) C1, C5, C8, C4, C2,
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 19, 2018
Publication date:
November 21, 2019
Inventors:
Béchir MOKDAD, Christoph HENNINGER
