Patent · US Expired

V-type internal-combustion engine

US5161499A · kind A · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Reiner Bachschmid · Waiblingen, DE
Ernst Gobien · Waiblingen, DE
Erhard Rau · Weilheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 20, 1991
Grant date	Nov 10, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 20, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02B2275/18
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A V-type internal-combustion engine has two banks of cylinders, each with a cylinder-head housing which is covered by cylinder-head cover and, on each end face, by an end cover. Camshafts are driven via chain wheels by a common chain which is led through a free space between the two banks of cylinders in a well housing. To reduce jumps in sealing surfaces which present sealing problems, the well housing is arranged at a distance from the parting planes between the cylinder-head housings and cylinder-head covers and is fastened solely between the cylinder-head housings and the end covers.

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