Engine block
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHaruhiko Komatsu, Tsuneo Endoh, Tsuyoshi Baba, Yuichi Itoh, Tosio Takamoto
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Abstract
An engine block includes a cylinder head, a plurality of bearing caps for a crankshaft, a cylinder block disposed between the cylinder head and the bearing caps, a plurality of fastening members for fastening the cylinder head and the bearing caps to each other, and a plurality of columnar members interposed between the cylinder head and the bearing caps to receive the fastening forces of the fastening members. Thus, it is possible to provide an engine block including a cylinder block reduced in weight by a remarkable reduction in required strength.
Claims4
An engine block comprising a cylinder head, a plurality of bearing caps for a crankshaft, a cylinder block disposed between said cylinder head and said bearing caps and having a cyinder sleeve in which a piston is received, a plurality of fastening members for fastening said cylinder head and said bearing caps to each other, and a plurality of columnar members interposed between said cylinder head and said bearing caps to receive the fastening forces of said fastening members, wherein through-bores are provided in said cylinder block, and said columnar members, which are independent of each other, are fitted into the through-bores.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.