Configuration for V type double overhead cam shaft engine utilizing interchangable intake cam shafts and interchangable exhaust cam shafts
A configuration is described for a V type double overhead cam shaft engine comprising a crank shaft, a left cylinder bank with a left bank cylinder head, and a right cylinder with a right bank cylinder head, wherein: (a) a left bank intake cam shaft is fitted to the left bank cylinder head and a right bank intake cam shaft is fitted the the right bank cylinder head, the left bank intake cam shaft being substantially identically formed to the right bank intake cam shaft and being fitted in reversed alignment thereto; (b) a left bank exhaust cam shaft is fitted to the left bank cylinder head and a right bank exhaust cam shaft is fitted to the right bank cylinder head, the left bank exhaust cam shaft being substantially identically formed to the right bank exhaust cam shaft and being fitted in reversed alignment thereto; (c) a pair of the same type of the cam shafts are driven in a determinate phase relationship with the engine crank shaft; (d) a pair of left bank gears, with the same number of teeth, are provided one on the left bank intake cam shaft and one on the left bank exhaust cam shaft, and mesh together so as to rotationally couple together the left bank intake cam shaft and the left bank exhaust cam shaft in a determinate phase relationship.
- Assignee:
- Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4610224
- OSTI ID:
- 5196501
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 26 Sep 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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