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Crankcase for an internal combustion engine

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5959596
This patent describes a crankcase for an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft and at least one cylinder with an axial centerline intersecting an axial centerline of the crankshaft, the crankcase being split at a plane perpendicular to the axis of the crankshaft. The crankcase consists of: a crankshaft bearing wall having upper and lower portions on opposite sides of a plane perpendicular to the cylinder axial centerline through the axis of the crankshaft; blind holes extending into the crankshaft bearing wall into both the upper and lower portions adjacent and past either side of the bearing hole; threaded bolts disposed in the blind holes extending from a top of the unitary bearing wall to the threaded end portions of the blind holes and screwed together with the holes with the bolts in tension.
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo
Patent Number(s):
US 4567865
OSTI ID:
5959596
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English