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Internal combustion engine

a technology of internal combustion engine and drive belt, which is applied in the direction of valve drive, combustion air/fuel air treatment, machine/engine, etc., can solve the problems of inability to interchange castings or other housing components between single and twin cylinder engines, and difficulty in assembling the belt to drive and drive pulleys, so as to reduce the number of total components

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-07-14
TECUMSEH POWER
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[0011] The cylinder members are modular components, to which components of the valve train may be pre-assembled before the cylinder members are attached to the crankcase, thereby facilitating easier final assembly of the engines. In addition, the same cylinder members may be used in both twin cylinder engines and in single cylinder engines.
[0015] In the twin cylinder engines, one cam gear and lobe assembly is disposed in a first orientation, and the other cam gear and lobe assembly is disposed in an orientation which is rotated 180° with respect to the orientation of the first cam gear and lobe assembly. In this manner, the lobe(s) of the first cam gear and lobe assembly face in a first direction, and the lobe(s) of the second cam gear and lobe assembly face in an opposite direction. With the foregoing construction, space in the crankcase is conserved, and the cam gears may each be driven from a single, relatively thinly profiled drive gear which is mounted to the crankshaft. Additionally, the foregoing construction conserves space within the crankcase by compensating for the “stagger area” which is necessitated in V-twin engines by the connecting rods of the two cylinders positioned adjacent to one another on the crank pin of the crankshaft.
[0017] Further, the cylinder members may also be used in single cylinder engines to form side valve or “L-head” horizontal or vertical crankshaft engines, or OHV horizontal or vertical crankshaft engines. In this manner, the cylinder members are modular components which may be used in either twin cylinder engines or in single cylinder engines, thereby reducing the number of total components which are needed to produce a line of V-twin and single cylinder engines as well as the costs associated with manufacturing single and twin cylinder engines.

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A disadvantage with existing engine designs is that the castings or housing portions which contain the single and twin cylinder engines have a specific construction which is unique to each of the single and twin cylinder engines.
Therefore, interchangeability of castings or other housing components between single and twin cylinder engines is not possible.
In these engines, assembling the belt to the drive and the driven pulleys can be difficult during the manufacturing process.

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[0053] Referring to FIGS. 1-7, a first internal combustion engine 50 is shown as a horizontal crankshaft, V-twin engine having a side valve or “L-head” valve train, as discussed in detail below. However, engine 50 may, with minor modifications, also be configured as a vertical crankshaft, V-twin engine having a side valve or “L-head” valve train, as shown in FIG. 14. Also described below is engine 300, shown in FIGS. 15-24 which is similar to engine 50, and which may be configured as a horizontal or vertical crankshaft V-twin engine having an overhead valve (“OHV”) valve train. Further, the cylinder members of engines 50 or 300 may also be used in a twin cylinder opposed engine such as engine 400 shown in FIG. 25. Still further, a cylinder member of engines 50 or 300 may be used in a vertical or a horizontal crankshaft single cylinder engine, such as engines 500, 600, and shown in FIGS. 26, 27, and 28, respectively.

[0054] Referring first to FIGS. 1, 6, and 7, engine 50 includes cra...

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Abstract

A twin cylinder engine, includes a pair of cylinder members mounted to mounting surfaces of a crankcase, and cylinder heads mounted to the cylinder members. The cylinder members are modular components, which may be pre-assembled with components of the valve train as packaged units before the cylinder members are attached to the crankcase. Each cylinder member rotatably supports a cam gear which extends into the crankcase for driving engagement with the crankshaft. The cylinder members may be configured for either side valve-type (“L-head”), or overhead valve-type (“OHV”) engines, and the cylinder members may also be used in single cylinder engines.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit under Title 35, U.S.C. § 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 372,560, entitled INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, filed on Apr. 15, 2002, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 402,841, entitled INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, filed on Aug. 12, 2002.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to small internal combustion engines, which are used in a variety of applications, such as lawnmowers, lawn and garden tractors, other small working implements such as snow throwers and generators, or in sport vehicles. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] Small internal combustion engines typically include one or two engine cylinders. Single cylinder engines generally have a valve train of the side valve (“L-head”), overhead cam (“OHC”) or overhead valve (“OHV”) type, and are typically contained within a pair of castings. A ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F01B1/12F01L1/02F01L1/04F01L1/047F01L1/08F01L1/14F01L1/18F01L1/20F02B63/02F02B75/02F02B75/16F02B75/18F02B75/22F02F1/30F02M35/024
CPCF01B1/12Y10T29/49231F01L1/024F01L1/026F01L1/04F01L1/047F01L1/08F01L1/146F01L1/18F01L1/20F02B63/02F02B75/16F02B75/22F02B2075/027F02B2075/1808F02B2275/22F02F1/30F02M35/024Y10T29/4927F01L1/02
Inventor SNYDER, DALE D.IMMEL, THOMAS A.KOEHLER, SCOT A.STANELLE, GARYMONIS, KARL W.GLODOWSKI, MARK J.DOPKE, RUSSELL J.
Owner TECUMSEH POWER
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