V-TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering. SUBSTANCE: V-type internal combustion engine has cylinder block-and-crankcase unit, cylinder heads, head covers with auxiliaries installed on front end face of covers and auxiliaries drive arranged in case butt-joined to front end face of crankcase and provided with cantilever projecting set installed higher than crankshaft axis, and also two symmetrically arranged oil filters. Filters are installed on front end face of cylinder blocks with caps tilting in vertical plane towards each other. Angle of tilting of filters relative to vertical plane is at least . Point of intersection of filter axes lies on plane of hood horizontal cover. EFFECT: compact design, provision of access to filters for servicing and to auxiliaries, possibility of servicing two oil filters through one hatch of minimum size. 3 cl, 2 dwg