Title: Compact V-type internal combustion engine

Abstract: A V-type internal combustion engine including a plurality of pistons and cylinders acting on a crankshaft and having a common cylinder head. The pistons and cylinders are arranged in two banks, the cylinders of the first bank arranged interstitially with the cylinders of the second bank in a longitudinal direction. Each of the cylinders and/or pistons is provided with recesses facing the adjacent cylinder or cylinders which extends partially along the cylinder and/or piston from the crankshaft-side thereof.

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Inventors: Kruger, Hermann (Wolfsburg, DE, US)

Application Number: 931206
Filing Date: 1978-08-04
Publication_date: 1980-03-25
Assignee: Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft (Wolfsburg, DE)
Primary Class(es): 123/54.6
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1429877	Sep, 1922	Heuser	123/52.
1531430	Mar, 1925	Wrentmore	123/52.
2941521	Jun, 1960	Rarey et al.	123/55.
2944536	Jul, 1960	Payne	123/55.
3034491	May, 1962	Balmer	123/55.

Other Refs: 387939

Jul, 1908	FR

Primary Examiner: Myhre, Charles J.
Assistant Examiner: Feinberg, Craig R.
Attorney: Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond