Mazda Motor Corporation

Naoyuki Abe

Yasushi Nakahara

Hiroshi Hosokawa

Yuma Miyauchi

Kiyonori Nagato

Kazuhiro Tomizawa

Jun Nishikawa

Yasuhiro Sudou

Osamu Torobu

Hiroyuki Abe

Kazuhiro Matsuoka

There is provided, in one aspect of the present description, an engine. In one example, the engine comprises a cylinder block, a cylinder head, a sheet metal gasket interposed between the block and the head, a first projection projecting outwardly and laterally from a side portion of the block, and a second projection projecting outwardly and laterally from a side portion of the head, the first projection and the second projection facing each other along a coupling surface between the block and the head. The engine further comprises an extension extending from a main body of the sheet metal gasket and located between the first projection and the second projection, and a resilient portion which is provided in the extension, formed resiliently in a direction perpendicular to the coupling surface, and compressed between the first projection and the second projection when the head is fastened on the block.

Engine with vibration suppression structure

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Hiroshima, Japan

Naoyuki Abe