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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Ippei Fukutomi, Machida, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A cylinder block assembly includes a cylinder block having cylinders and a plurality of crank caps fixed to the cylinder block. The crank caps are arranged such that one of the crank caps is disposed on each of both sides of each of the cylinders in the alignment direction and among the plurality of crank caps arranged in line, each of a center crank cap located at a center position and two side crank caps respectively located at both ends has a hole or a groove in such a manner as to be more easily deformable than intermediate crank caps each of which is located between the center crank cap and one of the side crank caps when a load is received from the crankshaft.