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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dale E Murrish, Troy, MI (US);
Thomas M Briolat, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74603 ; 1231922 ; 74595 ;
Abstract
A crankshaft for a V-type engine including crankshaft counterweights which are angularly aligned with respect to the crank arms and sized to reduce the weight of the crankshaft and facilitate lubrication of the crankshaft main journals supported in the main bearings.