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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2004
Shinichi Murata, Okazaki, JP;
Masayuki Kamo, Okazaki, JP;
Kunitoshi Kajiwara, Chiryu, JP;
Daisuke Kitada, Okazaki, JP;
Shinichi Murata, Okazaki, JP;
Masayuki Kamo, Okazaki, JP;
Kunitoshi Kajiwara, Chiryu, JP;
Daisuke Kitada, Okazaki, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a V-type engine in which banks of an engine block are offset in the same direction as the rotational direction of a crankshaft so that the banks may be displaced toward an end of a vehicle body. On the offset side, engine accessory is mounted on a side of the engine block and below the banks. The width between the end of the engine accessory to which an impact is input first among component parts of the engine block and the end of the rear bank where the engine block moved due to the impact is abutted first on a vehicle body member is set to be shorter than in a conventional engine. Therefore, the crushable zone may be increased even in a limited engine compartment.