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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2005
Kunitoshi Kajiwara, Aichi, JP;
Yoshifumi Yamashita, Kyoto, JP;
Tomoya Bokkai, Shiga, JP;
Tetsuro Miyashita, Kyoto, JP;
Masayuki Kamo, Aichi, JP;
Shinichi Murata, Aichi, JP;
Kunitoshi Kajiwara, Aichi, JP;
Yoshifumi Yamashita, Kyoto, JP;
Tomoya Bokkai, Shiga, JP;
Tetsuro Miyashita, Kyoto, JP;
Masayuki Kamo, Aichi, JP;
Shinichi Murata, Aichi, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha, Okazaki-shi, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cylinder block in an engine including: the cylinder block; a plurality of bearing caps for supporting a crankshaft mounted to the cylinder block; a number of cap bolts fixing the plural bearing caps to the cylinder block; a plurality of bearing cap beams, disposed one beneath each of the plural bearing caps, supporting the plural bearing caps; and a number of beam bolts fixing the plural bearing cap beams to a skirt portion of the cylinder block, wherein each of the plural bearing cap beams and the corresponding one of the plural bearing cap are fixed to the cylinder block by two or more of the cap bolts, and two or more of the cap bolts and two or more beam bolts associated with a same one of the plural bearing cap beams are disposed at close proximity sequentially.