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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2005
Akira Yoshihara, Kyoto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nishida, Okazaki, JP;
Satoshi Higashide, Kariya, JP;
Shuhei Ishiyama, Nagoya, JP;
Kinichi Furukawa, Okazaki, JP;
Akira Yoshihara, Kyoto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nishida, Okazaki, JP;
Satoshi Higashide, Kariya, JP;
Shuhei Ishiyama, Nagoya, JP;
Kinichi Furukawa, Okazaki, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A crankshaft support structure of an internal combustion engine, comprising a crankshaft having journal portions a saddle-shaped bearing caps respectively mounted on an undersurfaces of the journal support bases formed in a lower portion of the cylinder block in such a manner as to straddle the journal portions being accommodated in the bearing portions, whereby the journal portions are rotatably supported wherein, of the undersurface of each of the journal support bases, an undersurface portion overlapping with an edge portion of each of end faces on both sides of each of the bearing caps is formed to be a thick portion thicker than other portions, and a mount surface to be positioned on the undersurface overlapping with the thick portion of each of the bearing caps is formed along the thick portion.