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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2011
Alan W. Hayman, Romeo, MI (US);
James J. Mazzola, Iii, Dryden, MI (US);
William A. Bear, Novi, MI (US);
Alan W. Hayman, Romeo, MI (US);
James J. Mazzola, III, Dryden, MI (US);
William A. Bear, Novi, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine mounted in a central tunnel of the vehicle floor pan. The internal combustion engine comprises an engine block assembly having a lower end closed by an oil pan and an upper end extending at an angle α from a rear of the engine block assembly to a front thereof. An engine block closes the upper end and defines a crankcase that is configured to house a crankshaft for rotation therein. A cylinder housing assembly is reclined from vertical, towards the rear of the engine block, about an axis of the crankshaft by an angle β. At least a portion of the cylinder housing assembly and the crankcase are disposed in the central tunnel of the vehicle floor pan.