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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2014
Brp-powertrain Gmbh & Co. KG, Gunskirchen, AT;
Stefan Krenn, Linz, AT;
BRP-POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO. KG, Gunskirchen, AT;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine has a crankcase having a first crankcase portion fastened to a second crankcase portion along a first plane, a crankshaft, a cylinder block defining two cylinders, two pistons, and a cylinder head. A crankshaft support defines a crankshaft support aperture. A central portion of the crankshaft is received in the crankshaft support aperture. At least one fastener fastens the crankshaft support to the cylinder block. The at least one fastener is perpendicular to a crankshaft axis and is disposed in a second plane. The crankshaft axis is normal to the first plane. The second plane is one of coplanar with and parallel to the first plane.