V-shaped engine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9970508
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15267512

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Vibration generated by a secondary inertia couple caused by lateral pressures from pistons of a V-shaped engine is reduced. A cylinder axis of a first cylinder and a cylinder axis of a second cylinder define a splay angle in a range of about 45° to about 75°. First and second crankpins have a phase difference in a circumferential direction of a shaft center of a crankshaft in a range of about 30° to about 90°. A balancer shaft included in a single-shaft balancer mechanism rotates in a direction opposite to that in which the crankshaft rotates at a speed twice that at which the crankshaft rotates. As viewed in an axial direction of the crankshaft, the balancer shaft is located on a side of a second reference line which is opposite to a side including first and second pistons, the second reference line being perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a first reference line and passing through the shaft center of the crankshaft, the first reference line passing through the shaft center of the crankshaft and dividing the splay angle into two equal sub-angles.

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YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA2500 SHINGAI IWATA-SHI SHIZUOKA 4388501 ?4388501

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sano, Taketoshi Shizuoka, JP 5 18

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