V-Type internal combustion engine

Claim 1

In an internal combustion engine having a cylinder block with two banks of cylinders arranged in a V-shape and having a crankshaft supported in said block, the improvement comprising, in combination: a camshaft positioned above the crankshaft and mounted centrally on said block between the two banks of cylinders, timing gear means including driving and driven gears positioned only in front of the cylinder block for driving the camshaft in timed relation with the crankshaft, a coolant pump secured to the cylinder block laterally offset from the crankshaft and adjacent one bank of cylinders, a first discharge passage from said coolant pump to said bank of cylinders, means in front of said timing gear means for driving the coolant pump from said crankshaft, the front of said timing gear means facing a direction same as the front of said engine block, said pump driving means including driving and driven pulleys mounted on the crankshaft and the coolant pump, respectively, and a second discharge passage positioned between a plane formed by said driving and driven gears of the timing gear means and a second plane formed by said driving and driven pulleys of the said pump driving means, said second discharge passage extending from said coolant pump to the other bank of cylinders.