JP2010180867A - High pressure pump mounting structure in internal combustion engine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure the rigidity of a mounting part for a high pressure pump with the weight increase of an engine body suppressed, in an internal combustion engine in which a pump cam for driving the high pressure pump is provided to a cam shaft, and a plurality of bearing parts for rotatably supporting at least a half round of outer circumferences of a plurality of journal sections provided to the cam shaft are integrally provided to a cover member that covers one face of the cylinder head included in the engine body. <P>SOLUTION: A mounting boss 56 is integrally provided to the cover member 14 at a position adjacent to one of the plurality of bearing parts 14c in the direction along the axial line of the cam shaft 31, and the high pressure pump 57 is attached to the mounting boss 56. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  According to the present invention, a cam for a pump for driving a high-pressure pump is provided on a camshaft, and a cover member that covers one surface of a cylinder head provided on the engine body has at least a half circumference of a plurality of journal portions provided on the camshaft. The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine in which a plurality of bearing portions that are rotatably supported are integrally provided, and more particularly, to an improvement in a mounting structure of a high-pressure pump.

  A shaft holding member that integrally has at least a pair of bearing portions that rotatably support the journal portion of the camshaft and a connecting portion that connects these bearing portions is attached to the cylinder head and the head cover, and is used to attach a high-pressure pump. Patent Document 1 discloses that a mounting boss is provided at the connecting portion of the shaft holding member.

JP 2005-36711 A

  However, in the one disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to increase the thickness of the connecting portion of the shaft holding member in order to ensure the rigidity of the portion where the mounting boss is provided, resulting in an increase in the weight of the engine body. End up.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides a high-pressure pump mounting structure in an internal combustion engine capable of ensuring the rigidity of the mounting portion of the high-pressure pump while suppressing an increase in the weight of the engine body. With the goal.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a plurality of camshafts are provided on a cover member that covers a surface of a cylinder head provided on an engine body, wherein a cam for a pump for driving a high-pressure pump is provided on the camshaft. In the internal combustion engine in which a plurality of bearing portions that rotatably support at least a half circumference of the outer circumference of the journal portion are integrally provided, the cover is disposed at a position adjacent to one of the plurality of bearing portions in a direction along the axis of the camshaft. A first feature is that a mounting boss is integrally provided on the member, and the high-pressure pump is mounted on the mounting boss.

  According to the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first feature, the engine body includes a plurality of cylinders arranged in a cylinder arrangement direction parallel to an axial direction of the camshaft, and the mounting boss includes a plurality of the bosses. A second feature is that the cover member is integrally provided adjacent to a bearing portion disposed at an intermediate portion along the cylinder arrangement direction among the bearing portions.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first or second feature, the mounting boss is provided integrally with the cover member so that the operating direction of the high-pressure pump is substantially vertical. Features.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the third feature, the engine body has a pair of banks that form a V shape with each other, and is configured in a V shape. A side wall, a ceiling wall connected to the side wall through a bent portion, and a plurality of the bearing portions, and the bent portion of the cover member has a substantially vertical operation direction of the high-pressure pump. A fourth feature is that the mounting boss is integrally provided so as to face in the direction.

  The head covers 14, 84L, 84R of the embodiments correspond to the cover member of the present invention.

  According to the first feature of the present invention, since the mounting boss is provided on the cover member at a position adjacent to one of the plurality of bearing portions included in the cover member, the rigidity of the mounting boss can be increased without increasing the thickness of the cover member. The increase in the weight of the engine body can be avoided, and the relative position accuracy of the pump cam and the high-pressure pump for driving the high-pressure pump can be increased.

  Further, according to the second feature of the present invention, the high-pressure pump is damaged even when an assembly operation for mounting the engine body on the vehicle is performed or when an impact is applied to the engine body from the vehicle side in the vehicle mounted state. Can be prevented.

  According to the third feature of the present invention, since the high-pressure pump is attached to the mounting boss with its operating direction as a substantially vertical direction, workability at the time of assembling the high-pressure pump can be improved. Since the sliding contact in the horizontal direction is suppressed, the operating resistance of the high-pressure pump can be reduced.

  Furthermore, according to the fourth feature of the present invention, in the cover member, the bent portion connecting the side wall and the ceiling wall is a portion where membrane surface vibration is unlikely to occur, and the operating direction of the high-pressure pump is set to a substantially vertical direction. In addition, it is possible to increase the mounting rigidity of the high-pressure pump and to suppress the relative position change of the high-pressure pump with respect to the camshaft.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part of the engine body of the first embodiment, and is a sectional view taken along line 1-1 of FIG. It is a 2 arrow top view of FIG. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a view taken along line 4-4 in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 6 is a plan view of an engine body according to Embodiment 2. FIG. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 7-7 in FIG. 6.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  The first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. First, in FIGS. 1 and 2, this internal combustion engine is, for example, a four-cylinder inline, and the engine body 11 includes a cylinder block 12 and a cylinder block 12. A cylinder head 13 coupled to the upper portion of the cylinder block 12, and a head cover 14 serving as a cover member coupled to the cylinder head 13 so as to cover an upper surface which is one surface of the cylinder head 13. Is formed in a box shape having a substantially rectangular side wall 14a and a ceiling wall 14b connected to the side wall 14a.

  The cylinder block 12 is formed with cylinder bores 16 for each of the first to fourth cylinders C1, C2, C3, and C4 arranged in the cylinder arrangement direction 15, and is slidably fitted into the cylinder bores 16. Combustion chambers 18 are formed between the cylinder block 12 and the cylinder head 13 for each of the cylinders C1 to C4.

  An intake port 19 for each of the cylinders C1 to C4 is provided on one side surface (left side surface in FIG. 1) of the cylinder head 13, and each other side surface (right side surface in FIG. Exhaust ports 20 for each of the cylinders C1 to C4 are provided. Moreover, a pair of intake valves 21, 21... Are arranged in the cylinder head 13 so as to be openable and closable so as to switch the communication between the combustion chamber 18 and the intake port 19. A pair of exhaust valves 22, 22... For each of the cylinders C1 to C4 are disposed so as to be openable and closable so as to switch communication / blockage between the combustion chambers 18 and the exhaust ports 20. The intake valves 21. Is energized in the valve closing direction by a valve spring 23 that is contracted between the cylinder head 13 and each exhaust valve 22 is closed by a valve spring 24 that is contracted between the cylinder head 13. Be energized by. In addition, a spark plug 25 having a tip facing the center of the combustion chamber 18 is screwed into the cylinder head 13 for each of the cylinders C1 to C4, and the cylinder head 13 has an annular shape between the head cover 14 and the cylinder head 13. The plug cylinders 27 penetrating the cylinder head 13 interposing the seal members 26 are attached so as to insert the spark plugs 25.

  Also, the cylinder head 13 is provided with injectors 106 for linearly injecting fuel together with compressed air into the combustion chambers 18 for each of the first to fourth cylinders C1 to C4. Connected to the fuel rail 107.

  Between the cylinder head 13 and the head cover 14, an intake side valve device 28 that opens and closes the intake valves 21 and an exhaust side valve device 29 that opens and closes the exhaust valves 22 are accommodated.

  The intake side valve device 28 always opens and closes the intake valves 21 and the exhaust valves 22 for the first cylinder C1 and the fourth cylinder C4, but operates the engine at a low speed for the second and third cylinders C2 and C3. The intake valve 21... And the exhaust valve 22... Are sometimes closed so as to be in a cylinder deactivation state, and the configuration of the intake side valve operating device 28 in the second cylinder C2 is shown in FIG. This will be described below with reference to FIG.

  An intake side camshaft 31 having an axis parallel to the cylinder arrangement direction 15 is rotatably supported on the head cover 14, and an intake side rocker shaft 32 having an axis parallel to the intake side camshaft 31 is supported. Rotational power decelerated with a 1/2 reduction ratio is transmitted to the intake camshaft 31 from a crankshaft (not shown).

  The intake camshaft 31 includes a pair of low-speed cams 33 and 34, a single high-speed cam 35, and a pair of pauses disposed between the high-speed cam 35 and the low-speed cams 33 and 34. Cams 36 and 37 are provided, the lift amount by the low-speed cams 33 and 34 is set slightly smaller than the lift amount by the high-speed cam 35, and the pause cams 36 and 37 are the high-speed cam 35 and the low-speed cam 35. The lift amount of the rest cams 36 and 37 is “0”.

  On the other hand, upper portions of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sub-rocker arms 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 are supported on the intake side rocker shaft 32 so as to be swingable. ... Are respectively supported by the cylinder head 13 via hydraulic tappets 45, and the other end abuts against the stem ends 21a of the intake valves 21. Two rocker arms 43 and 44 are arranged.

  The first to fifth sub rocker arms 38 to 42 have the second and fourth sub rocker arms 39 and 41 directly above the first and second rocker arms 43 and 44, and the third sub rocker arm 40 to the second and fourth rocker arms 39,. 41, the first and fifth sub rocker arms 38 and 42 are swingably supported on the intake side rocker shaft 32 so that the second and fourth sub rocker arms 39 and 41 are sandwiched between the third sub rocker arm 40 and the third sub rocker arm 40. The first and fifth sub-rocker arms 38 and 42 are supported by rollers 46 and 47 which are in rolling contact with the low-speed cams 33 and 34, and the third sub-rocker arm 40 is connected to the high-speed cam 35. A roller 48 that is in rolling contact is pivotally supported. Further, the second and fourth sub rocker arms 39 and 41 are provided with first slipper portions 49 and 50 that come into contact with the resting cams 36 and 37, and rollers that are pivotally supported by intermediate portions between the first and second rocker arms 43 and 44, respectively. 2nd slipper parts 53 and 54 which contact 51 and 52 are provided, respectively.

  Therefore, when the second and fourth sub-rocker arms 39 and 41 swing around the axis of the intake-side rocker shaft 32, the first and second rocker arms 43 are pressed by the rollers 51 and 52 being pressed by the second slipper portions 53 and 54. 44 swing around the hydraulic tappets 45 as a fulcrum, and the intake valves 21 are driven to open and close.

  The first, third and fifth sub-rocker arms 38, 40, 42 are integrally provided with contact arm portions 38a, 40a, 42a extending upward from the portion supported by the intake side rocker shaft 32, respectively. Further, between the abutting arm portions 38a, 40a, 42a and the head cover 14, rollers 46, 47, 48 pivotally supported by the first, third and fifth sub-rocker arms 38, 40, 42 are provided on the intake side camshaft. Lost motion springs 55 urging to the 31 side are provided.

  On the other hand, the first to fifth sub rocker arms 38 to 42 include a state in which the second and fourth sub rocker arms 39 and 41 are connected to the first and fifth sub rocker arms 38 and 42, and the second and fourth sub rocker arms 39. , 41 are connected to the third sub rocker arm 40, and the second and fourth sub rocker arms 39, 41 are not connected to any of the first, third and fifth sub rocker arms 38, 40, 42. A connection switching mechanism (not shown) that switches by action is provided. Thus, in a state where the second and fourth sub-rocker arms 39, 41 are connected to the first and fifth sub-rocker arms 38, 42, the second and fourth sub-rocker arms 39, 41 follow the low speed cams 33, 34. As the first and fifth sub-rocker arms 38 and 42 swing together, both intake valves 21 are driven to open and close with characteristics corresponding to the cam profile of the low-speed cams 33 and 34, and the second and fourth sub-rocker arms 39. , 41 are connected to the third sub-rocker arm 40, the second and fourth sub-rocker arms 39, 41 are swung together with the third rocker arm 40 driven by the high-speed cam 35, so that both intake valves 21. The second and fourth sub rocker arms 39 and 41 are driven to open and close with characteristics according to the cam profile of the cam 35 for the first cam, and the first, third and fifth sub rocker arms. In a state where none of the arms 38, 40, 42 is connected, the second and fourth sub-rocker arms 39, 41 do not swing while the first slipper portions 49, 50 are in sliding contact with the pause cams 36, 37. Both intake valves 21 are closed and stopped.

  Referring also to FIG. 5, the intake side camshaft 31 has journal portions 31a... At portions corresponding to the respective cylinders C1 to C4, and the head cover 14 includes the journal portions 31a. A plurality of bearings 14c arranged in the cylinder arrangement direction so as to rotatably support the entire circumference of the journal part 31a in the first embodiment are integrated with the side wall 14c and the ceiling wall 14b of the head cover 14. Are integrally provided so as to be continuous with each other. Further, a mounting boss 56 is integrally provided on the ceiling wall 14b of the head cover 14 at a position adjacent to one of the plurality of bearing portions 14c... In the direction along the axis of the intake camshaft 31, and the injector 106. A high pressure pump 57 for supplying fuel is attached to the mounting boss.

  Moreover, the mounting boss 56 is a bearing portion 14c disposed at an intermediate portion along the cylinder arrangement direction 15 among the plurality of bearing portions 14c, and in this embodiment 1, between the first and second cylinders C1 and C2. The bearing 14c is integrally provided on the ceiling wall 14b of the head cover 14 at a position adjacent to the second cylinder C2 side. The mounting boss 56 directs the operating direction of the high-pressure pump 57 in a substantially vertical direction. The head cover 14 is integrally provided on the ceiling wall 14b.

  The intake camshaft 31 is provided with a pump cam 58 at a position corresponding to the high-pressure pump 57, and a roller 59 that is in rolling contact with the pump cam 58 is pivotally supported on the intake rocker shaft 32. The pump drive rocker arm 60 is supported so as to be swingable. Further, the pump driving rocker arm 60 is provided with an arm portion 60a extending toward the high pressure pump 57, and the roller 61 pivotally supported at the tip of the arm portion 60a is brought into rolling contact with the input portion 62 of the high pressure pump 57. To do. Therefore, in the high-pressure pump 57, when the pump driving rocker arm 60 swings according to the rotation of the intake camshaft 31, a driving force is applied to the input portion 62 of the high pressure pump 57 from the pump driving rocker arm 60. Is driven in a substantially vertical direction. Thus, the fuel oil discharged from the high-pressure pump 57 is supplied to the fuel rail 107 through the supply line 108.

  The lubricating portion of the high pressure pump 57 is supplied with lubricating oil from the intake side rocker shaft 32. The bearing portion 14c between the first and second cylinders C1 and C2 has an intake side rocker shaft 32 and a high pressure pump. A lubricating oil passage (not shown) connecting 57 is provided.

  The intake side camshaft 31 provided with the low speed cams 33, 34, high speed cams 35, pause cams 36, 37, and the pump cam 58 is inserted into the head cover 14 from one end thereof. Are supported by the respective bearing portions 14c, and are provided in the respective bearing portions 14c in order to insert and support the journal portions 31a of the intake camshaft 31 and the journal portions 31a. The diameters of the bearing holes 105 are set to a size that allows the low speed cams 33, 34, high speed cams 35, pause cams 36, 37, and the pump cam 58 to be inserted.

  Thus, if the diameters of the journal portions 31a and the bearing holes 105 are reduced in order to reduce the size of the head cover 14, the pump cam 58 is also formed smaller. It is driven by the arm portion 60a of the pump drive rocker arm 60 that is driven, and even if the pump cam 58 is small, the stroke required by the high pressure pump 57 is sufficient by setting the lever ratio of the pump drive rocker arm 60. Can be secured.

  1 and 3, the exhaust side valve operating device 29 is configured in the same manner as the intake side valve operating device 28, and the exhaust side valve operating device 29 in the second cylinder C2 includes a pair. The low-speed cams 63 and 64, a single high-speed cam 65, and a pair of pause cams 66 and 67 are provided, and the intake side cam is rotatably supported by the bearing portions 14c of the head cover 14. An exhaust camshaft 68 disposed in parallel with the shaft 31, an exhaust rocker shaft 69 having an axis parallel to the exhaust camshaft 68 and supported by the bearing portion 14 c, and an exhaust rocker shaft 69. One end of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth sub-rocker arms 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 supported so as to be swingable and a hydraulic tappet 75 can swing on the cylinder head 13. Support The first and second rocker arms 76 and 77 are in contact with the stem ends 22a of the two exhaust valves 22 at the other end, and the support structure of the exhaust camshaft 68 at the bearing portion 14c is as follows. This is the same as the support structure of the intake camshaft 31 at the bearings 14c.

  Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. The head cover 14 covering one surface of the cylinder head 13 provided in the engine body 11 is provided with at least a half of the outer periphery of the journal portion 31a. A plurality of bearing portions 14c that rotatably support the entire outer periphery of the journal portion 31a are integrally provided, and one of the plurality of bearing portions 14c in the direction along the axis of the intake side camshaft 31 is provided. In the first embodiment, in the first embodiment, the head cover 14 is integrally provided at the position adjacent to the bearing portion 14c between the first and second cylinders C1 and C2 from the second cylinder C2 side, and the high pressure pump 57 is attached. Since it is attached to the boss 56, a rib for reinforcement is not required, and the rigidity of the attachment boss 56 can be increased without increasing the thickness of the head cover 14. Come, it is possible to avoid the increase in weight of the engine body 11. In addition, since the relative positional accuracy of the bearing portion 14c and the mounting boss 56 between the first and second cylinders C1 and C2 can be maintained high, the relative positional accuracy of the pump cam 58 and the high-pressure pump 57 can be increased.

  In addition, in the first embodiment, the intake camshaft 31 is inserted into the head cover 14 from one end thereof, and is inserted into and supported by the bearing holes 105 of the bearing portion 14c integrated with the head cover 14. The relative position accuracy of the intake side camshaft 31 and the high-pressure pump 57 can be improved as compared with the case where the intake side camshaft 31 is rotatably supported so as to be sandwiched between the divided bearing portions.

  The engine body 11 is provided with first to fourth cylinders C1 to C4 arranged in a cylinder arrangement direction 15 parallel to the axial direction of the intake camshaft 31, and the mounting boss 56 includes a plurality of bearing portions 14c. ... of the bearing portion 14c disposed in the intermediate portion along the cylinder arrangement direction 15, in the first embodiment, adjacent to the bearing portion 14c between the first and second cylinders C1 and C2, provided integrally with the head cover 14. Therefore, the engine main body 11 can be prevented from increasing in size in the cylinder arrangement direction, and when the assembling work for mounting the engine main body 11 on the vehicle is performed, or when the vehicle main body is mounted on the engine main body 11 from the vehicle side. Even when an impact is applied, it is possible to prevent the high-pressure pump 57 from being damaged.

  Further, since the mounting boss 56 is provided integrally with the head cover 14 so that the operating direction of the high-pressure pump 57 is substantially vertical, workability when the high-pressure pump 57 is assembled can be improved. Since the sliding contact in the horizontal direction is suppressed when the pump 57 is operated, the operating resistance of the high-pressure pump 57 can be reduced.

  A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, but the portions corresponding to the first embodiment are only given the same reference numerals and are not illustrated in detail.

  First, in FIG. 6, the engine body 81 has a pair of left and right banks BL and BR that form a V shape, and is configured in a V shape. In BL, the first to fourth cylinders C1 to C4 are arranged side by side in the cylinder arrangement direction 82, and in the right bank BR arranged on the right side when the vehicle is mounted, the fifth to eighth cylinders C5 to C8 are cylinders. They are arranged side by side in the arrangement direction 82. Moreover, the first and fourth cylinders C1 and C4 of the left bank BL and the sixth and seventh cylinders C6 and C7 of the right bank BR can be deactivated.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the head cover 84 </ b> R coupled to the cylinder head 83 in the right bank BR includes a side wall 85 formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and a ceiling wall 86 that is connected to the side wall 85 via a bent portion 87. And bearing portions 88 arranged between the cylinders C5 to C8 so as to rotatably support the entire circumference of the plurality of journal portions 89a provided in the intake side camshaft 89.

  In the eighth cylinder C8 of the right bank BR, the intake side valve operating device 90 that opens and closes the intake valve 21 is rotatably supported at one end by a hydraulic tappet 91 provided on the cylinder head 83 and has the other end. It includes a rocker arm 92 that abuts on the stem end 21a of the intake valve 21 and a sub-rocker arm 94 that contacts a roller 93 provided in the rocker arm 92. And a plurality of sub rocker arms supported by the.

  The intake camshaft 89 is provided with a pump cam 96, and a mounting boss 100 for mounting a high pressure pump 99 having an input portion 98 on which a roller 97 that contacts the pump cam 96 is pivotally supported. Is provided on the head cover 84R.

  Thus, a mounting boss 100 is integrally provided on the head cover 84R at a position adjacent to one of the plurality of bearing portions 88 in a direction along the axis of the intake camshaft 31, and the mounting boss 100 is formed of a plurality of mounting bosses 100. Of the bearing portions 88..., The bearing portion 88 disposed at an intermediate portion along the cylinder arrangement direction 82, and in the second embodiment, the eighth bearing portion 88 disposed between the seventh and eighth cylinders C 7 and C 8. Adjacent from the cylinder C8 side, the head cover 84R is integrally provided.

  Moreover, the mounting boss 100 is provided integrally with a bent portion 87 which is a continuous portion of the side wall 85 and the ceiling wall 86 of the head cover 84R so that the operating direction of the high-pressure pump 99 is substantially vertical.

  The head cover 84L of the left bank BL is integrally provided with a mounting boss 100 so as to be adjacent to the bearing portion 88 disposed between the third and fourth cylinders C3 and C4 from the fourth cylinder C4 side. A high pressure pump 99 is attached to the attachment boss 100. Moreover, the mounting boss 100 is integrally provided on the bent portion 87 which is a continuous portion of the side wall and the ceiling wall of the head cover 84L so that the operating direction of the high-pressure pump 99 is oriented in a substantially vertical direction.

  According to the second embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the mounting bosses 100 are integrated with the bent portions 87 of the head covers 84L and 84R where the film surface vibration hardly occurs. Therefore, the mounting rigidity of the high-pressure pump 99 can be increased, and the relative position change of the high-pressure pump 99 with respect to the intake side camshafts 89 can be suppressed.

  Further, since the high-pressure pump 99 is directly driven by a pump cam 96 provided on the intake side camshaft 89, the number of parts can be reduced as compared with that of the first embodiment.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the present invention described in the claims. Is possible.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11, 81 ... Engine main body 13, 83 ... Cylinder head 14, 84L, 84R ... Head cover 14c, 88 which is a cover member ... Bearing part 31, 89 ... Intake side camshaft 31a, 89a ... Journal parts 56,100 ... Mounting bosses 57,99 ... High pressure pumps 58,96 ... Pump cams 85 ... Side walls 86 ... Ceiling walls 87 ... Bent parts BL, BR ... Banks C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8 ... Cylinder

Claims (4)

  One surface of the cylinder head (13, 83) provided in the engine body (11, 81) is provided with a cam for the pump (58, 96) for driving the high pressure pump (57, 99) on the camshaft (31, 89). A plurality of bearing parts (14c, 14c, 84R, 84R) for rotatably supporting at least half of the outer circumferences of the plurality of journal parts (31a, 89a) included in the camshaft (31, 89) 88), the cover member (14, 84L) at a position adjacent to one of the bearings (14c, 88) in the direction along the axis of the camshaft (31, 89). , 84R) are integrally provided with mounting bosses (56, 100), and the high-pressure pump (57, 99) is mounted on the mounting boss (56, 100). High-pressure pump mounting structure in an internal combustion engine that.   The engine body (11, 81) has a plurality of cylinders (C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8) arranged in a cylinder arrangement direction parallel to the axial direction of the camshaft (31, 89). The mounting boss (56, 100) is disposed adjacent to a bearing portion (14c, 88) disposed in an intermediate portion along the cylinder arrangement direction among the plurality of bearing portions (14c, 88). The high pressure pump mounting structure for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the cover member (14, 84L, 84R) is provided integrally with the cover member (14, 84L, 84R).   The mounting boss (56, 100) is provided integrally with the cover member (14, 84L, 84R) so that the operating direction of the high-pressure pump (57, 99) is substantially vertical. 3. A high pressure pump mounting structure in an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 or 2.   The engine body (81) has a pair of V-shaped banks (BL, BR) and is formed into a V-shape, and at least one of the banks (BL, BR) includes the cover member (84L, 84R) integrally includes a side wall (85), a ceiling wall (86) connected to the side wall (85) via a bent portion (87), and a plurality of the bearing portions (88). The mounting boss (100) is integrally provided at the bent portion (87) of the cover member (84L, 84R) so that the operating direction of the high-pressure pump (99) is substantially vertical. The high pressure pump mounting structure for an internal combustion engine according to claim 3.

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