Caterpillar Motoren Gmbh & Co. Kg

Frank Witt

Eike Joachim Sixel

Volker Abraham

Jan Grebien

Marco Petersen

Paul Mlynarczyk

Hendrik Herold

Ulrich Holst

Sascha Burkhard

Heiko Sattler

Dirk Milde

A cylinder block of an engine is provided. The cylinder block includes a cast body defining one or more cylindrical bores. The cylinder block also includes a crankshaft bearing wall formed within the cast body. The crankshaft bearing wall is configured to be removably coupled with a bearing cap to define an opening for rotatably supporting a crankshaft of the engine. The cylinder block further includes a chamfered shoulder portion casted on the crankshaft bearing wall.

Cylinder block of internal combustion engine

A pre-combustion chamber tip for an internal combustion engine having a first body portion with a pre-combustion chamber located within, the first body portion having a terminal end with a plurality of orifices configured to direct expanding gases out of the pre-combustion chamber and a second body portion attached to the first body portion, the second body portion having an exterior surface, a cooling fluid opening formed in the exterior surface, a cooling fluid passage in fluid communication with the cooling fluid opening, and a ridge associated with the cooling fluid opening, the ridge extending from the exterior surface and configured to divert cooling fluid flow into the cooling fluid opening and cooling fluid passage.

Pre-combustion chamber tip

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Bordesholm, Germany

Frank Witt