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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Cummins, Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
Aaron S. Quinton, Columbus, IN (US);
John Jerl Purcell, III, Louisa, VA (US);
Nathaniel P. Hassall, Thirsk, GB;
Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
Abstract
An engine block, an engine subassembly, and method for providing and manufacturing an engine block. The engine block includes a plurality of cylinder barrels positioned in the engine block, at least one oil jacket channel formed in the engine block, and an oil inlet port positioned in a peripheral wall of the engine block and connected to the at least one oil jacket channel. The at least one oil jacket channel includes a plurality of curved channel sections. Each curved channel section in the plurality of curved channel sections extends about at least a portion of a circumferential portion of a respective cylinder barrel in the plurality of cylinder barrels. The at least one oil jacket channel extends between adjacent cylinder barrels of the plurality of cylinder barrels in the engine block.