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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Rodney G. Whitbeck, Northville, MI (US);
David Alan Stephenson, Detroit, MI (US);
Keith Raymond Bartle, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
David Garrett Coffman, Warren, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 10/00 (2006.01); F02F 1/18 (2006.01); B24B 5/08 (2006.01); F16J 10/02 (2006.01); B23B 41/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 1/18 (2013.01); B23B 41/12 (2013.01); B24B 5/08 (2013.01); F16J 10/02 (2013.01); Y10T 408/34 (2015.01);
Abstract
A cylinder bore including an inner surface including an axial travel area and an axial non-travel area including two discontinuous axial widths of the cylindrical bore and the axial travel area extending therebetween. A nominal diameter of the axial travel area is greater than that of the axial non-travel area. A plurality of annular grooves is formed in the two discontinuous axial widths of the cylindrical bore.