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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jeff D. Fluharty, Woodhaven, MI (US);
Jonathan Denis Crowe, Northville, MI (US);
John Christopher Riegger, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James E. Froling, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 9/02 (2006.01); F01L 13/00 (2006.01); F01M 9/10 (2006.01); F02D 13/02 (2006.01); F01L 1/18 (2006.01); F02D 13/06 (2006.01); F01L 1/047 (2006.01); F01L 1/24 (2006.01); F01L 1/344 (2006.01); F01L 1/053 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 13/0005 (2013.01); F01L 1/18 (2013.01); F01M 9/106 (2013.01); F02D 13/02 (2013.01); F02D 13/06 (2013.01); F01L 1/24 (2013.01); F01L 2001/0476 (2013.01); F01L 2001/0537 (2013.01); F01L 2001/186 (2013.01); F01L 2001/2444 (2013.01); F01L 2001/34433 (2013.01); F01L 2013/001 (2013.01); F01L 2013/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for an engine oil system of a cylinder head. In one example, an engine oil system may include a first oil gallery and a second oil gallery fluidly coupled to each other via a plurality of oil chambers. Each oil chamber includes a plug, and one or more of the plugs may include a slot shaped to direct a flow of engine oil from a solenoid valve to the second oil gallery.