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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Larry Dean Elie, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Hamed Ghaednia, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Clifford E. Maki, New Hudson, MI (US);
Timothy George Beyer, Troy, MI (US);
Arup Kumar Gangopadhyay, Novi, MI (US);
James Maurice Boileau, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for filling surface pores of a cylinder inner surface coating with one or more fill materials to provide desired material and performance properties. In one example, a cylinder for an engine includes an inner surface including a coating having a plurality of surface pores, at least a portion of the plurality of surface pores filled with one or more fill materials, the one or more fill materials configured to decrease friction, increase tribofilm formation, adjust heat transfer, decrease material deposit, and/or decrease run-in duration.