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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jeff Fluharty, Woodhaven, MI (US);
Forest Heggie, LaSalle, CA;
Chad Ramsby, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert Stephen Furby, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a cylinder head with an exterior wall including a removable camshaft carrier. In one example, a cylinder head includes a camshaft carrier removably couplable to a mount surface of the cylinder head and adapted to form a portion of an exterior wall of the cylinder head while coupled to the mount surface. The camshaft carrier may include a first section removably couplable to the cylinder head and a second section removably couplable to the first section, with the first section and the second section together shaped to receive a camshaft journal.