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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ; B22D / ; B22D / ; B22D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
164 80 ; 164 94 ; 164 95 ; 164113 ; 164137 ;
Abstract
A first cavity is formed between a mold and a core. One of a cylinder block material and a liner material is supplied to the first cavity. A second cavity is formed by expanding or shrinking the core or replacing the core with another core. The other of the cylinder block material and the liner material is supplied to the second cavity. The cylinder block with a liner is produced successively using the same apparatus.