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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2001
Karl-Heinz Menzl, München, DE;
Miba Sintermetall Aktiengesellschaft, Laakirchen, AT;
Abstract
The description relates to a crankcase made of light metal for an internal combustion engine with a parting plane ( ) running through the crankshaft axis between a case upper part and a case bottom part, whose bearing walls ( ), which connect the case outer walls ( ), are provided with inserts ( ) made of an iron material, in which the bearing shells of the crankshaft bearing and the bearing bolts ( ) provided on both sides of the bearing shells are borne. To achieve favorable construction features it is suggested that the bearing walls ( ) forming a continuous light metal bridge between the case outer walls ( ) accommodate the inserts ( ) that are lower than the bearing walls ( ) in recesses ( ) starting from the parting plane ( ) and are provided, in the area of the bearing bolts ( ), with through holes ( ) for the bolt heads ( ).