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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2000
Rolf Heinemann, Lehre, DE;
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder bank of cylinders ( ) arranged in a row in at least one cylinder block, and at least one fluid cooling system allocated to a particular cylinder bank. Said fluid cooling system has at least one fluid channel ( ) configured in a cylinder block. This fluid channel ( ) conducts fluid through the cylinder block in order to provide a water jacket adjacent to the cylinders ( ) for cooling the same. Said fluid channel ( ) is delimited by a floor ( ) on the crankcase side in a cylinder block situated between a cylinder head and the crankcase. This floor ( ) of the fluid channel ( ) is configured in the form of a curved plane.