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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Dietmar Ulrich Laufenberg, Windeck, DE;
Gerd Anton Schwertfirm, Lohmar, DE;
Hans Walter Metz, Pulheim, DE;
Inventors:
Dietmar Ulrich Laufenberg, Windeck, DE;
Gerd Anton Schwertfirm, Lohmar, DE;
Hans Walter Metz, Pulheim, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F001/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a cylinder block of the closed-deck type, which can be produced by die-casting. The cylinder block includes a water jacket surrounding the cylinders adapted to be open to the side. The lateral opening can be closed by a cover, which is additionally shaped on its inside in such a way as to promote flow distribution or heat dissipation.