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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Tatsumi Makimae, Hiroshima, JP;
Yutaka Fujii, Hiroshima, JP;
Yuji Narukawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bearing cap, a type of thread-clamped member, is clamped to a cylinder block by flanged hexagonal bolts. The material of the bearing cap is aluminum alloy, while the material of the bolts is steel. The bearing cap has a raised seat the end surface of which provides a bearing surface. The bearing surface of the raised seat has a smaller diameter than the bearing surface of each bolt.