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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2010
Robert Poeschl, Graz-Andritz, AT;
Stephan Winkler, Bochum, DE;
Witold Michta, Remscheid, DE;
AVL List GmbH, Graz, AT;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block and a cylinder head, with at least one first cooling jacket () being arranged in the cylinder block and at least one second cooling jacket () being arranged in the cylinder head, and a cooling fluid can flow through the cooling jackets () substantially in the longitudinal direction of the internal combustion engine, and with both the cylinder block and the cylinder head having separate inflows () and outlets () for the cooling fluid which communicate with the respective cooling jacket () in the cylinder block and cylinder head. In order to ensure even cooling especially of thermally loaded regions of the cylinder head, at least one flow transfer () is arranged between the first cooling jacket () of the cylinder block and the second cooling jacket () of the cylinder head.