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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2010
Ingo Lenz, Cologne, DE;
Urban Morawitz, Cologne, DE;
Richard Fritsche, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Guenter Bartsch, Gummersbach, DE;
Bernd Steiner, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Jeroen Slotman, Aachen, DE;
Ingo Lenz, Cologne, DE;
Urban Morawitz, Cologne, DE;
Richard Fritsche, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Guenter Bartsch, Gummersbach, DE;
Bernd Steiner, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Jeroen Slotman, Aachen, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An internal combustion engine is disclosed that has a cylinder block with multiple cylinders, a bridge between adjacent cylinders, a cooling slot in the bridge, and a water jacket portion in the cylinder block. A cylinder head is coupled to the cylinder block which has a first cooling passage fluidly coupling the cooling slot and the water jacket portion in the cylinder block, a water jacket portion in the cylinder head, and a second cooling passage in the cylinder head fluidly coupling the cooling slot with the water jacket portion in the cylinder head. A cylinder head gasket is arranged between the cylinder head and the cylinder block which has a first orifice in the cylinder head gasket cooperating with the first cooling passage a second orifice in the cylinder head gasket cooperating with the second cooling passage.