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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2010
Naoyuki Abe, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazuhiro Tomizawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasushi Nakahara, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Kiyonori Nagato, Otake, JP;
Yasuhiro Sudou, Iwakuni, JP;
Hiroshi Hosokawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Yuma Miyauchi, Hiroshima, JP;
Jun Nishikawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Osamu Torobu, Hiroshima, JP;
Hiroyuki Abe, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsuoka, Hiroshima, JP;
Naoyuki Abe, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazuhiro Tomizawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasushi Nakahara, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Kiyonori Nagato, Otake, JP;
Yasuhiro Sudou, Iwakuni, JP;
Hiroshi Hosokawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Yuma Miyauchi, Hiroshima, JP;
Jun Nishikawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Osamu Torobu, Hiroshima, JP;
Hiroyuki Abe, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsuoka, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
There is provided, in one aspect of the present description, an engine. In one example, the engine comprises a cylinder block, a cylinder head, a sheet metal gasket interposed between the block and the head, a first projection projecting outwardly and laterally from a side portion of the block, and a second projection projecting outwardly and laterally from a side portion of the head, the first projection and the second projection facing each other along a coupling surface between the block and the head. The engine further comprises an extension extending from a main body of the sheet metal gasket and located between the first projection and the second projection, and a resilient portion which is provided in the extension, formed resiliently in a direction perpendicular to the coupling surface, and compressed between the first projection and the second projection when the head is fastened on the block.