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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2011
Francesco Russo, Turin, IT;
Domenico Palmisani, Turin, IT;
Lorenzo Magro, Turin, IT;
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An internal combustion engine includes, but is not limited to an engine block, a crankshaft associated to the engine block, a cylinder head fixed on top of the engine block so as to define an assembly axis of the internal combustion engine, a camshaft, and a housing for a timing device connecting the crankshaft to the camshaft, the housing having a frontal opening which is laterally delimited by two opposite sidewalls belonging to the engine block and two opposite sidewalls belonging to the cylinder head, the frontal opening being closed with a first cover fixed to the sidewalls of the engine block, and with a second cover fixed to the sidewalls of the cylinder head.