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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Frank Acierno Valencia, Canton, MI (US);
Paul Thomas Reinhart, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 9/10 (2006.01); H01T 13/00 (2006.01); H01T 13/02 (2006.01); F02F 1/24 (2006.01); F01M 13/04 (2006.01); F01L 1/46 (2006.01); F01L 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 1/242 (2013.01); F01L 1/12 (2013.01); F01L 1/46 (2013.01); F01M 13/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract
A valve cover for an engine and a method is provided. The valve cover may include a cover body, and a sparkplug tube formed integrally with the cover body. In this way, any distortion of the bottom end of the sparkplug tubes due to, for example removal and reinstallation may not provide a leakage path.