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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Rick L. Williams, Canton, MI (US);
Clifford E. Maki, New Hudson, MI (US);
Robert Gordon Rentschler, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 7/00 (2006.01); F02F 1/18 (2006.01); F02F 1/10 (2006.01); F02F 1/16 (2006.01); F02F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 1/18 (2013.01); F02F 1/108 (2013.01); F02F 1/163 (2013.01); F02F 7/0053 (2013.01); F02F 1/004 (2013.01); F02F 2007/0041 (2013.01); F02F 2007/0063 (2013.01);
Abstract
An engine is provided. The engine includes a thermal set composite cylinder block including a front engine cover attachment interface and a transmission attachment interface and a cylinder liner integrally molded with the composite cylinder block, the cylinder liner defining a portion of a boundary of a cylinder. The engine further includes a bulkhead insert extending through the thermal set composite cylinder block and is directly coupled to a cylinder head.