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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mohammad Ali Moetakef, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
James Matthew Kindree, South Lyon, MI (US);
Mathew Leonard Hintzen, Stockbridge, MI (US);
Antony George Schepak, Howell, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Embodiments may provide an engine knock monitoring system that may include an engine block including an engine block body and a cylinder wall defining at least a portion of a combustion chamber. A space may be defined between a top of the cylinder wall and a top of the engine block body. An engine knock sensor may be mounted to the engine block. A pressure pulse transmissive element may be disposed in the space and may be disposed in contact with an outside surface of the cylinder wall and an opposite inside surface of the engine block body.