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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Theodore Beyer, Canton, MI (US);
John Christopher Riegger, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mohammed Yusuf Ali, Dearborn, MI (US);
Daryl Gene Self, Trenton, MI (US);
Jody Michael Slike, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An engine includes a cylinder block having first and second passages intersecting a block face on opposed sides of a bore bridge defining a bore bridge cooling passage. A cylinder head has third and fourth passages intersecting a head face. The first and fourth passages are opposed from one another. A gasket is placed between the block and the head. The gasket adapted to fluidly connect the first and fourth passages via the bore bridge cooling passage, and cover the second passage.