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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Clifford E. Maki, New Hudson, MI (US);
Jeffrey Eliot Chottiner, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Rick L. Williams, Canton, MI (US);
Mark W. Thibault, Canton, MI (US);
James Douglas Ervin, Novi, MI (US);
James Maurice Boileau, Novi, MI (US);
Bryan McKeough, Macomb, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An engine includes a cylinder block defining at least one main bearing bulkhead adjacent to a cylinder, and a crankshaft rotatably housed within the block by a main bearing. A bulkhead insert has a cap portion, and an insert portion provided within the bulkhead. The insert portion has having first and second end regions connected by first and second straps. Each strap having a flanged beam cross section. The first and second ends of the insert portion are configured to connect a main bearing cap column to a cylinder head column. Each of the first and second end regions define at least one protrusion having a surface substantially normal to engine combustion and reactive loads. The cap portion is configured to mate with the first end region at the main bearing cap column and support the main bearing.