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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Theodore Beyer, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 1/36 (2006.01); F02F 11/00 (2006.01); F02F 1/16 (2006.01); F16J 15/08 (2006.01); F02F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 11/002 (2013.01); F02F 1/16 (2013.01); F02F 1/36 (2013.01); F16J 15/0825 (2013.01); F02F 2001/106 (2013.01); F16J 2015/0862 (2013.01); F16J 2015/0868 (2013.01);
Abstract
An engine assembly is provided herein. The engine assembly includes a head gasket interposing a cylinder block and a cylinder head, the head gasket comprising a first layer in face sharing contact with a portion of a cylinder head attachment surface included in the cylinder block and having a first-layer coolant opening adjacent to two neighboring cylinders and a second layer having a second-layer coolant opening having a smaller cross-sectional area than the first-layer coolant opening.