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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
May. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Clifford E. Maki, New Hudson, MI (US);
Rick L. Williams, Canton, MI (US);
Robert Gordon Rentschler, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stefan Quiring, Leverkusen NRW, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 7/00 (2006.01); F02F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 7/0058 (2013.01); F02F 1/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cylinder block for an engine includes a first composite portion having a first surface adjacent to a first recess, a second composite portion having a second surface adjacent to a second recess, and a cylinder liner received by the first and second recesses and positioned between the first and second portions. The first surface is adapted to mate with the second surface along a plane extending through the cylinder liner.