Bulkhead insert for an internal combustion engine
Patent
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OSTI ID:1373902
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.
- Research Organization:
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC., Dearborn, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0005574
- Assignee:
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,719,461
- Application Number:
- 14/620,809
- OSTI ID:
- 1373902
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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