Engine valve cover
Patent
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OSTI ID:5502397
A valve cover for an internal combustion engine is described which consists of: a cover body of an inverted trough-like configuration having a top wall, opposed elongated side walls and opposed end walls, a perimetric flange surrounding an open bottom side of the inverted trough-like configuration, and a seal receiving groove formed in a bottom surface of the perimetric flange and extending more than one full circuit around the perimeter of the open side; an elongated elastomeric seal strip having a length that is greater than the circumference of the cover body as measured within the seal receiving groove, the elongated elastomeric seal strip being inserted within the seal receiving groove in a manner wherein opposite ends of the seal strip are overlapped side-by-side ad the bottom of the seal strip extends out of the seal receiving groove so as to form a sealing ridge around the bottom of the flange; and means for mounting the valve cover on a head of an engine.
- Assignee:
- Cummins Engine Co., Inc., Columbus, IN
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4593659
- OSTI ID:
- 5502397
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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