Patent · US Expired

Cast cylinder head of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine

US5730095A · kind A · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

Mercedes-Benz A.G. · DE

Inventors

Michael Dohn · Sersheim, DE
Eduard Zaiss · Stuttgart, DE
Gerhard Eisberg · Jeffery Road, DE
Erwin Escherle · Stuttgart, DE
Erhard Rau · Weilheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 1996
Grant date	Mar 24, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 7, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02F2001/245
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a cast cylinder head of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine wherein the cylinder head has a cooling water space including gas flow passages and recesses for receiving spark plugs or fuel injection nozzles and blind bores extending into the cylinder head for receiving valve play adjustment elements and an oil supply passage extending longitudinally through the cylinder head and being in communication with the blind bores for supplying oil thereto, the blind bores are at least pre-cast and the oil supply passages are finish-cast during casting of the cylinder head.

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