Crankcase of an internal combustion engine

US6070563A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Karl-Jorg Achenbach · Breidenbach, DE
• Ulrich Bertsch · Burgstetten, DE
• Thomas Hardt · Waiblingen, DE
• Hubert Schnupke · Stuttgart, DE
• Gunther Zoll · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 23, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2000
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02B75/20
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In an engine block of an internal combustion engine having a clutch housing provided with cut-outs, a thin-walled liner is fitted into the clutch housing to cover the cut-outs so as to provide a clutch housing structure of a relatively low weight.