Internal combustion engine and method for manufacturing same

US6076494A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• MOTORENFABRIK HATZ GMBH & CO. KG

Inventors

• Guenter Kampichler · Ruhstorf, DE
• Erich Eder · Donaustauf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 13, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 20, 2000
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02B3/06
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In an internal combustion engine, especially a multi-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine with split cast crankcase comprising two half-shells (1a, 1b) clamped together by fastening studs, with the joint plane running in the direction of the crankshaft and cylinder axis, there are disposed, in recesses provided therefor in the half shells (1a, 1b), separate cylinder sleeves (2), each closed at its top end by a separate cylinder cover (10) with a circumferential rim. These cylinder covers (10) are completely clamped sealingly between the crankcase half shells (1a, 1b). A method for making such an internal combustion engine is also described.