Cylinder block for automotive engine and method for fabricating the same
US6224989A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 25, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/12167
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A cylinder block for an automotive engine that includes a sintered cylindrical body made of a first metal, the sintered cylindrical body having a plurality of pores. A powder of a second metal is dispersed into the pores of the sintered cylindrical body, and a cylinder block body is disposed around the sintered cylindrical body while filling the pores of the sintered cylindrical body. The main body is made of a third metal and integrally formed with the sintered cylindrical body by an intemetallic compound formed by a reaction between the first, second, and third metals.
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