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Cylinder head exhaust gas passage

US6390051B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 2001
Grant dateMay 21, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02F1/4264
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine with a cylinder head casting having at least one exhaust passage formed from thin-walled material, which together with the cylinder head casting forms an annular space filled with molding sand, the exhaust passage being supported in the cylinder head casting by sheet-like mounting flanges, a venting duct is provided which extends from the annular space to the outside for discharging gases released from the molding sand in the annular space during casting of the cylinder head.

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