Plastic valve cover with integrated metal

US6832587B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DANA LIMITED · US

Inventors

• Dipl. -Ing Torsten Wampula · Ulm, DE
• Ralf Göttel · Neu-Ulm, DE
• Josef Ludwig · Niederstotzingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 28, 2003
• Grant date: Dec 21, 2004
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01L2001/0537
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention pertains to a valve cover for internal combustion engines with at least one overhead camshaft, wherein bearings for the camshaft(s) are embedded in a polymeric plastic material constituting the valve cover.