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Repaired engine block and repair method

US8833331B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Leander Schramm · Heilsberg, DE
Ralph W. K. Wilton · Haverhill, GB
Barry Griffiths · Billericay, GB
Clemens Maria Verpoort · Monheim, DE
Wolfgang Puetz · Rostock, DE
Mark Silk · Pulheim, DE
David Harknett · Hockley, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 29, 2013
Grant date	Sep 16, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 29, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49272
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A block for an internal combustion engine having at least one coated cylinder bore, which has a chamfer at a sealing surface with respect to a cylinder head, wherein the chamfer is a curved chamfer.

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