Insert of bed plate of vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Korea Sintered Metal Co., Ltd.
InventorsHaksoo Kim, SeokJun Kim, Jung Kil Suk, Dong Kuk Jeong, Jin Wuk Lee
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Abstract
An insert for a bed plate according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is coupled to a lower portion of an engine block. The insert of the bed plate includes a crankshaft seating portion disposed at a center and where a crankshaft is mounted. The insert of the bed plate also includes a ladder frame fixing portions that are disposed at opposite ends of the insert to facilitate coupling to a ladder frame. The insert of the bed plate also includes a plurality of protrusion portions that are formed on both surfaces of the insert and contact the ladder frame.
Claims9
An insert for a bed plate, coupled to a lower portion of an engine block, comprising:
- a crankshaft seating portion disposed at a center and where a crankshaft is mounted;
- ladder frame fixing portions that are disposed at opposite ends of the insert to facilitate coupling to a ladder frame;
- and a plurality of protrusion portions that are formed on both surfaces of the insert and contact the ladder frame, wherein each of the plurality of protrusion portions comprises:
- a groove that is formed to retreat toward an inside of the insert by a certain distance from a surface of the insert, and a protrusion that is formed to protrude toward an outside of the insert by a certain distance in the groove, wherein the groove is formed in a trapezoid shape in which a width in an inner side of the insert is smaller than a width in an outer side of the insert on a cross-section of the insert, and wherein the protrusion is formed in a trapezoid shape in which a width in an inner side of an insert is larger than a width in an outer side of the insert on a cross-section of the insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.