Internal combustion engine system
AssigneePowerhouse Engine Solutions Switzerland IP Holding GmbH
InventorsKotha Ramesh Kumar, John Patrick Dowell, Jason Lymangrover, John Roth
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for an internal combustion engine. An engine system, in one example, includes a cylinder liner positioned within an opening of a crankcase, including a surface biasing a landing surface of an undercut fillet of the crankcase, and including a cylinder opening and a seal arranged in a groove of the cylinder liner positioned axially above the undercut fillet. The engine system further includes a fluid gasket and a combustion gasket positioned between a cylinder head and the crankcase, the fluid gasket and the combustion gasket being decoupled from one another.
Claims7
An internal combustion engine system, comprising:
- a cylinder liner positioned within an opening of a crankcase, the cylinder liner including a surface biasing a landing surface of an undercut fillet of the crankcase and further including a cylinder opening, wherein the undercut fillet includes a curved wall extending radially outward from a central axis of the cylinder opening and adjoins a vertical surface in the crankcase;
- a seal arranged in a groove of the cylinder liner, the seal positioned above the landing surface with regard to a central axis of a cylinder and spaced away from the cylinder;
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- a water jacket traversing the crankcase and including a passage with a first portion that is positioned below the undercut fillet with regard to the central axis and a second portion positioned radially outward from the undercut fillet with regard to the central axis.
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