Engine cylinder block
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMinoru Sugano
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Abstract
A cylinder block including a block with two parts, a cylinder liner portion defining an inner wall of a water jacket and a cylinder block body defining an outer wall of the water jacket. The water jacket, which extends around the cylinders, is defined between the cylinder liner portion and the cylinder block body. A cylinder connector includes rectangular partition walls arranged in the direction cylinder liners are aligned. Each partition wall partitions adjacent cylinder lines and extends vertically downward from the bottom of the cylinder connector.
Claims16
A cylinder block for mounting a cylinder head thereon, the cylinder block comprising:
- a block in which a plurality of cylinders are formed;
- a water jacket formed around the plurality of cylinders, the block including:
- a cylinder liner portion including the cylinders and defining an inner wall of the water jacket;
- a cylinder block body defining an outer wall of the water jacket, the cylinder block body having a top surface;
- an upper deck formed integrally with the cylinder liner portion and supported by the top surface of the cylinder block body, with the cylinder head being mountable on the upper deck;
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- a partition wall formed in the cylinder liner portion for partitioning a pair of adjacent ones of the cylinders, the partition wall extending downward from the cylinder liner portion.
An engine comprising:
- a cylinder block;
- a plurality of cylinders;
- a water jacket formed around the cylinders;
- a cylinder head mounted on the cylinder block;
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- a crankshaft rotatably supported by the cylinder block, the cylinder block including:
- a cylinder liner portion including the cylinders and defining an inner wall of the water jacket;
- a cylinder block body defining an outer wall of the water jacket, the cylinder block body having a top surface;
- an upper deck formed integrally with the cylinder liner portion and supported by the top surface of the cylinder block body, the cylinder head being mounted on the upper deck;
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- a partition wall formed in the cylinder liner portion for partitioning a pair of adjacent ones of the cylinders, the partition wall extending downward from the cylinder liner portion, the partition wall supporting the crankshaft with the cylinder block body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.