Bottom plate for a crankcase
AssigneeMTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
InventorGeorg Ruetz
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Abstract
In a bottom plate for closing a crankcase of an internal combustion engine wherein the bottom plate includes openings and channels for collecting and conducting fluids, the bottom plate consists of a number of individual plates which are joined together after the channels and openings have been cut into the individual plates by laser beam cutting or water beam cutting.
Claims7
A bottom plate (1) for closing a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, said bottom plate (1) having channels for lubricants and coolants, and comprising a number of individual plates (EP(i)) of the same circumferential shape said individual plates (EP(i)) being tightly sandwiched on top of one another and joined with said channels being cut out of the individual plates (EP(1)).
A method of manufacturing a bottom plate for closing a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, said bottom plate (1) having channels for lubricants and coolants, and comprising a number of individual plates (EP(i)) of the same circumferential shape, said individual plates (EP(i)) being sandwiched tightly on top of one another with said channels being cut out of the individual plates (EP(1)), said method comprising the step of:
- joining the individual plates (EP(i)) by one of cementing and soldering.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.