Cylinder head and head gasket
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorGil Hyun Ahn
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Abstract
A cylinder head and a head gasket that is mounted on the cylinder head may include a reinforcing boss formed in outer edge of a valve boss portion adjacent to a coolant inlet portion of a water jacket, a bridge configured to divide the coolant inlet portion to form at least two coolant inlet holes, and/or a bolt boss portion integrally formed with edge circumference portion of the water jacket, a head bolt being mounted through the bolt boss portion, wherein the cylinder head gasket is attached to a gasket attachment surface of the cylinder head.
Claims16
A cylinder head and a cylinder head gasket mounted on the cylinder head, wherein the cylinder head comprises:
- a reinforcing boss formed in outer edge of a valve boss portion adjacent to a coolant inlet portion of a water jacket;
- a bridge configured to divide the coolant inlet portion to form at least two coolant inlet holes;
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- a bolt boss portion integrally formed with edge circumference portion of the water jacket, a head bolt being mounted through the bolt boss portion,
- wherein the cylinder head gasket is attached to a gasket attachment surface of the cylinder head.
A cylinder head and a cylinder head gasket mounted on the cylinder head,
- wherein the cylinder head comprises a bridge configured to divide a coolant inlet portion to form at least two coolant inlet holes and the cylinder head gasket is attached to a gasket attachment surface of the cylinder head;
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- wherein the cylinder head gasket comprises a bridge sealing portion corresponding to the bridge of the cylinder head to form coolant penetration holes corresponding to the divided coolant inlet holes of the cylinder head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.