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US 2009/0260588 A1Published application
Cylinder head
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorSoon Il Hong
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Abstract
A cylinder head having a coolant passage therein includes a coolant inlet, an exhaust valve seat portion, intake valve seat portion, and a spark plug mounting portion formed centrally in the cylinder head, wherein a guide rib is formed close to the coolant inlet for coolant to flow near the spark plug mounting portion along around the exhaust valve seat portion and a coolant outlet is disposed near to a corner of the intake valve seat portion.
Claims12
A cylinder head having a coolant passage therein, comprising:
- a coolant inlet;
- an exhaust valve seat portion disposed near the coolant inlet;
- a spark plug mounting portion disposed near the exhaust valve seat portion and formed substantially in a center portion of the cylinder head in a longitudinal direction thereof;
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- a guide rib protruding from an inner circumference of the cylinder head and configured to be close to the exhaust valve seat portion for coolant to flow near the exhaust valve seat portion and the spark plug mounting portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.