Structural oil baffle for engine covers
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsGeorg Festag, Philip Damian Cierpial, Abdelhakim Baghdadi
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Abstract
An oil baffle, a system, and a method are disclosed for separating a gaseous component from oil in a blow-by vapor for an internal combustion engine. An example system may include a cam cover configured to be mounted on a cylinder head. The system may also include an oil baffle that may have a generally planar body with a first face and a second face opposite the first face. The first face may be coupled to the cam cover and may define an oil separation chamber between the cam cover and the first face. The oil baffle may include one or more stiffening members coupled to and extending from and substantially normal to the second face.
Claims20
A system for an internal combustion engine comprising:
- a cam cover configured to be mounted on a cylinder head;
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- an oil baffle having a generally planar body with a first face and a second face opposite the first face, the first face being coupled to the cam cover and defining an oil separation chamber between the cam cover and the first face, the oil baffle including one or more stiffening members coupled to and extending from and substantially normal to the second face.
An oil baffle for use with an internal combustion engine comprising:
- a generally planar body having a first side and a second side, the first side configured to be attached to a cam cover and configured to form an oil separation chamber between the first side and the cam cover;
- at least two holes through the planar body and arranged substantially along a longitudinal axis of the oil baffle;
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- stiffening members extending from the second side including at least two substantially cylindrical elements extending from the second face and disposed around each of the at least two holes, and two spaced apart longitudinal ribs arranged on either side of and substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis.
A system comprising:
- a V-engine having at least a bank of cylinders, the bank of cylinders having a variably timed intake cam and a variably timed exhaust cam, the intake and exhaust cam having timing independently adjustable relative to crankshaft timing;
- a cam cover configured to be mounted on a cylinder head of the first bank;
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- an oil baffle coupled between the cam cover and the cylinder head, the baffle comprising:
- a generally planar body having a first side and a second side, the first side configured to be attached to the cam cover and configured to form an oil separation chamber between the first side and the cam cover;
- at least two holes through the planar body and arranged substantially along a longitudinal axis of the oil baffle;
- and stiffening members extending from the second side including at least two substantially cylindrical elements extending from the second face and disposed around each of the at least two holes, and two spaced apart longitudinal ribs arranged on either side of and substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.