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US 2011/0079187 A1Published application
Heating engine oil in an internal combustion engine
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsBernd Steiner, Kai Sebastian Kuhlbach, Jan Mehring
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to an internal combustion engine having a cylinder head and cylinder block serving as an upper crankcase portion for holding a crankshaft in multiple bearings. The engine has an oil pump for feeding engine oil to the cylinder head prior to supplying the multiple bearings in the cylinder block.
Claims20
An internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder head (1);
- at least one cylinder block, which can be connected to the at least one cylinder head (1) and which serves as an upper crankcase portion, for holding a crankshaft in at least two bearings;
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- a pump for feeding engine oil to the at least two bearings, with the pump supplying engine oil via a supply duct (2) to a main oil gallery from which ducts lead to the at least two bearings wherein upstream of the main oil gallery, the supply duct (2) extends through the cylinder head (1).
An internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a cylinder head;
- a cylinder block coupled to the cylinder head;
- at least two bearing saddles in the cylinder block;
- an oil pump for supplying engine oil through a supply duct in the cylinder head to a main oil gallery from which ducts lead to the at least two bearing saddles.
1 more element
An oil supply system for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- an oil pan;
- an oil pump pumping oil from the oil pan to a supply duct in a cylinder head of the engine;
- a main oil gallery disposed in a cylinder block of the engine wherein the main oil gallery is supplied oil from the supply duct in the cylinder head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.