Cylinder head housing for an internal combustion engine
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorHartmut HERRMANN
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Abstract
A cylinder head cover is provided for an internal combustion engine having a cover sealing surface for a seal. The seal seals a level cylinder head sealing surface of a cylinder head housing and a curved bearing cap sealing surface of a common frontal bearing cap in relation to frontally arranged camshaft bearings. The curved bearing cap sealing surface of the frontal bearing cap has an outer contour having a middle part above the cylinder head sealing surface and having two transition areas, which slope down diagonally from the cylinder head sealing surface and are skewed in relation to the middle part.
Claims13
A cylinder head cover for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a seal;
- a cover sealing surface for the seal that is configured to seal a level cylinder head sealing surface of a cylinder head housing;
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- a curved bearing cap sealing surface of a common frontal bearing cap in relation to frontally arranged camshaft bearings,
- wherein the curved bearing cap sealing surface of the common frontal bearing cap has an external contour with a middle part above the cover sealing surface and having two transition areas that slope down diagonally to the cover sealing surface and are skewed in relation to the middle part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.