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AssigneeCummins Inc.
InventorsAaron S. Quinton, John Jerl Purcell, III, Nathaniel P. Hassell
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An engine block assembly and method manufacturing an engine block assembly and related components. A casted engine block assembly includes a cylinder block portion. The cylinder block portion includes a plurality of cylinder block openings disposed therein, a cylinder block flange portion positioned at a top of the cylinder block portion and a cylinder block crankcase portion disposed at a base of the cylinder block. The cylinder block flange portion is configured for coupling the cylinder block to a cylinder head. The cylinder block portion includes a plurality of cylinder block walls extending between the cylinder block flange portion and the cylinder block crankcase portion and positioned about the plurality of cylinder block openings. The cylinder block walls house a plurality of internal channels. The plurality of cylinder block walls are void of enclosed openings extending through at least one of the cylinder block walls in the plurality of cylinder block walls.
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A casted engine block, the casted engine block comprising:
A casted engine block assembly comprising:
The casted engine block assembly according to claim 05, further comprising a first plurality of fluid channels extending in a direction having a vertical component from the cylinder head flange portion to the crankcase portion and positioned within the plurality of cylinder walls.
The casted engine block assembly according to claim 05, further comprising a second plurality of fluid channels extending in a direction having a horizontal component between the first plurality of channels such each fluid channel in the first plurality of fluid channels is in fluid communication.
The casted engine block assembly according to claim 05, wherein the plurality of cylinder block openings are disposed in a single line.
The casted engine block assembly according to claim 05, wherein the plurality of cylinder block openings are disposed in a plurality of lines.
The casted engine block assembly according to claim 05, wherein the cylinder block is composed of casted iron.
The casted engine block assembly according to claim 05, further comprising at least one oil jacket channel including a plurality of curved channel sections, each curved channel section of the plurality of curved channel sections extending about at least a portion of a circumferential portion of a respective cylinder of the plurality of cylinder block openings, wherein the at least one oil jacket channel extends between adjacent cylinder block openings of the plurality of cylinder block openings in the engine block assembly.
A casted engine block assembly comprising:
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.