Buried structure of cast-iron insert for engine bed plate and method therefor
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorByung-Hyun LEE
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Abstract
A buried structure of a cast-iron insert for an engine bed plate, the structure may include a body frame formed of aluminum, and a plurality of supports, wherein the cast-iron insert is integrally cast with the each of the plurality of supports to form the buried structure, and the cast-iron insert has a protruding portion which is exposed at a position supporting a thrust bearing of each of the plurality of supports.
Claims10
A buried structure of a cast-iron insert for an engine bed plate, the structure comprising:
- a body frame formed of aluminum;
- and
- a plurality of supports,
- wherein the cast-iron insert is integrally cast with each of the plurality of supports to form the buried structure, and
- wherein the cast-iron insert has a protruding portion which is exposed out of the supports at a position supporting a thrust bearing of each of the plurality of supports.
A method for burying a cast-iron insert for an engine bed plate having a buried structure, which includes a body frame formed of aluminum and a plurality of supports and in which the cast-iron insert is integrally cast with each of the plurality of supports to form the buried structure, the method including:
- casting the cast-iron insert, at which a protruding portion is configured to support a thrust bearing, integrally with the engine bed plate including aluminum;
- and
- processing the protruding portion to be exposed out of the supports to a surface of each of the plurality of supports of the engine bed plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.