Methods and systems for an engine with removable camshaft carrier
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJeff Fluharty, Forest Heggie, Chad Ramsby, Robert Stephen Furby
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a cylinder head with an exterior wall including a removable camshaft carrier. In one example, a cylinder head includes a camshaft carrier removably couplable to a mount surface of the cylinder head and adapted to form a portion of an exterior wall of the cylinder head while coupled to the mount surface. The camshaft carrier may include a first section removably couplable to the cylinder head and a second section removably couplable to the first section, with the first section and the second section together shaped to receive a camshaft journal.
Claims20
A system for an engine, comprising:
- a cylinder head;
- and
- a camshaft carrier removably couplable to a mount surface of the cylinder head and adapted to form a portion of an exterior wall of the cylinder head while coupled to the mount surface.
A system, comprising:
- an engine block;
- a cylinder head configured to mount directly to the engine block and including an exterior end wall forming a clearance with a first mount surface arranged therein;
- and
- a camshaft carrier configured to seat within the clearance directly against the first mount surface.
A method, comprising:
- seating a first section of a camshaft carrier against a first mount surface formed by an exterior wall of a cylinder head;
- seating a camshaft journal within a bearing portion of the first section;
- and
- enclosing the camshaft journal within the camshaft carrier by coupling a second section of the camshaft carrier to the first section around the camshaft journal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.