Plastic valve cover with integrated metal
AssigneeDana Corporation
InventorsDipl. -Ing Torsten Wampula, Ralf Göttel, Josef Ludwig
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Abstract
The invention pertains to a valve cover for internal combustion engines with at least one overhead camshaft, wherein bearings for the camshaft(s) are embedded in a polymeric plastic material constituting the valve cover.
Claims20
A valve cover for an internal combustion engine with an overhead camshaft made of polymeric plastic material and having at least one camshaft bearing embedded therein, and having a metal support structure embedded in the polymeric plastic material for providing additional support to said valve cover;
- wherein said valve cover comprises a continuous groove-shaped gasket receptacle and a rim on a bottom side of said valve cover, and wherein said continuous groove-shaped gasket receptacle is positioned on said rim;
- wherein said continuous groove-shaped gasket receptacle is made of a metal material and is partly embedded in the polymeric plastic material;
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- wherein said continuous groove-shaped gasket receptacle comprises at least one positive attachment and at least one nonpositive attachment, wherein said positive and nonpositive attachments are formed on an exterior of said valve cover, and wherein said exterior of said valve cover is embedded in the polymeric plastic material.
A valve cover for an internal combustion engine with an overhead camshaft made of a polymeric plastic material and having at least one camshaft bearing embedded therein, and having a metal support structure embedded in said polymeric plastic material for providing additional support to said valve cover;
- wherein said valve cover comprises a continuous groove-shaped gasket receptacle and a rim on a bottom side of said valve cover, and wherein said continuous groove-shaped gasket receptacle is positioned on said rim;
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- wherein said continuous groove-shaped gasket receptacle comprises at least one positive attachment and at least one nonpositive attachment, wherein said positive and nonpositive attachments are formed on an exterior of said valve cover, and wherein said exterior of said valve cover is embedded in said polymeric plastic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.