Lifter guide
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMartin Atzwanger, Emre Bulbul, Michael Josef Fuchs
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Abstract
A guide for use in a vehicle engine having an engine block, cylinder head, and a cylinder head gasket. The guide comprises a valve lifter retention portion, a push rod retention portion in communication with the valve lifter retention portion via one or more apertures, and an alignment and attachment portion extending from the push rod retention portion and configured to be retained by contact with the cylinder head gasket.
Claims18
A guide for use in a vehicle engine having an engine block, cylinder head, and a cylinder head gasket, the guide comprising:
- a valve lifter retention portion;
- a push rod retention portion in communication with the valve lifter retention portion via one or more apertures;
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- an alignment and attachment portion extending from the push rod retention portion and configured to be retained by contact with the cylinder head gasket,
- wherein the push rod retention portion comprises a front wall having a first height and a rear wall having a second height, the second height being greater than the first height.
A guide for use in a vehicle engine having an engine block, cylinder head, and a cylinder head gasket, the guide comprising:
- a valve lifter retention portion;
- a push rod retention portion in communication with the valve lifter retention portion via one or more apertures;
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- an alignment and attachment portion extending from the push rod retention portion and configured to be retained by contact with the cylinder head gasket, and comprising a vertical portion, a horizontal portion, and a locator protrusion.
A guide for use in a vehicle engine having an engine block, a cylinder head, and a cylinder head gasket, the guide comprising:
- a valve lifter retention portion;
- and
- a push rod retention portion in communication with the valve lifter retention portion via one or more apertures, the push rod retention portion comprising a front wall having a first height and a rear wall having a second height, the second height being greater than the first height and providing a surface to guide the push rods in the push rod retention portion for assembly or maintenance of the vehicle engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.