Patent ID: 9068496
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: F01P,F02F

Abstract:
1. An engine comprising: a cylinder block having a deck and a water jacket surrounding a plurality of cylinders joined together in a Siamese design by a cylinder bore bridge, the cylinder bore bridge having a first cooling channel formed therein open to the deck extending substantially across the cylinder bore bridge from the water jacket on one side to an end point short of the water jacket on the other side; a cylinder head gasket having a second cooling channel, a top surface, and a bottom surface, the bottom surface disposed on the deck; and a cylinder head having a face surface, the face surface disposed on the top surface of the cylinder head gasket, wherein the second cooling channel is adjacent and open to the first cooling channel, and the second cooling channel extends along an entire length L of the first cooling channel, and wherein the first cooling channel and the second cooling channel cooperate with the water jacket to enable coolant to flow from the water jacket through the first and second cooling channels to an inlet port in the cylinder head face surface proximate the cooling channel end point.