Patent ID: 6491014
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: F02B,F02F

Abstract:
A cylinder head assembly for a block of an internal combustion engine having a face with a series of cylinder openings, a pattern of threaded bolt recesses about and outboard of the series of cylinder openings, and a gasket placed about a periphery of said face with through holes to register with the bolt recesses,said assembly comprising: a ring adapter having a first surface sized and configured to rest on the gasket; said adapter having a second surface spaced from said first surface and including a peripheral groove in said second surface defined by a groove floor below said second surface and spaced opposite walls extending upwardly from said groove floor to said second surface; said adapter further including a first pattern of spaced bolt apertures formed therethrough, between said first and second surfaces, and structured and disposed to register in axial alignment with the through holes of the gasket and the recesses in the engine block; a cover including a cap and a skirt with a marginal zone confronting the adapter ring and structured and disposed to be snugly received within said peripheral groove; an O-ring normally captivated in said peripheral groove forming a labyrinth seal therebetween; and quick release means removably connecting said cover and said adapter together for rapid disassembly and separation of said cover from said adapter.