Patent ID: 8001935

Claim:
A cylinder head ( 1 ) of an at least 1-cylinder internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, adapted for use in an internal combustion engine with direct injection, with a flame deck ( 2 ) and an oil deck, wherein an intermediate deck ( 4 ) is arranged between the flame deck ( 2 ) and the oil deck ( 3 ), wherein at least one injector pipe ( 5 ) extends from the flame deck ( 2 ) to the oil deck ( 3 ), characterized by the fact that the intermediate deck ( 4 ) is situated adjacent to a lower region of an injector pipe ( 5 ) which is arranged approximately centrally in the region of the flame deck ( 2 ), and by the fact that the intermediate deck ( 4 ) extends concavely outward if viewed from the flame deck ( 2 ) such that the intermediate deck ( 4 ) is connected to a side wall ( 7 ) in a region between 40% to 60% of the distance between the flame deck ( 2 ) and the oil deck ( 3 ) and is at least partially realized in an arch-shaped fashion and abuts the sidewall ( 7 ) at least approximately parallel to the flame deck ( 2 ) and/or the oil deck ( 3 ).