Cylinder head of an internal combustion engine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9840961
APP PUB NO 20170306831A1
SERIAL NO

15138391

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An engine is provided with a cylinder head defining a coolant jacket therein that is formed from a series of passages interconnected by a series of curved junctions to direct coolant about spark plugs, exhaust valves, and an integrated exhaust manifold in the head. The cooling jacket has a first longitudinal passage with an annular section about a spark plug, a second longitudinal passage with an annular section about an exhaust valve, and a third passage surrounding an integrated exhaust manifold and fluidly connecting the first and second passages. The first passage has a continuously decreasing area and the second passage has a continuously increasing area in a direction of coolant flow.

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  • FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

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Cierpial, Philip Damian Grosse Pointe Park, US 13 62
Craft, Justin Royal Oak, US 6 9
Riegger, John Christopher Ann Arbor, US 26 208

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