Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Extruded cylinder liner
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Application No.: US15056201Application Date: 2016-02-29
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Publication No.: US10066577B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Clifford E. Maki , Antony George Schepak , Mathew Leonard Hintzen , James Maurice Boileau , Mark W. Thibault
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Main IPC: F02B77/02
- IPC: F02B77/02 ; F02F1/00 ; B21C23/08 ; B21C23/00 ; B21C23/14 ; B22D19/00

Abstract:
Extruded cylinder liners and methods of forming the same are disclosed. The extruded engine cylinder liner may include a cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis and defining an inner surface and an outer surface. A plurality of spaced apart features may protrude from the outer surface and may extend in a direction oblique to the longitudinal axis. The method may include extruding a metal material through a die to form a cylindrical body defining an inner surface and an outer surface and a plurality of spaced apart features protruding from the outer surface. The die may be rotated about a longitudinal axis during at least a portion of the extruding step such that the features extend in a direction oblique to the longitudinal axis. The oblique features may allow parent casting material to enter channels therebetween and prevent the liner from moving in the vertical and horizontal directions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170248097A1 Extruded Cylinder Liner Public/Granted day:2017-08-31
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