Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Oil flow control for an engine by deflection
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Application No.: US15609521Application Date: 2017-05-31
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Publication No.: US10364772B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Xavier Demeulenaere , Graham Slaughter , Mark Michel , David Harknett
- 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
- Priority: GB1609835.2 20160606
- Main IPC: F02F7/00
- IPC: F02F7/00 ; F02F11/00 ; F16J15/06 ; F16N31/02

Abstract:
An engine is provided with a cylinder block and a ladderframe having a portion of an oil conduit and a deflector. The engine has a metal-to-metal seal positioned between the ladderframe and block to circumferentially surround the oil conduit, and has a gasket seal positioned between the ladderframe and block to be outboard and spaced apart from the oil conduit. The deflector is positioned between the metal-to-metal seal and the gasket seal. An engine component is provided with a member having a deflector and forming an oil conduit. The deflector has an arcuate deflector surface following an outer wall of the oil conduit to redirect oil escaping the oil conduit. A ladderframe is configured to provide a deflection surface, with the deflection surface positioned to guide high pressure oil away from adjacent RTV seals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170350347A1 OIL FLOW CONTROL FOR AN ENGINE BY DEFLECTION Public/Granted day:2017-12-07
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