Claims
- 1. A light metal cylinder head arrangement in combination with combustion chambers of internal combustion engines, comprising in combination:
- a light metal cylinder head having a bottom directed toward an associated combustion chamber, the cylinder head having an axially extending, annular shoulder extending toward the combustion chamber, which shoulder has a first surface facing radially inward and a second surface facing axially;
- a cylinder barrel, spaced from the cylinder head, and having an axially extending annular shoulder extending toward the cylinder head, the shoulder of said cylinder barrel having a first surface facing radially inward and a second surface facing axially, the shoulder of said cylinder barrel being outboard of an axially facing surface;
- an insert of ferris metal disposed between the cylinder head and cylinder barrel; the insert including a plate portion and an annular portion integral therewith; the plate portion having a flat surface abutting the bottom of the cylinder head and a concave surface facing the combustion chamber; the annular portion extending from the plate portion toward the cylinder barrel with the entire plate portion being inboard of the annular portion; the annular portion having a thickness no more than about three times the thickness of the shoulders as measured across the second surfaces thereof; the insert being in abutment with the first surfaces of the shoulders and the axially facing surface of the cylinder barrel; whereby during engine operation thermal expansion urges the insert and cylinder head snugly against one another.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a Divisional Application based upon co-pending parent application Ser. No. 187,519-Tholen filed Sept. 15, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,387,678-Tholen dated June 14, 1983.
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Divisions (1)
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