Cylinder block structure

• US 5,188,071 A
• Filed: 01/27/1992
• Issued: 02/23/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Han, Ki B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kamen, Noah P.
• Application Number:
  US07/826,122
• Time in Patent Office: 393 Days
• Field of Search: 123/41.74, 123/41.79, 123/195 R, 164/34, 164/98, 164/108
• US Class Current: 123/195.00R
• CPC Class Codes: F02F 1/108 Siamese-type cylinders, i.e. cylinders cast together

Abstract

In the Siamese type cylinder block structure, a hollow member having a number of arc guide pieces on both ends is inserted into the upper end between neighboring cylinder bores so as to form a cooling water passage by burying both ends of hollow member in the water jacket core. Insert pins inserted in the guide pieces at both ends of said hollow member communicating with said water jackets to prevent grains of sand injected at high pressure when a water jacket core is manufactured.

Claims

1. Cylinder block structure comprising:

a body with a number of cylinder bores arranged immediately adjacent to one another and an upper end;

water jackets with cores arranged in said body on the left and right sides of said cylinder bores;

a hollow member having a number of arc guide pieces on both ends inserted into said upper end between said cylinder bores so as to form a cooling water passage by burying both ends of said hollow member in one of said water jacket cores; and

insert pins inserted in the guide pieces at both ends of said hollow member communicating with said water jackets to prevent grains of sand from flowing into said hollow member when said one water jacket core is manufactured.

2. The cylinder block structure according to claim 1, wherein said hollow member is formed by bending an elongated element with a first and a second wall to define a cooling water passage in an inner side, and bending upward the end of said first wall and then securing the end of the said second wall to the end of said first wall to prevent said walls from being distorted by intense heat;

wherein a concave part is formed in the middle of said second wall to weld said walls by spot weld.

3. The cylinder block structure according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein more than one arc guide pieces are formed symmetrically at both ends of said hollow member are formed.

4. The cylinder block structure according to claim 1, wherein said insert pins when casting are made of a material which is heat resistant at 700°

to 1400°

C. and disintegrates at a temperature above 1400°

C.

5. The cylinder block structure according to claim 1, wherein said insert pins are made of compressed material selected from a group consisting of paper and styrofoam.

6. The cylinder block structure according to claim 1, wherein said pins are hollow.

7. The cylindrical structure of claim 1 wherein said pins are solid.