Repaired engine block and repair method

• US 8,833,331 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Schramm, Leander, Wilton, Ralph W. K., Griffiths, Barry, Verpoort, Clemens Maria, Silk, Mark Robert, Harknett, David, Puetz, Wolfgang
• Primary Examiner(s): Low, Lindsay
• Assistant Examiner(s): BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH
• Application Number:
  US13/752,572
• Publication Number:
  US 20130199490A1
• Time in Patent Office: 595 Days
• Field of Search: 123/195.R
• US Class Current: 123/195.R
• CPC Class Codes: B23P 6/02 Pistons or cylinders
• CPC Class Codes: F02F 1/004 Cylinder liners F02F1/08, F02F1/16 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02F 7/0021 Construction
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49272 with liner, coating, or sleeve

Abstract

A block for an internal combustion engine having at least one coated cylinder bore, which has a chamfer at a sealing surface with respect to a cylinder head, wherein the chamfer is a curved chamfer.

Claims

1. An engine block formed of a first material and having a sealing surface with respect to a cylinder head, the block defining a cylinder bore terminating axially at the sealing surface, the block comprising:

a bore liner within the cylinder bore and formed of a second material, an axial end of the liner spaced axially from the sealing surface to leave an annular inner bore surface of the first material exposed immediately adjacent the sealing surface; and

a curved chamfer around an inner circumference of the bore at a sealing surface end of the bore and extending into the annular inner bore surface and the end of the liner.

2. The block of claim 1, wherein the chamfer extends from the sealing surface into the cylinder bore to a depth of between approximately 2 mm and approximately 6 mm.

3. The block of claim 1, wherein the chamfer has a radius of curvature of between approximately 40 mm and approximately 100 mm.

4. The block of claim 1, wherein the first material is an aluminum alloy.

5. The block of claim 1, wherein the second material is cast iron.

6. A method of repairing a worn liner in an engine block cylinder bore, the block formed of a first material and having a sealing surface with respect to a cylinder head, and a top axial end of the liner spaced axially from the sealing surface to leave an annular inner bore surface of the first material exposed immediately adjacent the sealing surface, the method comprising:

machining the liner from a bottom axial end of the cylinder bore opposite from the top axial end to form an inlet surface terminating an axial distance from a top axial end of the bore adjacent to the sealing surface, the inlet surface having a diameter greater than a diameter of an un-machined portion of the bore adjacent to the top axial end of the bore;

spraying a repair coating onto the inlet surface and the annular inner bore surface;

machining the repair coating to a nominal bore diameter; and

forming a curved chamfer around a circumferential edge between the sealing surface end of the bore and the sealing surface, the chamfer extending axially into the liner.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the chamfer is formed to extend from the sealing surface into the cylinder bore to a depth of between approximately 2 mm and approximately 6 mm.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the chamfer is formed to have a radius of curvature of between approximately 40 mm and approximately 100 mm.