Internal-combustion engines – Cooling – Air-cooled
Patent
1992-02-07
1993-11-16
Kamen, Noah P.
Internal-combustion engines
Cooling
Air-cooled
F01P 904
Patent
active
052613577
ABSTRACT:
A lightweight engine block fabricated from a unitary, thermally conductive casting having at least one cylinder formed with a cylindrical wall in the casting with an upper cylinder section having an outer housing wall displaced from the cylinder wall around the upper cylinder section, wherein a reduced capacity annular water jacket is formed, and, a lower cylinder section having a plurality of outwardly directed cooling fins projecting from the cylinder wall at the lower cylinder section, wherein the cylinder is adapted to receive a piston and be enclosed by a cylinder head forming a combustion chamber with an upper high temperature section and a lower reduced temperature section, the upper high temperature section being encompassed by the upper cylinder section with the water jacket and the lower reduced temperature section being encompassed by the lower cylinder section with the cooling fins.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2969780 (1961-01-01), Wyczalek
patent: 3977385 (1976-08-01), Mansfield
patent: 4131093 (1978-12-01), Mansfield
Kamen Noah P.
Kia Motors Corporation
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