Cylinder head with valve deactivators

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10267259
APP PUB NO 20180087469A1
SERIAL NO

15278258

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To improve fuel efficiency, some gasoline engines are equipped with valve deactivators in some of the cylinders so that at low torque conditions only a subset of the total number of cylinders are active. In prior art engines, particularly when they have four valves per cylinder, space is tight. It is known to provide a cam carrier in the head between the cylinder head and the camshaft. The cylinder head bolts pass through the head under the cam carrier. According to the present disclosure, the cam carrier, and its associated disadvantages, is obviated by widening the bearings for the camshafts, using smaller diameter head bolts, and putting the orifices for the head bolts directly through the bearings.

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FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCSUITE 800 330 TOWN CENTER DRIVE DEARBORN MI 48126

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Beyer, Theodore Canton, US 34 259
Fluharty, Jeff D Woodhaven, US 10 55
Riegger, John Christopher Ann Arbor, US 26 214

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