公开(公告)号：US10107172B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-23

申请号：US15295426

申请日：2016-10-17

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Michele Tempesta ,  Andrea Palma ,  Fabio Numidi

IPC: F02F1/40 ,  F01P3/02 ,  F02F1/10

Abstract: A cooling system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The engine has a cylinder block and a cylinder head. The cooling system includes a cylinder head cooling circuit and a cylinder block cooling circuit. The cylinder block cooling circuit includes cylinder block core prints channels on an upper portion thereof. The cylinder head cooling circuit includes a groove connected to an outlet of the cooling system and at least one cylinder block core print channel provided with at least one passage connecting the cylinder block cooling circuit with the groove.

公开(公告)号：US10184420B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US15059643

申请日：2016-03-03

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Michele Tempesta ,  Alfonso Renella ,  Paolo Lavazza ,  Andrea Palma

IPC: F02F1/10 ,  F02F1/40 ,  F02F1/14 ,  F02F1/24

Abstract: A water jacket having a coolant flow crossing the space over the cylinder head is provided for an internal combustion engine of an automotive system. The internal combustion engine is equipped with a cylinder and a cylinder head. The water jacket includes a lower water jacket having side passages surrounding the cylinder and connected together by a plurality of branches disposed over the cylinder head, so as to create the coolant flow crossing the space over the cylinder head.

公开(公告)号：US20200238632A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-30

申请号：US16258064

申请日：2019-01-25

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Fabio Numidi ,  Andrea Palma

IPC: B29C65/00 ,  H04B5/00 ,  F02B33/18 ,  H04W4/02

Abstract: A system for assembling components of an internal combustion engine assembly includes a wireless tag attached to each of a plurality of components of the engine assembly, each wireless tag attached to a respective component of the plurality of components and configured to be read to acquire guidance information related to manufacture of the engine assembly. The guidance information provides at least one of weight information and matching information, the matching information indicating a matching component that is configured to be connected to the respective component. The system also includes a processing device configured to perform: acquiring the guidance information for the respective component by reading the wireless tag, and tracking the respective component and the plurality of components during manufacturing of the engine assembly to guide installation of the respective component and the plurality of components based on the guidance information.