Modular engine assembly and fluid control assembly for hydraulically-actuated mechanism

• Main Authors: DOUSE ERIC C, GALLON ROBERT JACK, SPRUIT WILLIAM F, HAYMAN ALAN W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.03.2014
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING; CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES; CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STEAM ENGINES; WEAPONS

An engine assembly may include a cylinder head and a fluid control assembly. The cylinder head may include first and second walls opposite one another and extending from a base region defining a cavity. The cylinder head may define a first oil passage extending through an interior surface defining the cavity. The fluid control assembly may include a first oil control valve and a first conduit. The first oil control valve may be fixed to the base region and may define a first port in fluid communication with the first oil passage and a second port in fluid communication with a second oil passage in the cylinder head. The first conduit may extend from the first oil control valve toward the first wall and may provide the fluid communication between the first port of the oil control valve and the first oil passage in the cylinder head.