Main bearing cap with locating feature

摘要

A bearing cap (10) in which each foot includes an elongated protrusion (36) formed thereon positioned between the bolt hole and a side of said foot, with its major axis parallel to the axis of the bore partially defined by the bearing cap and includes ribs on its side surfaces that are perpendicular to its major axis.

主权项

1. In a bearing cap of the type which is bolted to a bearing support structure so as to define a bearing bore between said cap and said structure and in which bolt holes for securing said cap to said structure extend through feet of said cap and into said structure, said cap having at least two of said feet, one of said feet on each side of said bore with at least one bolt hole of the bolt holes extending through each one of said feet, wherein said cap is sintered powder metal, wherein the improvement comprises:
each of said feet include a protrusion formed thereon, each protrusion being disposed between the at least one bolt hole and a side of each foot wherein each protrusion is generally linear having opposing sides in which each of these opposing sides support a plurality of crush ribs; wherein each protrusion supporting the plurality of crush ribs has a length less than the distance between two longitudinal side faces of the bearing cap, and wherein each foot has only one protrusion.