1. US20200018255 - Cylinder bore wall thermal insulator, internal combustion engine, and automobile

A thermal insulator for a cylinder bore wall section having a shape conforming to a shape of the groove-like coolant passage in a setting position of the thermal insulator, in which each of the bore wall insulating sections includes a rubber member, a rear surface pressing member, and elastic members, a coolant passage opening through which coolant flowing on a rear surface side of the supporting section passes to flow to an inner side of the supporting section is formed on at least one place of upper portions of supporting section inter-bore portions, the supporting section has a guide wall formed in a vicinity of the coolant passage opening, and has an inclined wall formed on the rear surface side of the supporting section bore portion, and only a center or a vicinity of the center in an arc direction of each of the bore wall insulating sections is fixed to the supporting section.