Piston Patents (Class 123/193.6)
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Publication number: 20090158925Abstract: A method for attaching a ring element to a piston for an internal combustion engine, in which the ring element is screwed onto the piston body by a thread applied to the radially outer surface of a part of the piston crown, a circumferential groove that is open towards the top is formed into the piston crown in the region of the thread, the groove is filled with solder material, the piston is heated until the solder material liquefies and flows between the thread channels of the thread and subsequently, the piston is cooled. As a result, a secure screw connection between the basic piston body and the ring element is obtained. Furthermore, the cooling channel is sealed with regard to the combustion gases, which stand under high pressure and act on the piston crown.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventor: Rainer Scharp
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Publication number: 20090159037Abstract: The invention relates to a multipart piston (10) for an internal combustion engine, comprising a piston top (11) and a piston base (12), the piston base (12), on its side facing the piston top (11), having a supporting disk (32). The invention is characterized in that the piston top (11), on its side facing the piston base (12), has a threaded bore (31), the supporting disk (32), on its side facing away from the piston top (11), has a radial contact surface (34) against which a corresponding radial contact surface (36) configured on a screw (35) rests, and in that the screw (35) is screwed into the threaded bore (31).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventor: Dieter Messmer
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Publication number: 20090151689Abstract: An internal combustion engine component is composed of an aluminum alloy containing silicon, and includes a plurality of silicon crystal grains located on a slide surface. The slide surface has a ten point-average roughness RzJIS of about 0.54 ?m or more, and a load length ratio Rmr(30) at a cut level of about 30% of the slide surface is about 20% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya Iwasaki, Hiroshi Yamagata, Hirotaka Kurita
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Publication number: 20090151688Abstract: A piston (10) for an internal combustion engine including: a piston head (11) located at an uppermost section of the piston; a land (12) located on a circumference of the piston head (11); a skirt (13) located below the land (12); and a pair of pin bosses (14) located on the lower section of the piston head (11). The piston head (11) has a first cavity (24) on the bottom of the piston bead (11). Each of the pair of pin bosses (14) has a second cavity (20) in an outer upper section of the pin boss (14). The pin boss (14) has a through hole (21) that communicably connects the first cavity (24) with the second cavity (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jun Matsui, Kenji Hayama
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Publication number: 20090145394Abstract: A piston assembly and connecting rod therefor is provided. The connecting rod has an elongate body extending to an end for operable attachment to a piston. The end has a wrist pin bore extending between opposite sides of the body. The wrist pin bore has a wavy profile extending between the sides. The wavy profile has at least one concave surface with a valley extending along a circumferential direction of the wrist pin bore and convex surfaces having peaks extending along a circumferential direction of the wrist pin bore on laterally opposite sides of the valley. The peaks and valleys cooperate to form a smooth load gradient and uniform lubrication flow across the interface region between the wrist pin bore and the wrist pin extending therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventors: Roberto Bueno Nigro, Kai Wang
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Patent number: 7543557Abstract: A piston and cylinder assembly for an engine is disclosed. The assembly includes a piston including an aluminum alloy piston body having a crown and a skirt extending from the crown. The skirt has an exterior surface having a surface finish in a wave form with peaks and valleys, and having a roughness total between approximately 6 and 12 micrometers, the roughness total (Rt) being defined as the difference between the highest peak and lowest valley within an assessment length. The surface finish has an approximate peak-to-peak distance between 0.17 and 0.25 millimeters within the assessment length. The exterior surface is coated with a nickel ceramic composite coating. An aluminum alloy cylinder bore is disposed in an engine block and is configured to receive the piston body. The cylinder bore has a bore surface having a roughness average (Ra) between approximately 0.09 and 0.25 micrometers. The cylinder bore may be made of a eutectic Al—Si alloy including other alloying elements.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.Inventor: Yucong Wang
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Publication number: 20090139481Abstract: The invention proposes a liquid-cooled assembled piston (1) having an upper part (2) and a lower part (3), wherein the upper part (2) and the lower part (3) are connected to one another by means of a radially outer annular support (12) and by means of a radially inner annular support (11). An outer cooling duct (13) is arranged between the outer support (12) and the inner support (11), and an inner cooling duct (18) is arranged radially within the inner support (11). Here, the outer cooling duct (13) is connected to the inner cooling duct (18) by means of at least one overflow duct (22, 22?).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2006Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventor: Dieter Messmer
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Publication number: 20090126676Abstract: Disclosed is a piston for internal-combustion engines, which includes a low thermal-conductive member disposed at the top portion thereof, the low thermal-conductive member including an alloy containing Fe and Mn. The low thermal-conductive member includes a sintered body having 10˜60 mass % of Mn, 2 mass % or less of C, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. Since the piston has the low thermal-conductive member having low thermal conductivity and thermal expansion properties similar to those of the aluminum alloy, which is the base metal of the piston, an increase in the temperature of a combustion chamber and vaporization of fuel are effectively promoted. Furthermore, thermal fatigue failure and separation of the low thermal-conductive member are prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2007Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kimihiko Ando, Hitoshi Tanino
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Patent number: 7533649Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising a piston head having a piston crown, a circumferential top land, and a circumferential ring belt having ring grooves. At least one ring groove is provided with a ring insert. A circumferential depression is provided in the top land, above the ring belt.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Peter Kemnitz, Alexander Grössle
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Publication number: 20090107447Abstract: A pressure reactive piston for an internal combustion engine includes an axially directed central bore formed within a piston ring portion of the piston, which houses a slidably mounted crown which cooperates with the central bore to define a gas chamber which is closed off from the environment by means of a flexible gas seal interposed between the crown and the ring portion of the piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventor: Joshua P. Styron
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Publication number: 20090101004Abstract: A two-part piston for an internal combustion engine comprising an annular outer piston connected to the crankshaft by two connecting rods and an inner piston fit into the bore of the annular outer piston connected to the crankshaft by one connecting rod. The reciprocating motion of the inner and annular outer piston is controlled by the location of the respective connecting rod bearing journals on the crankshaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Inventor: Jerald L. Johnson
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Publication number: 20090071433Abstract: A reciprocating engine 1 includes an annular top ring 5 serving as a first piston ring disposed adjacent to a top surface (head end surface) 4 of a piston 3 defining a combustion chamber 2; an annular second ring 6 serving as a second piston ring disposed with the top ring 5 interposed between the annular second ring 6 and the top surface 4; an annular gas chamber 7 defined by the top ring 5 and the second ring 6; and a plurality of communicating passages 8 for allowing the annular gas chamber 7 and the combustion chamber 2 to communicate with each other. The top ring 5 and the second ring 6 are respectively inclined with respect to an X direction in which the piston 3 reciprocates, so as to be located further away from each other on a thrust side 9 than on an anti-thrust side 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2006Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventor: Shigeru Bando
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Publication number: 20090071434Abstract: An internal combustion engine including a low thermal capacity, low thermal conductivity insulating liner is provided. The insulating liner may be positioned to line the combustion chamber and a portion of the cylinder wall. The insulating liner may comprise a high aspect morphology sintered ceramic material and may further include a surface coating. The internal combustion engine may be a four-stroke diesel engine with variable valve timing operating using an asymmetric cycle. Through the asymmetric cycle and insulative properties of the insulating liner, the heat loss of the disclosed internal combustion engine is significantly less than that of a similar conventional internal combustion engine, resulting in significant efficiency improvements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventors: Shaun T. MacMillan, Barton R. Dwight
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Patent number: 7503304Abstract: An integrally cast steel piston for internal engines, the cast steel having (a) a composition comprising 0.8% or less of C, 3% or less of Si, 3% or less of Mn,0.2% or less of S, 3% or less of Ni, 6% or less of Cr, 6% or less of Cu, and 0.01-3% of Nb, the balance being substantially Fe and inevitable impurities, or (b) a composition comprising 0.1-0.8% of C, 3% or less of Si, 3% or less of Mn, 0.2% or less of S, 10% or less of Ni, 30% or less of Cr, 6 % or less of Cu, and 0.05-8% of Nb, the balance being substantially Fe and inevitable impurities, by mass.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2004Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignees: Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Hino Motors Ltd.Inventors: Koki Otsuka, Seiichi Endo, Takashi Hattori, Masanori Hara, Susumu Katsuragi
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Publication number: 20090056534Abstract: The invention relates to a piston (10, 110, 210, 310) for an internal combustion engine, comprising a piston head (11, 111, 211, 311) and a piston shaft (16, 116, 216, 316). The invention is characterized in that on the internal wall (22, 122, 222, 322) of the piston shaft (16, 116, 216, 316) at least one reinforcing rib (25, 125, 225, 325) is provided that extends in parallel to the piston center axis (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventor: Rainer Scharp
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Publication number: 20090050101Abstract: A piston and internal combustion engine therewith constructed in accordance with the present invention has a piston body with an upper crown having a substantially cylindrical outer surface depending from a top surface along a central axis. At least one annular ring groove extends radially into the outer surface to provide a top land extending from the ring groove to the top surface. A plurality of waves are formed circumferentially about the top land. Each of the waves has a valley extending radially into the outer surface of the top land and extending from the top surface to the ring groove. The waves traverse from the top surface to the ring groove and are configured in substantially non-overlapping relation with one another and in a predetermined orientation relative to at least one of a fuel spray stream, a pin bore axis or a thrust axis of the piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: Andy Taylor, Airton Martins, Magnus Horn, Claes Frennfelt, John Durham, Derek Mackney, Sean McGrogan, Tian Tian, Victor Wong
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Patent number: 7493882Abstract: A combination of a cylinder liner and a piston ring, wherein the cylinder liner includes, silicon: 23.0-28.0% by weight, magnesium: 0.80-2.0% by weight, copper: 3.0-4.5% by weight, iron: 0.25% by weight or less, nickel: 0.01% by weight or less, wherein surface roughness profile of the inner circumference surface has Rz=0.5 to 1.0 ?m, Rk=0.2 to 0.4 ?m, Rpk=0.05 to 0.1 ?m, Rvk=0.08 to 0.2 ?m, wherein the piston ring includes carbon: 0.6-0.7% by weight, chrome: 13-14% by weight, molybdenum: 0.2-0.4% by weight, silicon: 0.25-0.50% by weight, manganese: 0.2-0.5% by weight, and wherein carbides with the diameter of 5.0 ?m and less are 4-10%.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2007Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Nippon Piston Ring Co., Ltd.Inventors: Iwao Hiraishi, Katsuaki Ogawa, Hiromi Ishikawa, Tsugane Hirase, Kazuhiro Sameshima
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Publication number: 20090039605Abstract: A large-bore (at least 180 mm diameter) diesel engine cylinder configuration featuring a piston crown bowl having an acute re-entrant angle and, optionally, an anti-polish ring. The acute re-entrant angle crown bowl involves a maximum radius of the crown bowl exceeding a minimum crown bowl radius, wherein the maximum crown bowl radius is located farther from the squish face than is the minimum crown bowl radius. The acute re-entrant angle crown bowl applied to large-bore, medium-speed diesel engines yields an improvement in performance and emissions characteristics. The anti-polish ring may be integrally formed with the cylinder liner and used in any internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Ramesh B. Poola, Nicholas Gryfakis, German A. Acosta, John L. Beasley, James L. Blase, Michael Goetzke
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Publication number: 20090038594Abstract: An improved internal combustion engine is provided with at least one channel or groove on its compression face. The at least one channel or groove can be open and of uniform width. The channel or groove can direct flow of an air-fuel mixture to increase combustion efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventor: Randolph Naquin
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Publication number: 20090025675Abstract: A combustion chamber structure for a direct injection diesel engine is provided which can increase recirculated amount of exhaust gas while avoiding generation of black smoke and deterioration of fuel efficiency as much as possible. Disclosed is a combustion chamber structure for a direct injection diesel engine having a cavity 10 on a top surface of a piston 9. The cavity is concave to provide a majority of the combustion chamber. Fuel is injected from a center of a cylinder top radially into an inner periphery of the cavity 10 to self-ignite. A depression 24 is formed at an outer periphery of the cavity 10 and is sunken relative to the top surface of the piston 9 to provide a step. The depression 24 has a bottom with an outer periphery gradually rising radially outwardly in modestly curved surface to the top surface of the piston 9.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2007Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: HINO MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Shotaro Ilkubo, Hiroshi Nakajima, Yusuke Adachi, Kiyohiro Shimokawa
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Publication number: 20090025674Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has annular cooling passage arranged in the vicinity of the piston crown and radially on the outside, which, in those regions of the pin bosses which lie close to the boss holes, has boss cooling passages which are connected to the cooling passage and are intended for improved cooling of the pin bosses.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2006Publication date: January 29, 2009Inventor: Markus Leitl
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Publication number: 20090007880Abstract: A multipart piston for an internal combustion engine has a top piston part and a bottom piston part. The top piston part is provided with an externally threaded head at the end facing the bottom piston part while the bottom piston part is equipped with a support plate at the end facing the top piston part. The support plate encompasses a plate member and an internally threaded element into which the threaded head is screwed. The plate member is joined to the bottom piston part via a connection zone in such a way that the bottom end of the threaded element lies below the bottom end of the connection zone relative to the longitudinal axis of the piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventor: Dieter Messmer
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Publication number: 20090007879Abstract: In an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder, in which a combustion chamber is delimited between a piston and a cylinder head, a fuel injector, is arranged in the cylinder head and has an injection nozzle with a plurality of injection bores. A piston depression is arranged in the piston, and a compression projection, with a projection cone angle, is positioned opposite the injection nozzle in the piston depression. The injection bores are formed such that, during a fuel injection in a range from 20° C.A before top dead center to 35° C.A after top dead center, the fuel jets emerging from the injection bores with a fuel cone angle impinge on the piston depression and are guided by a piston depression surface. The injection bores and the compression projection are formed such that a generated ratio of fuel cone angle to projection cone angle is in a range between 0.95 and 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2005Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AGInventor: Rolf Hutmacher
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Patent number: 7472678Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a combustion chamber shape of a direct injection type diesel engine in which a black smoke generation amount can be suppressed during no-load operation while suppressing NOx and fuel consumption. The combustion chamber 5 is formed in a recessed shape in a piston top wall 3 and injecting fuel at a predetermined nozzle hole angle ? into the combustion chamber 5 from a nozzle hole 20 of a fuel injection valve having a nozzle hole center O1 substantially on a cylinder center line.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2005Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiichi Tsujimoto, Shunji Hamaoka
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Patent number: 7472674Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine is formed from a metal part cast in one piece. Heating of a billet is carried out so as to bring it to an intermediate temperature between its solidus temperature and its liquidus temperature, and shaping thereof by thixoforging is carried out.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2003Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: AscometalInventor: Marc Robelet
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Patent number: 7464683Abstract: A reciprocating engine comprises: a piston ring; a piston ring which defines an annular gas chamber in cooperation with the piston ring and which is adjacent to the piston ring such that a pressure-receiving area of a side surface of a piston in the annular gas chamber becomes greater on a thrust side than on a counter-thrust side of the piston; and gas passages for allowing the annular gas chamber to communicate with the combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2004Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Bando Kiko Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shigeru Bando
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Patent number: 7464684Abstract: The invention relates to an assembled piston (1) for an internal combustion engine, said piston consisting of an upper part (4) and a lower part (5) that are interconnected by means of an internal hexagon screw (6) consisting of an upper half(37) and a lower half (38). The upper half (37) of the internal hexagon screw (6) comprises an external thread (39) which is parallel to the external thread (40) of the lower screw half (38) and has a larger lead angle than the same (40). The lead angle resulting from the difference between the lead angles of the two external threads (39, 40) is very small and contributes to a high strength of the screw connection.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2005Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Mahle GmbHInventors: Rainer Scharp, Peter Kemnitz
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Patent number: 7458358Abstract: A piston (120) and method for making a piston (120) for a fuel-injected diesel engine adapted to withstand the damaging effects of fuel injection plume-induced oxidation in the regions of the piston bowl (134) and rim (130). The surfaces of the piston crown (126) targeted by the fuel injection plume (138) are first coated with a corrosion-resistant and oxidation-resistant composition applied as a slurry or by a thermal spraying technique, such as HVOF or plasma spraying. Thereafter, a high energy industrial laser beam irradiates the as-sprayed coating to increase its density, while simultaneously reforming its microstructure so as to fuse, alloy, and materially bond the coating material with the underlying steel substrate, thereby resulting in a durable protective surface for the steel piston crown (126).Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2006Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Federal Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventors: Warran Lineton, Miguel Azevedo
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Publication number: 20080276900Abstract: An internal combustion engine has at least one cylinder, wherein in the cylinder there is a piston, which has a recess. Furthermore, the internal combustion engine has a cylinder head, which has the shape of a roof complementary to the roof-shaped geometry of the piston with a first and second side converging in the shape of a gable, with the piston and the cylinder head defining a top side and a bottom side of a combustion chamber. The internal combustion engine has an ignition device, which is arranged at least approximately in the center in the roof shape. The cylinder further has preferably two inlet valves, which are arranged in the first side, and also preferably two outlet valves, which are arranged in the second side. The recess extends past both sides, wherein the recess includes at the side approximately vertically descending sides and a base. The piston further has at least two, preferably four quench zones, which are at least partially separated from each other by valve pockets for valves.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2006Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: FEV MOTORENTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Markus Umierski, Bertold Huchtebrock
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Publication number: 20080264376Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has a piston crown, a circumferential top land, and a circumferential ring belt having ring grooves, as well as having a piston skirt that has two skirt walls disposed on the major thrust side and the minor thrust side of the piston, and two box walls, set back with regard to the ring belt, that connect the skirt walls. The box walls have pin bosses with pin bores. The skirt wall disposed on the major thrust side is shorter, in a circumference direction of the piston, than the skirt wall disposed on the minor thrust side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Ralf Braig, Rainer Fischer, Peter Kemnitz, Peter Kleinle
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Publication number: 20080264375Abstract: A piston and connecting rod is provided. The piston comprises a piston and a plurality of connecting rods. A very large displacement engine is built using one piston with the plurality of connecting rods, wherein the one piston has the combined diameter of two pistons in a smaller bore engine. The connecting rods are spaced to operatively connect with a standard crankshaft style, where each connecting rod of the two smaller, standard pistons would connect to the crankshaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2007Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventor: Ted Hollinger
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Patent number: 7441535Abstract: The invention relates to a shape of a combustion chamber for a direct-injection diesel engine, in which a mixture in, particularly, an expansion stroke is promoted by optimally designing the shape of the combustion chamber, and further, the compatibility between PM reduction and NOx reduction can be achieved by improving a retardation limit and speeding up combustion at a high EGR. The inside of a combustion chamber 12 formed at a top of a piston is formed in such a manner that a vertically cross-sectional shape passing a center axis O2 inside of the combustion chamber is symmetric with respect to the center axis. Furthermore, an opening 18 at an upper end of the combustion chamber 12 is formed into a substantially polygonal shape in combination of round portions 21 and straight portions 22.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiichiro Yuzaki, Hiroyuki Fujii
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Patent number: 7438039Abstract: A large-bore (at least 180 mm diameter) diesel engine cylinder configuration featuring a piston crown bowl having an acute re-entrant angle and, optionally, an anti-polish ring. The acute re-entrant angle crown bowl involves a maximum radius of the crown bowl exceeding a minimum crown bowl radius, wherein the maximum crown bowl radius is located farther from the squish face than is the minimum crown bowl radius. The acute re-entrant angle crown bowl applied to large-bore, medium-speed diesel engines yields an improvement in performance and emissions characteristics. The anti-polish ring may be integrally formed with the cylinder liner and used in any internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2004Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.Inventors: Ramesh B. Poola, Nicholas Gryfakis, German A. Acosta, John L. Beasley, James L. Blase, Michael Goetzke
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Publication number: 20080250922Abstract: A piston has a piston body with a pair of pin bosses having pin bores aligned along a central axis. The pin bores have bearing surfaces, wherein at least one recess extends axially across at least one of the bearing surfaces. A groove extends partially about the bearing surface circumference and is arranged in fluid communication with the recess. The recess and groove provide a lubrication feature to the pin bore, while the bearing surface has an uninterrupted portion for enhanced load carrying capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventors: James Russell Hayes, Gary D. Dowdy, Jeffery D. Wilkerson, John David Overbey
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Patent number: 7434549Abstract: An internal combustion engine including at least one engine cylinder includes a cylinder cavity with first and second stopping members interconnected by a cylinder wall, the cylinder further includes two piston members slidably moveable within said cylinder cavity and between extreme positions intermediate between two stopping members, two piston members combust between their faces and cylinder wall pushing them with their power transmittal members alternatively to revolve the cogwheel and axle. By the ratchet function of power transmittal member or cogwheel, each piston has its free returning movement without clinging with the cogwheel and axle, allowing each piston continuously and alternatively revolves the axle without waste of energy for returning movements.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2005Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Inventor: Kwong Wang Tse
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Publication number: 20080245335Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising a piston head having a piston crown, a circumferential top land, and a circumferential ring belt having ring grooves. At least one ring groove is provided with a ring insert. A circumferential depression is provided in the top land, above the ring belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Peter Kemnitz, Alexander Grossle
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Publication number: 20080245229Abstract: The invention relates in particular to a piston (1). Said piston comprises a piston head (3), a ring zone (6) and a piston skirt (2), consisting of load-bearing skirt wall sections (7)and rear connecting walls (5), which interconnect the skirt wall sections (7) and piston-pin bosses (4), which run on a boss axis that is set back from a piston axis and penetrate the connecting walls (5). the peripheral lower edge (8) fo said connecting walls (5) is convex in relation to an axis (10) and the upper edge (9) of said connecting walls, preferably below the ring zone (6), is concave in relation to the axis (10). The piston is equipped with a reinforced section (15) in the vicinity of the piston head (3), said section running radially behind the ring zone (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2006Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: KS-KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBHInventors: Ralf Buschbeck, Albert Haberl, Willi Sikorsky
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Patent number: 7428889Abstract: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine comprising at least one piston which is mounted in a cylinder in a reciprocating manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2004Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: AVL List GmbHInventors: Kurt Salzgeber, Wolfgang Kling
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Publication number: 20080223211Abstract: Disclosed is a piston (1) for a combustion engine, comprising hub bores (3) that are provided with plain bearing surfaces (5) and are used for accommodating a piston pin. In order to very effectively and inexpensively prevent the piston pin and the hub bores from jamming and wearing off, a self-lubricating coating (6) made of a thermally cured resin which contains embedded solid lubricant particles is applied directly to at least one subarea (Tb) of the plain bearing surfaces by means of rotary atomization.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2005Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventors: Kurt Maier, Reinhard Rose, Gunar Nagel
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Patent number: 7415959Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling channel covering for a piston of an internal combustion engine in the form of a spring metal sheet which is measured in such a manner that wear and tear in the region of the surface is prevented, in such a manner that a peripheral gap is produced between the radial, external front side of the spring metal sheet and the radial, external limit of the step-shaped recess.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2005Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Mahle GmbHInventor: Rainer Scharp
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Patent number: 7415961Abstract: A piston for internal combustion engine, compressor or the like, includes a piston ring, a piston skirt having a piston skirt wall. One or more lubricant channels and reservoirs are provided on an outer surface of the piston skirt. Lubricant is conducted to an outer surface of a piston skirt of a piston through the lubricant channels which are communicating an inner surface of the piston skirt with the outer surface thereof. The lubricant is able to be reserved in the lubricant reservoirs provided on the outer surface of the piston skirt to maintain lubrication between the piston skirt and cylinder wall so as to reduce a friction between the cylinder and the piston skirt, reduce loss of power due to friction and heat, improve the output power, reduce the fuel consuming, noise and exhaust, and achieve fuel saving and environment protection.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2007Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Inventors: Marina Ling Chen, Deheng Wang
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Patent number: 7412955Abstract: An engine component is composed of an aluminum alloy containing silicon, and includes a plurality of primary-crystal silicon grains located on a slide surface. The plurality of primary-crystal silicon grains have an average crystal grain size of no less than about 12 ?m and no more than about 50 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2005Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirotaka Kurita, Hiroshi Yamagata, Toshikatsu Koike
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Patent number: 7406941Abstract: A piston for diesel engine applications has a piston body cast entirely of one piece of steel and includes a piston head with a combustion bowl, a ring belt and an oil cooling gallery. A pair of pin bosses and a piston skirt are cast as one piece with the piston head out of the same steel material.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2005Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Federal - Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventors: Xiluo Zhu, Eduardo Hiroki Matsuo
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Patent number: 7406940Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine of an automotive vehicle. The piston has a piston ring and a piston skirt section each of which has a sliding section in slidable contact with a cylinder bore section of a cylinder block in presence of a lubricating oil. The cylinder bore section is formed of eutectic or hyper-eutectic aluminum alloy. Additionally, a hard carbon thin film is coated on the sliding section of the piston and contains hydrogen atom in an amount of not more than 1 atomic %. Here, the lubricating oil contains at least one selected from the group consisting of ashless fatty acid ester friction modifier, ashless aliphatic amine friction modifier, polybutenyl succinimide, derivative of polybutenyl succinimide, zinc dithiophosphate, and derivative of zinc dithiophosphate.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2004Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kimio Nishimura, Yutaka Mabuchi, Takahiro Hamada, Makoto Kano, Hidenori Miyake, Tomohito Ota
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Patent number: 7401588Abstract: A cylinder block for an axial piston pump or motor is formed from a steel material. The block includes a plurality of bores that each have an internal bore surface of a predefined final material surface finish. The bores are subjected to various machining and heat treating processes to provide a bore surface formed from the same material as the cylinder block, and which has the desired final surface finish. Pistons are mounted within each of the bores for axial movement relative to the cylinder block. Each of the pistons is formed from a steel material and has an exterior surface that is in sliding contact with the internal bore surface. The subject cylinder block is processed to provide a steel-to-steel interface between the bore and piston and eliminates the need for liners to be specially formed or installed within each piston bore.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2003Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventor: Henry R. Vanderzyden
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Patent number: 7398754Abstract: A piston for internal combustion engine has both fatigue strength and wear resistance without increased production cost. At least one of a combustion chamber surface, a skirt rib, a pin boss rib which connects a pin boss and a crown, a lower portion of the pin boss casting surface, and a surface layer including the casting surface is a first eutectic structure in which primary crystal Si does not crystallize. A top ring groove and a pin holing of a piston pin are finished surfaces obtained by eliminating the surface layer by means of machining. The layer including the finished surface is a second eutectic structure in which the primary crystal Si crystallizes.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2006Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akito Tanihata, Naoko Sato, Hisayasu Kojima, Kouji Katsumata, Takashi Shiraishi
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Patent number: 7395797Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a crown part, a land part extending from the crown part, a skirt part adjoining the land part, and a linking boss protruding from a reverse surface of the crown part and forming a spherical joint with a small end of a connecting rod. The piston is divided into an upper piston part having the land part, and a lower piston part having the skirt part and a plurality of molded plate members formed by press-molding plates.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2007Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kengo Ishimitsu, Hideharu Izumi
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Publication number: 20080149897Abstract: A coating for a tribologically heavily loaded component, wherein the coating is in the form of a ceramic coating made of an organic-inorganic prepolymer which is pyrolyzed after being applied to the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBHInventor: Gunter Burkle
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Publication number: 20080149063Abstract: A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine wherein intake openings to the cylinder are partly surrounded by a mask formed by a material projection of the top face of the combustion chamber, a contour of the mask having a flat main section of maximum height between an ascending and descending flank and being asymmetrical in a developed view.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2008Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Dirk Denger, Paul Kapus
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Publication number: 20080141973Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes in one aspect a source of a pressurized working medium and an expander. The expander has a housing and a piston, movably mounted within and with respect to the housing, to perform one of rotation and reciprocation, each complete rotation or reciprocation defining at least a part of a cycle of the engine. The expander also includes a septum, mounted within the housing and movable with respect to the housing and the piston so as to define in conjunction therewith, over first and second angular ranges of the cycle, a working chamber that is isolated from an intake port and an exhaust port. Combustion occurs at least over the first angular range of the cycle to provide heat to the working medium and so as to increase its pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: LIQUIDPISTON, INC.Inventors: Alexander C. SHKOLNIK, Nikolay SHKOLNIK