Side Wall Opening Patents (Class 123/41.39)
  • Publication number: 20150040846
    Abstract: A piston cooling apparatus includes: a main body including a communication passage communicating with an oil path formed in an internal combustion engine; a nozzle pipe portion including an oil injection port configured to inject oil having passed through the communication passage toward a piston; and a filter disposed upstream of the nozzle pipe portion on the flow passage of the oil and including a hole having a smaller diameter than the minimum diameter of the oil injection port, the oil being injected toward the piston from the oil injection port, wherein: the filter is removably mounted on the outer surface of the outer wall portion of the main body existing upstream on the oil flow passage; and the main body is mounted on the internal combustion engine in a state where at least a portion of the filter is inserted into the oil path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Gokan, Tomokazu Kobayashi, Takayuki Osako, Masatoshi Ito, Kenichi Nishimura, Keiji Yamamoto, Masaki Sabato
  • Patent number: 8939114
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a piston (10) for an internal combustion engine, having a piston head (11) having a piston crown (17), an outer circumferential cooling channel (21), an inner cooling space (22) disposed in the region of the underside (17a) of the piston crown (17), which is closed off with a separate closure element (23) that has at least one outflow opening (25) for cooling oil. According to the invention, it is provided that the closure element (23) and the inner cooling space (22) extend all the way to below the outer circumferential cooling channel (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Keller
  • Patent number: 8689743
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has a piston head and a piston skirt. The piston head has a circumferential ring belt and a circumferential cooling channel. The piston skirt has a working surface assigned to its major thrust side and to its minor thrust side. A bore that proceeds from the cooling channel is provided, which ends in the working surface assigned to the major thrust side, and is disposed at an incline, in such a manner that the bore exit encloses an acute angle (?) with the center axis (M) of the piston. An opening is formed in the working surface, and a deflection surface inclined relative to the working surface is provided between the bore and the bore exit. The working surface assigned to the major thrust side has a depression which forms at least one oil capture region above the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventor: Rainer Scharp
  • Publication number: 20130008395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a piston (10) for an internal combustion engine, having a piston head (11) having a piston crown (17), an outer circumferential cooling channel (21), an inner cooling space (22) disposed in the region of the underside (17a) of the piston crown (17), which is closed off with a separate closure element (23) that has at least one outflow opening (25) for cooling oil. According to the invention, it is provided that the closure element (23) and the inner cooling space (22) extend all the way to below the outer circumferential cooling channel (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Klaus KELLER
  • Publication number: 20120285404
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has a piston head with a circumferential ring belt and a circumferential cooling channel in the region of the ring belt, and a piston skirt having a working surface assigned to each of its major thrust side (DS) and its minor thrust side (GDS). At least one bore that proceeds from the cooling channel is provided. The bore ends in the working surface assigned to the minor thrust side (GDS), in the form of a bore opening, and is disposed at an incline, in such a manner that it encloses an acute angle (?) with the center axis (M) of the piston. The working surface assigned to the minor thrust side has a depression in the region of the bore opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Rainer SCHARP
  • Publication number: 20120260869
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has, on the lower edge thereof opposite the piston crown, at least one cutout formed in the radial direction. An internal combustion engine is provided with at least one such piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventor: Marcus Freidhager
  • Publication number: 20120260868
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has a piston head and a piston skirt. The piston head has a circumferential ring belt and a circumferential cooling channel. The piston skirt has a working surface assigned to its major thrust side and to its minor thrust side. A bore that proceeds from the cooling channel is provided, which ends in the working surface assigned to the major thrust side, and is disposed at an incline, in such a manner that the bore exit encloses an acute angle (?) with the center axis (M) of the piston. An opening is formed in the working surface, and a deflection surface inclined relative to the working surface is provided between the bore and the bore exit. The working surface assigned to the major thrust side has a depression which forms at least one oil capture region above the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Rainer SCHARP
  • Publication number: 20110185992
    Abstract: A piston of an internal combustion engine includes a top part produced from steel and a bottom part, which are integrally bonded in the region of a contact geometry via joining webs by a friction weld to form a structural unit. At least one cooling duct permeated by a coolant is integrated in the piston, wherein a lubricating oil of the internal combustion engine passes as the coolant into an inlet opening via a free jet of an injection nozzle, flows through the cooling duct and leaves the cooling duct via an outlet opening. For the introduction of the coolant into the cooling duct, the inlet opening is assigned a flow pipe which is inserted in the bottom part and protrudes from a cooling duct base, the opening of the flow pipe being arranged above the weld beads of the friction weld.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventor: Volker Gniesmer
  • Publication number: 20110174245
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cooling duct (6) for a piston (1) of a combustion engine. The cooling duct (6) has an annular shape and comprises two openings (7, 8) which are arranged next to each other and are alternately used as inlets as well as at least one outlet (15, 16) on the side of the cooling duct (6) located radially opposite the openings (7, 8). In order to allow the oil to more easily flow through the cooling duct (6) and thus the piston (1) to be better cooled, the cooling duct (6) has two outlets (15, 16) that are arranged next to each other as well as a reduced cross-section (17) which lies between the two outlets and acts as a throttle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Helmut Kollotzek
  • Publication number: 20100224143
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oil spray lubrication and cooling device for a variable compression ratio engine, including at least one injector (701, 712, 713) which is placed in the engine block (100) of the variable compression ratio engine such as to spray oil onto at least one of the moving components of the engine. The aforementioned moving components include at least one piston (2), the lower part of which is solidly connected to a transmission element (3) that co-operates with a rolling guide device (4) and a toothed wheel (5) which co-operates with (i) a connecting rod (6) which is connected to a crankshaft (9) and (ii) a control rack (7) opposite the transmission element (3). The vertical position of the control rack in relation to the engine block (100) is controlled by a control device (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventor: Vianney Rabhi
  • Publication number: 20080121205
    Abstract: Disclosed is a piston (1) for a combustion engine comprising a closed ring element (6) which is disposed in the radially outer peripheral area of the piston head (5) and is joined to the basic piston member (4) by means of a high-temperature resistant adhesive. The basic member (4) is made of forged aluminum while the ring element (6) is made of Ni-resist. A closed, annular cooling duct (15) that comprises holes for delivering and discharging cooling oil is placed between the basic member (4) and the ring element (6), resulting in a piston (1) that has a simple design, can be produced at low cost, and can be subjected to great thermal loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Rainer Scharp
  • Patent number: 7350484
    Abstract: Device to feed cooling and lubricating fluid to cooling and lubricating nozzles for the pistons of an internal combustion engine, having at least one valve with an upstream channel and a downstream channel, said valve having a blocking element able to move in a compartment to block an opening of a seat. The valve responds to the pressure of the cooling fluid by opening when the upstream pressure is greater than a threshold pressure and closing when the upstream pressure is less than the threshold pressure. A means of calibrated leakage connects the upstream channel to the downstream channel in parallel with the zone of closure of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Bontaz Centre
    Inventors: Christophe Bontaz, Michael Bonvalot
  • Patent number: 7175101
    Abstract: A thermostat mounting structure capable of reliably positioning an embedded thermostat and ensuring high sealability. A coolant channel is formed in a casing. An embedding hole is formed in the casing across the coolant channel. A thermostat includes a cylindrical valve body with a surrounding wall having an entry aperture and an exit aperture. A valving element for advancing and retracting to open and close the entry aperture and the exit aperture. The thermostat is inserted into the embedding hole so that both apertures face the coolant channel. A cover member for covering the embedding hole via a circular rubber seal seated in a groove of the cover member and for fixing the thermostat. A positioning structure for positioning the thermostat to a side of the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuji Moriyama, Koji Kobayashi, Toyoyuki Yogo, Kenji Oki
  • Publication number: 20040250779
    Abstract: A one-piece piston for an internal combustion engine, having a ring-shaped cooling channel arranged in the outer region of the piston head, is proposed, which is closed off by a ring-shaped cooling channel cover structured towards the side of the pin bosses as a support element. This cooling channel cover comprises at least two arc-shaped cover elements the outer edge of which supports the pin-boss-side face of the ring wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventor: Rainer Scharp