Stepped Walls Patents (Class 277/451)
  • Patent number: 10603715
    Abstract: A piston of a die-casting apparatus comprises: a piston head fabricated of a first material; an elongate, inner carrier coupled to the piston head; a generally annular body seated on the carrier adjacent the piston head; and a wear ring disposed on the piston head, the wear ring being fabricated of a second material. The first material has a higher toughness and a lower hardness than the second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Exco Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Paul Henry Robbins
  • Patent number: 10443726
    Abstract: A retrofittable, or originally manufactured, shock piston and cylinder protection seal and method of retrofitting to same is disclosed. A preferred embodiment includes one to four individual wipers contacting the shock piston thereby maintaining its surface free from debris with minimal friction affecting the intended dampening properties of suspension. Different embodiments are further disclosed that allow for loosening of components by threaded members and replacement with either a collar or a foam seal that can peel away from the cylinder for removal and replacement. The originally manufactured version of the invention incorporates the seal housing to a bottom shock cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Inventor: John B. Nobil
  • Patent number: 10376953
    Abstract: A die-casting piston having a receiving unit attachable to a piston rod, which includes a cooling device and a connecting device for the piston rod. A hollow cylindrical carrier body of a cup-shaped design has a melt-side end face, on whose lateral surface at least one hollow cylindrical sliding body is mountable. An end ring is disposed between the end face of the carrier body and an end face of the sliding body, which is used as a front-end first holding element for the at least one hollow cylindrical sliding body. The carrier body is axially mountable on the receiving unit, extending over the cooling device, and may be locked to the receiving unit and released again with the aid of a connecting device, the connecting device being disposed axially downstream from the sliding body on the side facing away from the end face of the carrier body, and the connecting device being a bayonet joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Wieland-Werke AG
    Inventors: Gabriel Vida, Gerhard Kanzok
  • Patent number: 9970549
    Abstract: A main shaft bearing compartment seal system is described herein. The modified ring groove geometry creates two distinct cavities or steps for a piston ring and a wave spring. This concept provides a separate groove cavity for the spring independent of the fool-proofing and clearance cavity. This modified ring groove geometry increases first face coverage and reduces exposure risk for eccentricity of wave spring to piston ring, to avoid potential disengagement and improve function and performance of the seal assembly and engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Jonathan Logan Miller
  • Patent number: 9962762
    Abstract: A PISTON FOR COLD-CHAMBER INJECTION MACHINES comprising a support (2) and an external body (3) with a sealing ring (5), joined by a bayonet lock ring (6) independent of the external body (3) and divided into two parts (6a) fitted onto a groove (21) in the support (2) and connected by long screws (7) inserted into threaded holes (61). The piston preferably includes a spring bush (4) as a part that adjusts to the container, independent of the external body (3) and of the bayonet lock ring (6), under which a conical spring ring (8) is included which exerts pressure on the two parts that form the bush (4), tending to expand the same. The piston also includes alternating transverse grooves (81) along the edges thereof for receiving conical metal tips (9) inserted through holes (63) in the bayonet lock ring (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: ALROTEC TECHNOLOGY, S.L.U.
    Inventor: Jordi Alguero Guasch
  • Patent number: 9851006
    Abstract: To provide a wire for a taper-faced compression ring, which can be provided with a running-in surface (contact surface) uniformly and rapidly in the production process of the taper-faced compression ring, a surface of the wire corresponding to an outer peripheral surface of the ring is provided with adjacent outward inclined first and second tapered portions, the inclination angle ?2 of the second tapered portion being larger than the inclination angle ?1 of the first tapered portion, and an outer end of the second tapered portion being located radially outward than an outer end of the first tapered portion by 0.005-0.05 mm. A long-life taper-faced compression ring with reduced friction and improved fuel efficiency is formed by the above wire, the second tapered portion having a lapped surface located radially outward than an outer end of the first tapered portion by 0.001-0.048 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA RIKEN
    Inventor: Mamoru Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9816459
    Abstract: A piston and methods for constructing a piston for use in an internal combustion engine are presented wherein the piston includes a cylindrical body extending from the crown. The cylindrical body defines a ring groove, and a portion of the cylindrical body defines a non-circular cross-section below the ring groove. The ring groove is configured to correspond with an associated sealing ring. The non-circular cross-section creates a gap between the cylindrical body and an associated cylinder wall enabling a quantity of oil to pass from an annular region between the cylindrical body and the associated cylinder wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Industrial Parts Depot, LLC
    Inventor: Henry Maurice Wandrie, III
  • Patent number: 9605758
    Abstract: A stroke piston for a stroke piston compressor for generating compressed air for a vehicle, such as a commercial vehicle, includes a piston body with a piston floor, a piston skirt with piston skirt walls and pin hubs for receiving a piston pin, and at least two piston rings, which can be inserted into circumferential ring grooves of the piston body. Ridges of the piston body are provided between each two ring grooves and between the piston floor and the first ring groove arranged closest to the piston floor and the ring groove arranged closest to the piston skirt facing away from the other ring groove or grooves. At least one of the ridges is recessed at least over a partial section of its ridge height, which is measured parallel to the axis of the piston body, with at least one recess relative to the diameter of the piston body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: WABCO GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Gniesmer, Folkhard Holzel, Christian Schwarze, Christoph Wilken
  • Patent number: 9494233
    Abstract: The invention provides a low tension piston ring having a finished outer diameter and negligible tangential tension. The method includes the steps of machining a stock bar to an initial outer diameter slightly greater than the finished outer diameter of the piston ring, finishing the initial outer diameter of the stock bar to a rounded profile having a nominal diameter equal to the finished outer diameter, and machining the stock bar to the preferred cross-section. Dykes-type piston rings can have keystone or semi-keystone shaped cross-sections. The method continues by detaching the piston ring from the stock bar using a parting tool in response to completing all tension inducing operations including the steps recited above. The method continues with the steps of lapping the piston ring to a final longitudinal thickness and cutting the piston ring longitudinally to form a final gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Federal Mogul Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Salenbien, Miguel Azevedo, Matthew Belford
  • Patent number: 9328724
    Abstract: A rocking piston type compressor is provided with a piston rod, a lip ring, and a ring holding member. The lip ring includes a center portion fixed by the ring holding member, and a lip portion upwardly extending around the center portion along a periphery of the ring holding member. The ring holding member includes a flange portion covering at least a part of an upper end surface of lip portion. A back pressure introducing portion is provided in a part of the flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Asai
  • Patent number: 9314864
    Abstract: A seal, fill head, and system are provided. The seal is adapted to cooperate with a fill head that is configured to place conductive bonding material into cavities on a mold. The seal comprises a first outer wall that is configured to abut a first adjacent wall of a support groove in a fill head. A second outer wall is configured to abut a second adjacent wall of a support groove in a fill head. An outer horizontal wall is situated between the first outer wall and the second outer wall. The outer horizontal wall comprises at least a first portion that is configured to abut an upper portion of the support groove. A convex bottom portion extends from the first and second outer walls. The convex bottom portion is configured to cooperate with a top surface of a mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Russell A. Budd, John P. Karidis
  • Patent number: 9217507
    Abstract: A multi-part piston ring, containing an at least single-part spring support which is provided with a piston ring joint region and an at least single-part spring element, which is positioned in a groove provided in the region of the inner circumferential face of the spring support, wherein the wall thickness of the spring support is essentially equal in the region of the ends of the spring support facing the piston ring joint and in the rear region of the spring support, and a pocket which extends over a circumferential range of at least 60° and is created by local reduction of the wall thickness of the spring support is provided in each case between the rear region and the piston ring joint ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Mittler, Thomas Schulte-Sasse, Manfred Muller
  • Patent number: 8430650
    Abstract: A swing-type reciprocative compressor is capable of maintaining long durability and preventing propagation of heat to the large end portion of a piston, even under high-compression. In the reciprocative compressor having a swing-type piston mechanism, a piston ring is attached to a piston ring groove to seal between a piston and a cylinder. A ring groove is provided separately from the piston ring groove on the outer circumferential side of the piston and on the crankshaft side of the piston ring groove. A guide ring restricted from moving in a radial direction and shaped like a skirt opening toward the crankshaft side is provided in the ring groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akito Ohata, Hisatoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7997185
    Abstract: A piston has a body with a first circumferentially disposed groove. A first ring is movably disposed within the first groove. The first ring defines an inner circumferential groove. A blocking ring is at least partially located in the groove of the first ring and the groove of the piston. One or more vent passages may connect a first volume in the piston to a second volume outside the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Mahle Engine Components USA, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Lahrman, Steven J. Sytsma
  • Patent number: 7431305
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oil scraper ring groove ring arrangement for pistons of internal combustion engines. The inventive arrangement comprises a disk that is provided with parallel flanks and a bearing surface having an asymmetrical crowned form with a vertex line extended over the periphery of the disc, with the disk being arranged in a ring groove of the piston with a ring groove side opposing the piston head and a ring groove side facing the piston head. The aim of the invention is to achieve an improved oil scraping action compared to that of prior art, while reducing the friction and the abrasion in such a way that it is radially outwardly inclined to the outer diameter of the piston, the bearing surface of the disk being embodied in such a way that it corresponds to an almost worn end contour in the started engine state, and, when the oil scraper ring is mounted in the piston, the vertex line of the bearing surface is oriented in the direction of the ring groove side opposing the piston head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Mahle GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf-Gerhard Fiedler
  • Patent number: 7234704
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a wiping and/or sealing element for sealing a piston (11) guided movably in a housing (10) with a seal held in a groove (21, 30). The present invention pertains, furthermore, to a process for sealing a movable piston (11) by means of a seal inserted into a groove (21, 30) and a clamping and/or support element with a piston (21), which is guided in a housing (10) such that it can be withdrawn and extended, wherein the piston (11) is sealed by means of a seal arranged in a groove (21). To achieve sealing of the piston (11) with a high sealing force for high liquid pressures at low friction, the wiping and/or sealing element according to the present invention as well as the clamping and/or support element according to the present invention are wherein the seal is a quad ring (22) with a square cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Ludwig Ehrhardt GmbH
    Inventors: Adolf Lehr, Matthias Ehrhardt
  • Patent number: 6805360
    Abstract: The regulator connects to a high pressure fluid supply and regulates the pressure to a downstream apparatus. If an over-pressure occurs, it is vented to atmosphere. A segmented body reduces production cost. An elongate control stem engages a supply seal assembly and a vent seal assembly and moves axially with respect to these seal assemblies to achieve regulation and venting. Both the supply seal assembly and the vent seal assembly are bi-directional and operate when forces are applied from opposing directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Gilmore Valve Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rodney C. Hope, Thomas W. Neugebauer
  • Patent number: 6682078
    Abstract: A ring groove for a two-piece oil ring of a piston is provided that has ring body equipped with a coil expander, wherein the ring body has an upper outer surface and a lower outer surface, both orthogonal to the axial direction of the piston. The ring groove also has an upper inner surface and a lower inner surface, both orthogonal to the axial direction of the piston; a radially inward-most, bottom surface connecting the upper and lower inner surfaces; and oil drain holes, each having an opening thereof located on the bottom surface. The ring groove has an axial width slightly greater than the width of the two-piece oil ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignees: Nippon Piston Ring Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideshi Hitosugi, Nobuyuki Murakami, Taro Itoh
  • Patent number: 6547251
    Abstract: A ring groove for a two-piece oil ring of a piston is provided that has ring body equipped with a coil expander, wherein the ring body has an upper outer surface and a lower outer surface, both orthogonal to the axial direction of the piston. The ring groove also has an upper inner surface and a lower inner surface, both orthogonal to the axial direction of the piston; a radially inward-most, bottom surface connecting the upper and lower inner surfaces; and oil drain holes, each having an opening thereof located on the bottom surface. The ring groove has an axial width slightly greater than the width of the two-piece oil ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignees: Nippon Piston Ring Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideshi Hitosugi, Nobuyuki Murakami, Taro Itoh
  • Patent number: 6416058
    Abstract: The invention concerns a packing seal with its lip (1) placed in a toroidal housing (2) of a part (3) mobile in rotation and/or translation relatively to a part (4) and whereof the lip (5) ensuring the seal between the lining and the part (4) exerts on said part (4) an almost constant force whatever the pressure and whereof the support diameter can be maintained also almost constant whatever the temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Inventor: Marian Gorski Zygmunt