With Ported Chamber In Piston Part For Circulating Heat Exchange Fluid Patents (Class 92/186)
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Patent number: 7735462Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion device, has at least one cooling channel, with at least two sections which, when seen from above, are located along the piston axis and/or on different levels in the radial direction, and/or the two or more cooling channels are provided, and at least two of the cooling channels are located on different levels along the piston axis and/or in the radial direction when seen from above, and that at least a supply and/or discharge element extends in an least parallel manner on the piston axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2005Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Federal-Mogul Nurnberg GmbHInventor: Karl-Heinz Obermeier
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Patent number: 7730828Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a piston head provided with an annular field, and a piston shaft arranged beneath the annular field. The piston shaft has shaft surfaces and a recess surface which is arranged around a bolt borehole and set back in relation to an outer diameter of the piston. At least one cavity is provided in the region of the lowest annular groove for oil flow in the direction of the recess surface during the movement of the piston and the at least one cavity is arranged outside an especially stressed region above the bolt borehole.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2005Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: KS Kolbenschmidt GmbHInventors: Emmerich Ottliczky, Franz Ratzky, Norbert Ries
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Publication number: 20100108017Abstract: A method for producing a multi-part piston for an internal combustion engine and the piston itself, which has an upper piston part and a lower piston part, each having an inner and an outer support element, which elements delimit an outer circumferential cooling channel and an inner cooling chamber. The inner support element of the upper piston part and/or the inner support element of the lower piston part have at least one recess on their surface. The upper piston part and the lower piston part are connected with one another by pressure welding.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Karlheinz Bing, Frank Schnaiter
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Publication number: 20100107998Abstract: A multi-part piston for an internal combustion engine has an upper piston part and a lower piston part. The upper piston part and the lower piston part each have an inner and an outer support element, which elements delimit an outer circumferential cooling channel and an inner cooling chamber, whose cooling chamber bottom has an opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Rainer Scharp, Reiner Mueller, Helmut Edel, Bernd Graf, Stefan Kohnle, Dieter Held, Matthias Seifried
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Patent number: 7650829Abstract: The invention relates to a hollow piston (1) for a piston engine, said hollow piston comprising a peripheral wall (3a), a central rod (11), a front wall (3b) on the front end thereof, and an articulated part 4a) on the rear end thereof. The inventive hollow piston (1) has an annular cavity (14) formed against the rod (11), between the peripheral wall (3a) and the articulated part (4a). A rear section of the cavity (14) forms a front section of the articulated part (4a). The aim of the invention is to stabilize the hollow piston while ensuring an efficient guidance of the piston. To this end, the rod (11) ends the region of the cavity (14), the articulated part (4a) is a cap-shaped articulation recess (4c), and the rear section of the cavity (14) forms at least part of the articulated surface (4g) of the articulation recess (4c).Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2004Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Brueninghaus Hydromatik GmbHInventor: Josef Beck
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Patent number: 7607384Abstract: A piston (2) for a piston engine, in particular for an axial-piston engine (1) of the inclined-axis type, comprises a conical section (26), a neck region (19) and a ball end (9) which is formed onto said neck region (19), a clearance (15) which is constructed in the piston and a pin (14) which is constructed in said clearance (15). The wall (20) of the piston (2) has different thicknesses of material in different sections of its axial length.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Brueninghaus Hydromatik GmbHInventor: Rolf Brockerhoff
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Patent number: 7600465Abstract: Disclosed is a piston (1) for a combustion engine, comprising an annular grooved reinforcement (4) that is screwed onto an externally threaded (13) collar (12) located in the piston head area via an internal thread (19) which is mounted on the inside of the grooved reinforcement (4). The grooved reinforcement (4) blocks a recess (14) so as to form an annular, closed cooling duct (21). In order to provide the screwed connection between the collar (12) and the grooved reinforcement (4) with sufficient stability, a radially outward area of the collar (12) is equipped with a bend that points towards the hub. Furthermore, the collar (12) is embodied in an elastically resilient manner so as to bend in the direction of the piston head when the grooved reinforcement is screwed in, thus prestressing the screwed connection.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2005Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventor: Rainer Scharp
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Publication number: 20090250033Abstract: The invention relates to a piston for an internal combustion engine comprising an annular cooling channel embodied in the edge area of the piston head and closed on a rod side with a cover consisting of two semicircular half-shells which are oriented with the internal sides thereof towards the piston and provided with a circular groove for arranging the half-shells on a projection embodied on the external side of the piston. The half-shells are provided on the abutting surfaces thereof with rest connections for easily connecting the half-shells to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2004Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventor: Rainer Scharp
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Publication number: 20090241769Abstract: A method for producing a one-piece, lightweight piston consisting of steel and having a small compression depth (S) forms piston with at least one cavity in a shaft aperture region. A piston blank is produced in a first step using a forging or casting method. To form a cooling channel between an annular region and a combustion chamber recess an annular section is formed in one piece onto the wall of a cooling channel in the vicinity of the piston base. The joint produced between the annular section and an outer wall of the cooling channel is sealed by welding.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2007Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBHInventor: Reiner Feeser
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Patent number: 7584694Abstract: The invention relates to an assembled piston (1) for an internal combustion engine, said piston consisting of an upper part (4) provided with a combustion cavity (8), and a lower part (5) that is screwed to the upper part (4) by means of a screw (6) which is arranged coaxially to the piston axis (31). Said screw (6) is embodied as a set screw comprising a hexagon socket (6?) on the inner side of the piston and a head (6?) on the bottom side of the piston, the head (6?) forming part of the bottom of the combustion cavity (8) and being flush therewith (8) in the screwed state.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2005Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Mahle GmbHInventor: Rainer Scharp
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Patent number: 7578229Abstract: A piston and method of making a piston which involves providing a single piece piston blank that, after casting or forging, is separated into separate upper and lower portions. The upper portion is machined to develop a piston head having that includes a cooling gallery portion and the lower portion is machined to develop a piston body having a cooling gallery portion, a skirt and a pair of opposed pin bores. After machining the piston head and piston body are attached together and the resulting assembly is machine finished into a finished piston.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2006Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Karl Schmidt Unisia, Inc.Inventor: Andrew Dye
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Patent number: 7549368Abstract: The invention relates to a lightweight piston comprising heat pipes. The aim of the invention is to simplify the structure of such a piston while at the same time allowing for an improved heat dissipation from the piston areas subject to heat load while avoiding thermal stress. For this purpose, a plurality of liquid-filled heat pipes each having an evaporator and a condenser end is used, whereby the evaporator end is configured by short pipe sections that are oriented in the thickness at bottom towards the focal point and that are interlinked by means of a composite heat pipe extending in parallel to the piston head. At least two pipe sections functioning as the condenser end are coupled with the composite heat pipe in such a manner as to configure, by way of a pipe connection arranged on the condenser ends, a closed coolant cycle between the evaporator end, composite heat pipe and condenser end of the heat pipe.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2005Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Mable International GmbHInventors: Peter Heidrich, Roland Lochmann, Klaus Keller
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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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Patent number: 7533601Abstract: A multi-part piston for a combustion engine having a piston upper part and a piston lower part, where the piston upper part has a piston crown and an attachment head on its side facing the piston lower part, and the piston lower part has an attachment element in which the attachment head is held, the attachment element being disposed on a side facing the piston upper part. The attachment head is held in the attachment element by a press fit.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2006Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignees: MAHLE Technology, Inc., MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Michael T. Lapp, Dan Dinu
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Publication number: 20090025550Abstract: 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, 2009Inventors: Arnold Benz, Helmut Kollotzek, Markus Leitl, Sven Schilling, Ernst Limbach, Josip Zvonkovic
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Publication number: 20090020007Abstract: A laser-welded single-piece forged-steel piston with an enclosed inner oil cooling chamber having the advantages of simple structure and easy manufacturing process, and capable of satisfying the requirement of engines for high power, high rigidity, and low discharge development, and its manufacturing process. The laser-welded single-piece forged-steel piston of the invention comprises a piston body member and a piston ring member, wherein the piston body member is welded together with the piston ring member through laser welding procedure, an enclosed inner oil cooling chamber is formed between the piston body member and the piston ring member, and is connected with the piston inner cavity by means of at least two oil inlet/outlet holes, and a pin hole is opened at the lower portion of the piston body member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Inventors: Fenghua LIN, Qingyuan ZHANG, Xuejun MA, Feng ZHANG
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Publication number: 20080314240Abstract: A piston includes a crown portion generally defining an axis and having a skirt connecting portion. The skirt connecting portion is defined, at least in part, by a first crown mating portion, a second crown mating portion positioned radially from the first crown mating portion, and a crown chamber surface extending between the first crown mating portion and the second crown mating portion. The piston also includes a skirt having a crown connecting portion. The crown connecting portion is defined, at least in part, by a first skirt mating portion, a second skirt mating portion, and a skirt chamber surface extending between the first skirt mating portion and the second skirt mating portion. The first crown mating portion is selectively coupled to the first skirt mating portion. The second crown mating portion is selectively coupled to the second skirt mating portion to define a piston chamber that is defined, at least in part, by the crown chamber surface and the skirt chamber surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Steve Walker, Philip Vaden
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Publication number: 20080295683Abstract: A saddle portion for use with a piston head for use in an internal combustion engine is provided, that includes a saddle portion including an upper surface and a lower surface. At least two passages extend from the lower surface to the upper surface, and form a fluid path that permits cooling of the piston head.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2007Publication date: December 4, 2008Inventor: Jay T. Wagner
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Publication number: 20080295684Abstract: A Stirling engine includes a piston seat, a displacer arranged in the piston seat, a piston seat, and a push rod. Meanwhile, a piston tube is arranged on the piston seat and an airtight piston is arranged in the piston tube. Moreover, one end of the push rod is connected to the displacer, while another end passes through the airtight piston and extends out of the piston seat. Additionally, a power mechanism includes the aforementioned Stirling engine, a crankshaft, an axle seat pivoted with the crankshaft, and two pairs of first and second swing arms that are respectively connected from the crankshaft to the top ends of the push rod and the airtight piston and are arranged symmetrically to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Inventor: Pao-Lung LIN
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Publication number: 20080289490Abstract: Disclosed is a piston for a combustion engine, comprising a cooling duct with a single inlet port and at least two outlet ports, at least two of which are separated from each other regarding the discharged coolant. Also disclosed is a combustion engine comprising at least one such piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2005Publication date: November 27, 2008Inventors: Roland Linz, Kurt Voit
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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: 7409903Abstract: The invention relates to a one-piece piston (1) for an internal combustion engine comprising an annular cooling channel (6) which is arranged in the edge area of the piston head (4) and closed by a substantially cylindrical embodied in one-piece ring (18).Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2004Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: MAHLE GmbHInventor: Rainer Scharp
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Publication number: 20080134879Abstract: The invention relates to a piston of an internal combustion engine comprising an upper part (1)and a lower part (3)that consist of a respective light metal alloy (15)and to an associated method for increasing the thermal load-bearing capacity of a multi-part piston that is subjected to high thermal stress in an internal combustion engine. The piston is provided with at least one insulating element, in particular a gap (7)between the lower part (3)and the upper part (1), at least one piston ring carrier (6), which consists of a different material from that of the upper part (1)and the lower part (3), in particular of steel or grey cast iron, being located next to said gap as a component. A thermal current that is introduced into the piston base (2)is prevented from dissipating via the piston ring carrier (6)by means of the insulating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2005Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: FEV MOTORENTECHNIK GMBHInventor: Peter Hofbauer
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Publication number: 20080127818Abstract: A piston and method of making a piston which involves providing a single piece piston blank that, after casting or forging, is separated into separate upper and lower portions. The upper portion is machined to develop a piston head having that includes a cooling gallery portion and the lower portion is machined to develop a piston body having a cooling gallery portion, a skirt and a pair of opposed pin bores. After machining the piston head and piston body are attached together and the resulting assembly is machine finished into a finished piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2006Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventor: Andrew Dye
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Publication number: 20080121102Abstract: Disclosed is a two-part piston (1) for a combustion engine comprising a combustion chamber (16) in the piston head (13). The piston (1) is composed of a basic member (5) and a top part (6) that is screwed to the basic member (5). In order for the combustion pressure to act substantially upon the basic member (5), which is provided with great mechanical stability and load-bearing capacity relative to the pressure prevailing in the combustion chamber, the bottom part of the combustion chamber (16) is molded into the basic member (5), the top part (6) is configured in an essentially annular manner, and the top part (6) enlarges the combustion chamber (16) at the piston head end while delimiting the same in a radially outward direction similar to a collar (19).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2005Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: Rainer Scharp, Stefan Fischer
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Patent number: 7308850Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminum piston for a combustion engine having a ring element, which is made of NiResist, is placed in the radially outer edge area of the piston head, and which, together with the base body, forms an annular cooling channel. The ring element is fastened to the base body of the piston via a screwed connection.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2004Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: Mahle GmbHInventor: Rainer Scharp
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Patent number: 7299772Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine defining an axis of motion and including an annular cooling gallery defined within the piston. The cooling gallery extends annularly about the axis of motion of the piston. A plurality of annularly spaced fan blades is positioned within the cooling gallery. Each fan blade is oriented diagonally within the cooling gallery to direct a cooling fluid in an annular direction about the axis of motion of the piston.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventor: William J. Hardin
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Patent number: 7281466Abstract: A cast piston, for an internal combustion engine or pump has an integral coolant ring gallery, with localized extensions, to achieve a coolant interchange with the gallery upon piston reciprocation. At least a portion of an extension lies generally parallel to the longitudinal piston axis and towards an upper end of the piston adjacent the working fluid. This provides an attendant increase in surface area exposed to coolant allowing either a decrease in operational piston temperature or an increase in allowable heat flow into the piston from a working fluid.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2000Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Seneca Technology, Ltd.Inventors: Mark Conrad Wilksch, Philip Clive Franklin
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Patent number: 7134383Abstract: The invention concerns a piston arrangement having a piston with a piston head and a piston skirt with a circumferential surface, and a connecting rod, which is connected with the piston via a ball joint comprising a ball, and penetrated by an oil supply channel, which is connected with a bearing surface of the ball joint.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2004Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbHInventors: Christian Petersen, Heinz Otto Lassen, Marten Nommensen, Frank Holm Iversen
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Patent number: 7104183Abstract: A one-piece steel piston that is made from a piston blank that includes a portion that configured and designed to be displaced to form a cooling gallery and ring belt. The piston blank can be formed by a casting or forging process. The portion that is designed and configured to be displaced is a flange that extends radially at the top of the piston blank. The flange is bent downward so that a peripheral edge of the flange contacts a top portion of the piston skirt. The peripheral edge of the flange and the top portion of the skirt can be welded together or provided with inter-engaging structures.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Karl Schmidt Unisia, Inc.Inventor: Yuejun Huang
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Patent number: 7100494Abstract: The invention concerns a piston arrangement having a piston with a piston head and a piston skirt and a connecting rod, which is connected with the piston via a ball joint arrangement comprising a ball, the ball being held in the piston by means of a safety element.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2004Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbHInventors: Christian Petersen, Heinz Otto Lassen, Marten Nommensen, Frank Holm Iversen
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Patent number: 7003878Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a ring support (1) with a sheet metal cooling channel welded thereon (5), which is transfused later with an aluminium melt for producing a piston. The aim of the invention is to improve the production of openings (4) for supplying and removing oil. Said openings are produced even before the transfusion of the cooled ring support. When the alfin pretreament of the cooling ring supports occurs, said cooling channel is filled with melt and emptied again during removal front the alfin bath.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2001Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: MAHLE GmbHInventor: Michael Ullrich
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Patent number: 6978712Abstract: A method of providing variable pumping rate from a piston type pump at a constant drive speed, comprising providing a connecting rod connected to the throw of a crankshaft on one end and to a connecting pin on the other end, constraining said connecting pin to move reciprocally generally in a first direction when said crankshaft rotates, a piston connected to said connecting pin which is mounted in a head and moves reciprocally in a second direction, and varying the angle between said first direction and said second direction to vary the volume being pumped by said pump.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2003Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Inventor: Benton F. Baugh
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Patent number: 6973723Abstract: A piston includes a piston structure being unitarily formed in a powder metallurgy process, the piston structure having a crown assembly and a skirt assembly, at least a partial combustion chamber being formed intersecting a piston crown surface during the powder metallurgy process, the skirt assembly depending from the crown assembly and having two spaced apart pin bosses, each pin boss having a pin bore defined therein, a pair of opposed semi-circular skirt members, each skirt member extending outwardly from and being integrally joined to both of the pin bosses. The piston may be formed by executing a powder metallurgy process on at least two different metallic constituents to define a non-homogenous piston structure. A method of forming a piston is further included.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2003Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLCInventors: John L. Cagney, Valeri B. Petrov
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Patent number: 6938537Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine which comprises a piston body, and a ring element, which together form a basic piston body. When the ring element is screwed onto the piston body, it forms a ring shaped cooling channel which is closed off in a direction of the pin bosses by a projection of the basic body. The projection is structured in the form of an elastically resilient cup spring which is deformed when the ring element is screwed onto the body. This deformation and counter stress, contributes to the strength of the screw connection.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2003Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: MAHLE GmbHInventor: Rainer Scharp
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Patent number: 6920860Abstract: A cooling channel cover for a one-piece piston of an internal combustion engine, the piston having a closed cooling channel that runs around inside the piston crown, at the level of the piston ring band, and a ring-shaped recess provided between the piston ring band and the piston shaft. The piston shaft is connected with the piston hubs suspended on the piston crown. In such a piston, an easy to assemble cooling channel cover is achieved by a one-piece plastic/spring steel ring that is U-shaped in cross-section, having a ring bottom and an outer shank around the circumference, molded onto the ring bottom and angled off radially to the outside, and an inner shank around the circumference, angled off radially to the inside.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2003Date of Patent: July 26, 2005Assignee: Mahle GmbHInventors: Dieter Gabriel, Michael T. Lapp
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Patent number: 6862976Abstract: A monobloc piston has at least two steel parts welded together to define an inner cooling gallery. An outer ring belt is spaced from an inner annular support wall and is joined by a combustion bowl and a lower wall. A pair of pin bosses have axially aligned pin bores. A skirt is formed as one immovable piece with the pin bores. The piston has the following dimensional relationships: ISMD=42-55% of BD, where ISMD is a mean diameter on the inner support wall and BD is an outer diameter of the ring belt wall, ISW=3-8% of BD, where ISW is a sectional width of the inner support wall, CH>53% of BD where CH is a compression height measured between the pin bore axis and the upper surface, TLH>4% of BD, where TLH is a top land height measured between the top of the upper ring groove and the upper surface, SL=30-80% of BD, where SL is a length of the skirt measured between the upper and lower ends of the skirt, SW=2.5-6.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2002Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventors: Randall R. Gaiser, Xiluo Zhu, Roberto Bueno Nigro
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Patent number: 6840155Abstract: A multi-axially forged mono-bloc piston includes a lower crown part forged of steel and including a pair of pin bosses and an integral skirt formed as one piece with the pin bosses 20. The lower crown part is friction welded to an upper crown part to form at least one closed oil gallery within the piston head. The lower crown part is forged in the longitudinal direction of the piston as well as laterally to impart longitudinal and laterally forged features of the piston. The laterally forged features may comprise undercut recesses formed in the piston skirt to reduce material in the overall piston structure. The lateral forging may also result in the piston skirt portion being discoupled from the piston head by laterally forged slots formed in the lower crown part 14 between the skirt and head.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2001Date of Patent: January 11, 2005Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventors: Carmo Ribeiro, Richard R. Gofton, Hongsheng Lin, Randall R. Gaiser
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Patent number: 6840156Abstract: A cast engine piston has a crown with a combustion surface and an undercrown for exposure to crankcase fluids. A plurality of pins extend from the undercrown to increase the surface area of the undercrown. The pins draw heat from the crown and dissipate the heat to the crankcase fluids. Crankcase oil may be sprayed, splashed, or misted against the pins to further increase heat dissipation.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2003Date of Patent: January 11, 2005Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventors: Mark W. Gillman, Rodney K. Elnick, Todd R. Ridley
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Publication number: 20040261612Abstract: A cast engine piston has a crown with a combustion surface and an undercrown for exposure to crankcase fluids. A plurality of pins extend from the undercrown to increase the surface area of the undercrown. The pins draw heat from the crown and dissipate the heat to the crankcase fluids. Crankcase oil may be sprayed, splashed, or misted against the pins to further increase heat dissipation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Mark W. Gillman, Rodney K. Elnick, Todd R. Ridley
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Publication number: 20040250779Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventor: Rainer Scharp
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Patent number: 6820582Abstract: A cooling channel cover for a one-piece piston of an internal combustion engine, the piston having a closed cooling channel that runs around inside the piston crown and a ring-shaped recess between the piston ring band and the piston shaft. There is an easy to assemble cooling channel cover comprising a one-piece plastic/spring steel ring that is U-shaped in cross-section, having a ring bottom and an outer shank around the circumference, molded onto the ring bottom and angled off radially to the outside, and an inner shank around the circumference, angled off radially to the inside. There is a fist radial division having a mouth width (M) and a second radial division forming a first film hinge for radial deflection of one of the ring shanks and a second film hinge that permits at least one radial deflection of at least one of the radially angled shanks. In order to close off the cooling channel, the shanks engage in a stepped conical recess of on an inner circumferential edge of the cooling channel.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Mahle GmbHInventors: Dieter Gabriel, Michael T. Lapp
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Patent number: 6789460Abstract: A multipart cooled piston for a combustion engine has a piston upper part of steel comprising a combustion bowl and a ring wall with ring belt, and a piston lower part comprising a piston skirt, pin bosses for receiving the piston pin connecting the piston to the connecting rod, and pin boss supports connected to the piston skirt. An inexpensive manufacture and high form stability are achieved in that a cooling channel formed in the piston upper part has holes towards the piston crown spread over its circumference, with the piston material present between such holes forming supporting ribs that each form sections of an all-round ring rib radially to the longitudinal piston axis (K), The piston lower part has an annular and all-round carrier rib with a connection surface connected to the pin boss supports.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2002Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Mahle GmbHInventor: Hans-Jürgen Köhnert
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Patent number: 6772846Abstract: A method for drilling shaker bores into a cooling channel of a single-part piston, in which gudgeon-pin bosses each having a gudgeon-pin bore and piston shaft elements are molded onto the piston head via a tie-up substantially extending fully around in the form of a ring. Passage bores are drilled into the tie-up coaxially with the shaker bores to be drilled into the cooling channel, and the shaker bore is drilled into the underside of the piston head with a drilling bit inserted in the respective passage bore.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2003Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: Mahle GmbHInventor: Rainer Scharp
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Patent number: 6763758Abstract: A multi-part cooled piston for an internal combustion engine comprises a one-piece piston upper part having a combustion bowl and an annular wall with a piston-ring part, and a one-piece piston lower part having a box-like piston skirt, and bosses to receive the piston pins joining the piston to the connecting rod and boss supports, which are joined to the piston skirt. A cooling channel is formed through the piston upper part and also the piston lower part and is limited thereby in its cross section. A reduction of the compression height and an increase of the heat load can be achieved with this piston despite increasing engine power. The piston can also be assembled without microstructural change. The piston upper part and the piston lower part are provided with support elements having seating faces, which form a first and a second seat.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2002Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignee: Mahle GmbHInventors: Peter Kemnitz, Dieter Messmer
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Patent number: 6763757Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a single-piece cooling channel piston, where a piston blank produced by forging is furnished with a circumferential ring-shaped recess between the piston skirts and the piston crown and with an open-bottomed cooling channel in the area of a piston ring belt, where to increase the surface guidance area of the piston skirts it is envisioned that a component extending this piston ring belt is welded on below the piston ring belt.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2002Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignee: KS Kolbenschmidt GmbHInventors: Yuejun Huang, Hartmut Kamp, Volker Gniesmer
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Publication number: 20040129134Abstract: A piston includes a piston structure being unitarily formed in a powder metallurgy process, the piston structure having a crown assembly and a skirt assembly, at least a partial combustion chamber being formed intersecting a piston crown surface during the powder metallurgy process, the skirt assembly depending from the crown assembly and having two spaced apart pin bosses, each pin boss having a pin bore defined therein, a pair of opposed semi-circular skirt members, each skirt member extending outwardly from and being integrally joined to both of the pin bosses. The piston may be formed by executing a powder metallurgy process on at least two different metallic constituents to define a non-homogenous piston structure. A method of forming a piston is further included.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventors: John L. Cagney, Valeri B. Petrov
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Patent number: 6722263Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide an easy fastening of a tubular supply or a vertical pipe in a bottom covering of a cooling chamber for pistons of internal combustion engines, e.g. in a circular covering of a cooling channel of an articulated-skirt piston. To this end, the vertical tube or the tubular supply is clipped into the bottom covering or is fastened thereto by a detent connection.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2002Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Mahle GmbHInventors: Klaus Keller, Peter Kemnitz, Roland Lochmann
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Patent number: 6691666Abstract: In a multipart cooled piston (20) for a combustion engine with a piston upper part (1) of steel comprising a combustion bowl (3) and a ring wall (4) with ring belt (11), and with a piston lower part (2) comprising a piston skirt (9), pin bosses (12) for receiving the piston pin connecting the piston (20) to the connecting rod, and pin boss supports (6) connected to the piston skirt (9), and in a method for manufacture of such a piston (20), inexpensive manufacture and good form stability are to be achieved in that a cooling channel (7) formed inside the piston upper part (1) has forged supporting ribs (8) in its area extending to the combustion bowl (3), which each form sections of an all-round ring rib (5) with a connection surface radially to the longitudinal piston axis (K), in that the piston lower part (2) has an annular and all-round carrier rib (10) with a connection surface connected to the pin boss supports (6), and in that the piston upper part (1) and the piston lower part (2) are non-detachably coType: GrantFiled: January 22, 2003Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignees: Mahle GmbH, Volvo Powertrain Corp., Hirschvogel Umformtechnik GmbHInventors: Gerhard Berr, Armin Ihle, Henk Ravenshorst, Magnus Horn, Lars Lundin
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Patent number: 6668703Abstract: A piston for a combustion engine having an oil ring groove on the exterior of the piston which communicates via oil holes with an oil trap extending around the interior of the piston. The oil trap captures lubricant on the downward stroke and pumps lubricant to the piston and cylinder walls on the upward stroke. An oil ring assembly having a wiper, expander and oil ring sections may be provided in the oil ring groove. A bridge may also be provided to support the cylinder head.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Inventor: Christopher Gamble