Patents Assigned to KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH
  • Patent number: 7761987
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a cooling channel piston which has a cooling channel approximately in the area behind the ring belt, where a piston blank is shaped at least partially by forging, where in accordance with the invention it is envisaged that a circumferential shoulder is formed in the area of the heat dam also by forging, a recess is introduced behind the shoulder and the shoulder is subsequently reshaped by deformation in such a way that the recess is closed by the shoulder to form a cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH
    Inventor: Siegfried Mielke
  • Publication number: 20100154940
    Abstract: A method for producing pistons that can be used in internal combustion engines made from lightweight metal, with a combustion bowl assigned to one piston head, wherein a bowl rim is subjected to a melt treatment. In a first method step, the bowl rim is inductively heated. In a second method step, the material of the bowl rim, also to be referred to as the delimiting zone, is improved by means of a laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Jochen Luft, Thomas Steffens, Christian Schaller, Bernd Sartorius
  • Publication number: 20100147251
    Abstract: A piston of an internal combustion engine has a piston crown with annular grooves and a shaft part disposed on the piston crown. The shaft part has bearing shaft wall sections which are connected to one another via inclined connecting walls which are retracted with respect to the outer diameter of the piston. Piston-pin bosses for accommodating a piston pin are disposed in connecting walls. The connecting walls are retracted at such an angle that, in progressing from the lower edge over an intermediate region which lies further back than the lower edge, into an end region which lies further back than the intermediate region the connecting walls to over flush into a hub supporting region below the piston crown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Alfred Alexander Blau, Ralf Buschbek, Matthias Fahr
  • Patent number: 7730828
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Emmerich Ottliczky, Franz Ratzky, Norbert Ries
  • Publication number: 20100101527
    Abstract: A piston of an internal combustion engine has a piston crown provided with a ring zone and adjoining a piston skirt encompassing a piston interior, the skirt having two load-bearing skirt wall segments and two pin bosses. Each pin boss encompassing a boss hole is connected to a boss base body by a boss support, the base body having ribs to increase stiffness, which are aligned to the extent possible in the direction of the boss holes continuously connecting the pin bosses. The curved or arched ribs thereby cover a pivoting range of a connecting rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventor: Volker Gniesmer
  • Publication number: 20100050975
    Abstract: A method for producing a cast part using a casting machine which comprises a least one casting mould that can be filled with a casting melt. According to the method, the casting is filled with a casting melt, the melt is left to completely solidify and the cast part is then removed from the casting. The casting is filled with melt by the casting machine without the use of pressure at a fill speed of less than 10 m per second in the gating and is then squeezed in the casting mould at a casting pressure greater than 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Everwin, Emmerich Ottliczky, Walter Braunauer, Michael Winandi
  • Publication number: 20100037765
    Abstract: A method for producing a piston of an internal combustion engine in which a first blank and at least one additional black are provided with a somewhat cylindrical shape. The blanks are joined together, and the obtained piston blank is subjected to a shaping process in which a combustion chamber cavity of the piston is formed in the area of a joining point between the first and the second blank. The material of the second blank forms a reinforcement for at least the combustion chamber cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Gniesmer, Gerhard Luz, Michael Albert Janssen, Jochen Müller
  • Publication number: 20090255113
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for hardening an annular groove of a piston head (1) of a steel piston of an internal combustion engine by means of laser beams (4), in which, according to the invention, at least the annular groove to be hardened is provided before or directly during hardening with a coating which absorbs the energy of laser beams (4) and the coating is subsequently irradiated with the laser beams (4). The absorbing layer is preferably a manganese phosphate coating or is formed in situ by treating the component surface with a process gas comprising oxygen and inert gas. Furthermore, the laser beams are directed at the piston during hardening at an oblique angle to the direction of rotation. The advantages achieved are: avoidance of reflections and undesirable hardening of the bottom of the rotation. The advantages achieved are: avoidance of reflection and undesirable hardening of the bottom of the groove, an increased degree of absorption and reduced distortion of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Gunter Bürkle, Christian Schaller
  • Publication number: 20090241769
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventor: Reiner Feeser
  • Publication number: 20090173309
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has a piston upper part which has a ring field having a plurality of ring grooves, and a piston lower part wherein there is provision for the ring field to have precisely two ring grooves with at least the upper ring grooves having a ring carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: KS Kolbenschmidt GMBH
    Inventors: Emmerich Ottiliczky, Ralf Buschbeck, Willi Sikorsky, Albrecht Roloff
  • Publication number: 20080314241
    Abstract: A piston having a top part and an adjacent shaft part. The top part of the piston is provided with a field of rings encompassing at least one annular groove. A circumferential radial recess is located in the region between the upper edge of the shaft part and the annular groove. The upper diameter of the recess is smaller than the lower diameter of the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: KS-KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Buschbeck, Johannes Spermann, Christina Hefele, Alfred Alexander Blau
  • Publication number: 20080307957
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventor: Hartmut Kamp
  • Publication number: 20080264247
    Abstract: A piston has a piston head that is provided with a field of rings and a piston shaft which is disposed thereupon. The piston shaft is equipped with supporting shaft wall sections and rear connecting walls which interconnect the shaft wall sections, have an arched shape, and are fitted with a bolt bore. An undercut free space is provided below the annular field in the area of the bolt bore in the region of the piston head. An arched zone is disposed in the interior of the piston at the transition from the bolt bore in the direction of the shaft wall session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Buschbeck, Johannes Spermann, Albert Haberl, Klaus Lormes
  • Publication number: 20080245229
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: KS-KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Buschbeck, Albert Haberl, Willi Sikorsky
  • Publication number: 20080245231
    Abstract: A piston, such as a cooling channel piston of an internal combustion engine, has a first part, a second part and a third part. The parts can be produced separately from each other and subsequently assembled by way of a joining method. The third part has at least one rotationally symmetrical joining area disposed in direction of the first part, and, another rotationally symmetrical joining area disposed at least in the direction of the second part. The joining areas mate with joining areas of the first part and the second part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Gniesmer, Gerhard Luz, Emmerich Ottlickzky
  • Publication number: 20080229923
    Abstract: A piston, especially a cooling channel piston of an internal combustion engine, has an upper part and a lower part which can be produced separately from each other and subsequently be assembled. The upper part has at least three radially peripheral joining webs and the lower part likewise at least three radially peripheral joining webs. During assembly, the webs are put together and connect the upper part firmly to the lower part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Gniesmer, Gerhard Luz, Emmerich Ottlickzky
  • Publication number: 20080202330
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Emmerich Ottliczky, Franz Ratzky, Norbert Ries
  • Publication number: 20080167403
    Abstract: A coating for a component coming into contact with carbon compounds, wherein the coating consists of a heat-resistant organic-inorganic hybrid polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventor: Gunter Burkle
  • Publication number: 20080149897
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventor: Gunter Burkle
  • Publication number: 20060000087
    Abstract: A method of producing a cooling channel piston for an internal combustion engine having a cooling channel in its piston crown, wherein a piston lower section with piston bosses, piston pin bores and piston skirts attach to the piston crown, wherein a piston blank is first produced with a circumferential collar radially projecting in the area of the piston crown, wherein the collar is then formed over, wherein, a seating area for the collar is formed in a transition zone between the piston crown and the piston lower section and the collar is formed over in such a way until its outer radially circumferential edge comes very close to or butts completely against the seating area to form a closed cooling channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH
    Inventor: Yuejun Huang