Patents Assigned to WESTERN DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
  • Interlocking piston button
    Patent number: 10495224
    Abstract: An engine piston assembly includes a piston with two opposing boss bores, a first interlocking piston button with at least one interlocking protrusion compatible with at least one interlocking recess in the first boss bore, and a second interlocking piston button with at least one interlocking protrusion compatible with at least one interlocking recess in the second boss bore. The interlocking protrusions serve to prevent the buttons from rotating inside the boss bores and deforming an oil control ring inside an oil control ring groove of the piston assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: WESTERN DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert John Giebas, Nicholas Plantus
  • Interlocking piston button
    Patent number: 10041592
    Abstract: An engine piston assembly includes a piston with two opposing boss bores, a first interlocking piston button with at least one interlocking protrusion compatible with at least one interlocking recess in the first boss bore, and a second interlocking piston button with at least one interlocking protrusion compatible with at least one interlocking recess in the second boss bore. The interlocking protrusions serve to prevent the buttons from rotating inside the boss bores and deforming an oil control ring inside an oil control ring groove of the piston assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: WESTERN DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert John Giebas, Nicholas Plantus