Patents by Inventor Matthias Laqua

Matthias Laqua has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230243423
    Abstract: Piston blank for a piston, comprising a piston lower part, which comprises a first joining surface running around a central axis of the piston blank, and a piston upper part, which comprises a second joining surface running around the central axis and an inner surface running around the central axis and adjoining the second joining surface as viewed along the central axis, wherein the piston upper part can be placed with its second joining surface on the first joining surface, and wherein a tangential plane which is assigned to the second joining surface is inclined relative to the central axis such that the tangential plane intersects the inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias LAQUA, Klaus BACHER
  • Patent number: 11492996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston for an internal combustion engine formed from a lower part and an upper part which are threadingly connected to one another to form a piston. In one example, an anti-rotation safeguard device is used to prevent unwanted rotation of the upper part relative to the lower part. In another example, a forged extension and a nut are used to obtain a prestress during operation of the piston. In another example, a cooling gallery including extension bores are used to increase the cooling capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Laqua, Alexander Schäfer, Wolfgang Köhler, Dieter Krämer
  • Patent number: 10871125
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine including an upper part and a lower part connected by at least one threaded connection. The lower part includes a cutout positioned in the inner region of the piston above a peak of the pin bore extending toward the outer periphery of the piston. The lower part further includes at least one web positioned above the pin bore extending toward the outer periphery of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Laqua
  • Publication number: 20200191089
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston for an internal combustion engine formed from a lower part and an upper part which are threadingly connected to one another to form a piston. In one example, an anti-rotation safeguard device is used to prevent unwanted rotation of the upper part relative to the lower part. In another example, a forged extension and a nut are used to obtain a prestress during operation of the piston. In another example, a cooling gallery including extension bores are used to increase the cooling capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Matthias Laqua, Alexander Schäfer, Wolfgang Köhler, Dieter Krämer
  • Patent number: 10337450
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling-channel piston for an internal combustion engine, having an upper part and a lower part, wherein the upper part and the lower part are connected to one another by way of a cohesive joint in the form of a weld seam, and the upper part and the lower part form an annularly encircling cooling channel which is arranged approximately behind a ring section, wherein a gap geometry is provided between a lower edge of the ring section and an upper edge of the lower part, wherein the gap geometry has at least one sliding surface which is arranged on a lower edge of the ring section of the cooling-channel piston and/or on the corresponding upper edge of the lower part of the cooling-channel piston, and to several methods for the operation of a cooling-channel piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Laqua, Volker Lehnert
  • Publication number: 20180355818
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston for an internal combustion engine formed from a lower part and an upper part which are threadingly connected to one another to form a piston. In one example, an anti-rotation safeguard device is used to prevent unwanted rotation of the upper part relative to the lower part. In another example, a forged extension and a nut are used to obtain a prestress during operation of the piston. In another example, a cooling gallery including extension bores are used to increase the cooling capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Laqua, Alexander Schäfer, Wolfgang Köhler, Dieter Krämer
  • Publication number: 20180313293
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine including an upper part and a lower part connected by at least one threaded connection. The lower part includes a cutout positioned in the inner region of the piston above a peak of the pin bore extending toward the outer periphery of the piston. The lower part further includes at least one web positioned above the pin bore extending toward the outer periphery of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Matthias Laqua
  • Publication number: 20180230937
    Abstract: Disclosed is a monoblock or cooling channel piston and a method for producing a monoblock piston for use in an internal combustion engine. A piston blank includes a circumferential collar protruding radially in the region of the piston crown is first produced and the collar is then shaped. A contact region on a top region of the piston skirts and the collar is shaped such that the outer circumferential edge thereof points at a distance to the contact region and forms a defined gap. The gap is then sealed by a closure element in order to form a closed cooling channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Matthias Laqua
  • Patent number: 10047694
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has a sliding shoe carried in a force accumulator. The sliding shoe has a channel to transfer cooling oil into a hollow space. The force accumulator is located is a channel formed by the piston, and the sliding shoe is guided partially inside the force accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Laqua, Markus Pinz
  • Publication number: 20170138297
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling-channel piston for an internal combustion engine, having an upper part and a lower part, wherein the upper part and the lower part are connected to one another by way of a cohesive joint in the form of a weld seam, and the upper part and the lower part form an annularly encircling cooling channel which is arranged approximately behind a ring section, wherein a gap geometry is provided between a lower edge of the ring section and an upper edge of the lower part, wherein the gap geometry has at least one sliding surface which is arranged on a lower edge of the ring section of the cooling-channel piston and/or on the corresponding upper edge of the lower part of the cooling-channel piston, and to several methods for the operation of a cooling-channel piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Matthias Laqua, Volker Lehnert
  • Publication number: 20160146151
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has a sliding shoe carried in a force accumulator. The sliding shoe has a channel to transfer cooling oil into a hollow space. The force accumulator is located is a channel formed by the piston, and the sliding shoe is guided partially inside the force accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Matthias Laqua, Markus Pinz
  • Patent number: 8925511
    Abstract: A cooling channel piston has a radially circumferential cooling channel located behind a ring field. The cooling channel piston is forged from a steel material and the cooling channel is worked in by machining between an upper part below the ring field and a lower part above the piston bosses and the piston skirts. The cooling channel extends behind the ring field in the direction of an upper face of the upper part, it being provided that the cooling channel piston has above its piston bosses and piston skirts an outwardly oriented support region. A closing element, which closes the cooling channel after the production thereof, is fastened between the lower edge of the ring field and the support region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Franz-Peter Allig, Wolfgang Köhler, Matthias Laqua
  • Publication number: 20140238332
    Abstract: A method for producing a cooling-duct piston for an internal combustion engine, composed of a piston upper part and a piston lower part, wherein the piston upper part is detachably connected to a piston lower part and a cooling duct is formed in the region between the piston upper part and the piston lower part which is charged with coolant via at least one inlet opening during the operation of the cooling duct piston and out of which coolant flows again via at least one outlet opening. In a first step, the piston upper part is detached and separated from the piston lower part, and subsequently a ring, which has at least on discharge opening, is fastened to the inlet opening and finally the piston upper part and the piston lower part reconnected. The cooling duct can be charged with coolant via the inlet opening. A cooling duct piston for an internal combustion engine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Laqua, Volker Lehnert
  • Publication number: 20110265744
    Abstract: A cooling channel piston has a radially circumferential cooling channel located behind a ring field. The cooling channel piston is forged from a steel material and the cooling channel is worked in by machining between an upper part below the ring field and a lower part above the piston bosses and the piston skirts. The cooling channel extends behind the ring field in the direction of an upper face of the upper part, it being provided that the cooling channel piston has above its piston bosses and piston skirts an outwardly oriented support region. A closing element, which closes the cooling channel after the production thereof, is fastened between the lower edge of the ring field and the support region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: KS KOLBENSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Franz-Peter Allig, Wolfgang Köhler, Matthias Laqua