Patents by Inventor Mike Tebbe

Mike Tebbe 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).

  • Piston with an undercrown support feature
    Patent number: 9046053
    Abstract: A piston with a piston body extending along a longitudinal central axis and having a crown portion and a pair of pin bosses is provided. The crown portion includes a combustion wall with a combustion bowl formed therein and a pair of ribs depending from the combustion wall. One of the ribs depends from the combustion wall directly below the combustion bowl, and the other rib is radially spaced from the combustion bowl. As such, one of the ribs depends lower along the longitudinal central axis than the other of the ribs. The ribs provide support to the crown portion and also act as a heat sink to extract heat from the combustion wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Will, Marc Brandt, Mike Tebbe
  • PISTON WITH AN UNDERCROWN SUPPORT FEATURE
    Publication number: 20130008307
    Abstract: A piston with a piston body extending along a longitudinal central axis and having a crown portion and a pair of pin bosses is provided. The crown portion includes a combustion wall with a combustion bowl formed therein and a pair of ribs depending from the combustion wall. One of the ribs depends from the combustion wall directly below the combustion bowl, and the other rib is radially spaced from the combustion bowl. As such, one of the ribs depends lower along the longitudinal central axis than the other of the ribs. The ribs provide support to the crown portion and also act as a heat sink to extract heat from the combustion wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Kurt Will, Marc Brandt, Mike Tebbe