Patents by Inventor Peter Kemnitz
Peter Kemnitz 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).
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Patent number: 10174712Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine may include a piston crown and a piston skirt. The piston crown may include a piston head, a peripheral top land, a peripheral annular zone having a plurality of annular grooves and an annular closed cooling channel. The cooling channel may include a cooling channel base and a cooling channel cover. The cooling channel base may be arranged above the lower annular groove in relation to a region of combustion.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Rainer Scharp, Peter Kemnitz
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Patent number: 9869269Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine may include a piston head and a piston skirt. The piston head may include a piston crown, an encircling fire land, an encircling ring belt having a plurality of ring grooves and an encircling cooling duct disposed radially inwards from the ring belt. The cooling duct may be open in an axial direction away from the fire land and may be at least partially closed via a closure element. The cooling duct may have a cooling duct base and a cooling duct ceiling. The closure element may be arranged on the piston head to define the cooling duct base in a position above a lowermost ring groove of the plurality of ring grooves.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Rainer Scharp, Peter Kemnitz
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Patent number: 9771891Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine may include a piston head and a piston skirt. The piston head may include a piston crown, a circumferential fire land, a circumferential ring belt having a plurality of ring grooves, and a circumferential cooling duct. The cooling duct may be open in a direction away from the fire land and may be at least partially closed by a closure element. The cooling duct may include a cooling duct bottom and a cooling duct ceiling. The piston skirt may have at least two piston bosses connected to one another via at least two running faces. At least one running face may have an inner face connected via a connecting land to an underside of the piston head.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Rainer Scharp, Peter Kemnitz
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Patent number: 9726223Abstract: A method for producing a connecting rod for an internal combustion engine, having a small connecting rod eye for holding a piston pin and having a large connecting rod eye for holding a crank pin, wherein at least one connecting rod eye has at least one geometric deviation from a cylindrical inner contour. It is provided according to the invention that the at least one connecting rod eye is formed by creating a bore with a cylindrical inner contour, and coating the bore with a coating comprising a resin with solid lubricant particles embedded therein. The coating forms the at least one geometric deviation from the cylindrical inner contour of the at least one connecting rod eye.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Peter Kemnitz, Klaus Keller
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Publication number: 20160123273Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine may include a piston crown and a piston skirt. The piston crown may include a piston head, a peripheral top land, a peripheral annular zone having a plurality of annular grooves and an annular closed cooling channel. The cooling channel may include a cooling channel base and a cooling channel cover. The cooling channel base may be arranged above the lower annular groove in relation to a region of combustion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Rainer SCHARP, Peter KEMNITZ
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Publication number: 20160115900Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine may include a piston head and a piston skirt. The piston head may include a piston crown, a circumferential fire land, a circumferential ring belt having a plurality of ring grooves, and a circumferential cooling duct. The cooling duct may be open in a direction away from the fire land and may be at least partially closed by a closure element. The cooling duct may include a cooling duct bottom and a cooling duct ceiling. The piston skirt may have at least two piston bosses connected to one another via at least two running faces. At least one running face may have an inner face connected via a connecting land to an underside of the piston head.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Rainer SCHARP, Peter KEMNITZ
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Publication number: 20160115901Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine may include a piston head and a piston skirt. The piston head may include a piston crown, an encircling fire land, an encircling ring belt having a plurality of ring grooves and an encircling cooling duct disposed radially inwards from the ring belt. The cooling duct may be open in an axial direction away from the fire land and may be at least partially closed via a closure element. The cooling duct may have a cooling duct base and a cooling duct ceiling. The closure element may be arranged on the piston head to define the cooling duct base in a position above a lowermost ring groove of the plurality of ring grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Rainer Scharp, Peter Kemnitz
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Patent number: 9242317Abstract: A method for producing piston for an internal combustion engine which has a piston head that has a circumferential cooling channel as well as a combustion bowl having a circumferential bowl wall that makes a transition into a piston crown by way of a bowl edge region. The combustion bowl is formed at least in part by a piston base body and the bowl wall is formed at least in part from an insert. The insert is connected with the piston base body by means of beam welding. A lower weld seam is configured in the bowl wall, which seam encloses an acute angle with the piston center axis (M) and ends in the lower half of the cooling channel. An upper weld seam runs from the cooling channel ceiling to the piston crown and is disposed centered or radially offset toward the outside, with reference to the clear width of the cooling channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Rainer Scharp, Peter Kemnitz, Michael Ullrich
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Publication number: 20140242277Abstract: A method for producing a connecting rod for an internal combustion engine, having a small connecting rod eye for holding a piston pin and having a large connecting rod eye for holding a crank pin, wherein at least one connecting rod eye has at least one geometric deviation from a cylindrical inner contour. It is provided according to the invention that the at least one connecting rod eye is formed by creating a bore with a cylindrical inner contour, and coating the bore with a coating comprising a resin with solid lubricant particles embedded therein. The coating forms the at least one geometric deviation from the cylindrical inner contour of the at least one connecting rod eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventors: Peter KEMNITZ, Klaus KELLER
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Publication number: 20140137405Abstract: A method for producing piston for an internal combustion engine which has a piston head that has a circumferential cooling channel as well as a combustion bowl having a circumferential bowl wall that makes a transition into a piston crown by way of a bowl edge region. The combustion bowl is formed at least in part by a piston base body and the bowl wall is formed at least in part from an insert. The insert is connected with the piston base body by means of beam welding. A lower weld. seam is configured in the bowl wall, which seam encloses an acute angle with the piston center axis (M) and ends in the lower half of the cooling channel. An upper weld seam runs from the cooling channel ceiling to the piston crown and is disposed centered or radially offset toward the outside, with reference to the clear width of the cooling channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventors: Rainer SCHARP, Peter KEMNITZ, Michael ULLRICH
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Patent number: 8695560Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has a piston crown, a circumferential fire land, a circumferential ring part having annular grooves, and a piston skirt, which comprises two skirt walls and two box walls set back from the ring part and connecting the skirt walls in such a way that an exposed underside of the ring part is formed in the area of each of the box walls. The box walls are provided with pin bosses having pin bores. At least one support element is arranged between each exposed underside of the ring part and the box wall associated with the underside of the ring part.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Issler, Peter Kemnitz
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Patent number: 8671905Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has a piston head that has a circumferential cooling channel as well as a combustion bowl having a circumferential bowl wall that makes a transition into a piston crown by way of a bowl edge region. The combustion bowl is formed at least in part by a piston base body and the bowl wall is formed at least in part from an insert. The insert is connected with the piston base body by means of beam welding. A lower weld seam is configured in the bowl wall, which seam encloses an acute angle with the piston center axis (M) and ends in the lower half of the cooling channel. An upper weld seam runs from the cooling channel ceiling to the piston crown and is disposed centered or radially offset toward the outside, with reference to the clear width of the cooling channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Rainer Scharp, Peter Kemnitz, Michael Ullrich
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Patent number: 8434400Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has a lower piston part and an upper piston part that are connected with one another by friction welding and form an outer circumferential cooling channel. The upper piston part has a circumferential ring belt provided with ring grooves, the inner wall of which delimits the circumferential outer cooling channel. An outer circumferential friction-weld seam is provided below the ring belt, the width of which seam is less than or equal to the wall thickness between the groove root of the ring grooves and the inner wall of the ring belt.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Peter Kemnitz, Carmen Klusch, Rainer Scharp
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Publication number: 20130014722Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has a piston head that has a circumferential cooling channel as well as a combustion bowl having a circumferential bowl wall that makes a transition into a piston crown by way of a bowl edge region. The combustion bowl is formed at least in part by a piston base body and the bowl wall is formed at least in part from an insert. The insert is connected with the piston base body by means of beam welding. A lower weld seam is configured in the bowl wall, which seam encloses an acute angle with the piston center axis (M) and ends in the lower half of the cooling channel. An upper weld seam runs from the cooling channel ceiling to the piston crown and is disposed centered or radially offset toward the outside, with reference to the clear width of the cooling channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Rainer SCHARP, Peter KEMNITZ, Michael Ullrich
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Publication number: 20130008407Abstract: The present invention relates to a piston (10) for an internal combustion engine, comprising a piston crown (13), a circumferential fire land (14), a circumferential ring part (15) having annular grooves, and a piston skirt (16), which comprises two skirt walls (17) and two box walls (18) set back from the ring part (15) and connecting the skirt walls (17) in such a way that an exposed underside (25) of the ring part (15) is formed in the area of each of the box walls (18), wherein the box walls (18) are provided with pin bosses (19) having pin bores (21). According to the invention, at least one support element (26a, 26b) is arranged between each exposed underside (25) of the ring part (15) and the box wall (18) associated with said underside of the ring part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Issler, Peter Kemnitz
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Patent number: 8205591Abstract: The present invention relates to a piston (10) for an internal combustion engine having a piston head (11) and a piston skirt (16) with piston hubs (17) which are each connected to a hub bore (18) for receiving a piston bolt, wherein the piston hubs (17) are in the shape of a trapezoidal or step-shaped support in which the inner faces (19) of the piston hubs (17) include an acute angle (?a) with the central axis (M) of the piston. The invention provides that each hub bore (18) is embodied as a shaped bore which is widened at least in its inner area in such a way that the widened portion increases in size in the direction of the inner end (18?) of the hub bore (18) forming facets (120, 220) on the lateral surface (18) of the hub bore (18), and that the facets (120, 220) include an acute angle (?a, ?) with the central axis (M) of the piston.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventor: Peter Kemnitz
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Patent number: 8181623Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has at least two hub bores for holding a piston pin. The hub bores are formed with a cylindrical inner contour and are provided with a coating comprising a resin with solid lubricant particles embedded therein. The coating forms at least one geometric deviation from the cylindrical inner contour of the hub bores. A method for producing a piston of the type, includes producing bores with a cylindrical inner contour and applying a coating medium comprising a resin with solid lubricant particles embedded therein to the inner faces of the bores by a coating tool, such that the resulting coating forms at least one geometric deviation from the cylindrical inner contour of the hub bores.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Peter Kemnitz, Klaus Keller
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Publication number: 20110232480Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has at least two hub bores for holding a piston pin. The hub bores are formed with a cylindrical inner contour and are provided with a coating comprising a resin with solid lubricant particles embedded therein. The coating forms at least one geometric deviation from the cylindrical inner contour of the hub bores. A method for producing a piston of the type, includes producing bores with a cylindrical inner contour and applying a coating medium comprising a resin with solid lubricant particles embedded therein to the inner faces of the bores by a coating tool, such that the resulting coating forms at least one geometric deviation from the cylindrical inner contour of the hub bores.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: MAHLE Intenational GmbHInventors: Peter Kemnitz, Klaus Keller
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Publication number: 20100050862Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine has a lower piston part and an upper piston part that are connected with one another by friction welding and form an outer circumferential cooling channel. The upper piston part has a circumferential ring belt provided with ring grooves, the inner wall of which delimits the circumferential outer cooling channel. An outer circumferential friction-weld seam is provided below the ring belt, the width of which seam is less than or equal to the wall thickness between the groove root of the ring grooves and the inner wall of the ring belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Peter Kemnitz, Carmen Klusch, Rainer Scharp
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Publication number: 20100012073Abstract: The present invention relates to a piston (10) for an internal combustion engine having a piston head (11) and a piston skirt (16) with piston hubs (17) which are each connected to a hub bore (18) for receiving a piston bolt, wherein the piston hubs (17) are in the shape of a trapezoidal or step-shaped support in which the inner faces (19) of the piston hubs (17) include an acute angle (?a) with the central axis (M) of the piston. The invention provides that each hub bore (18) is embodied as a shaped bore which is widened at least in its inner area in such a way that the widened portion increases in size in the direction of the inner end (18?) of the hub bore (18) forming facets (120, 220) on the lateral surface (18) of the hub bore (18), and that the facets (120, 220) include an acute angle (?a, ?) with the central axis (M) of the piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2007Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventor: Peter Kemnitz