Piston for an internal combustion engine

- Tenneco Inc.
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Description

The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent or patent application publication with color drawing(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the piston for an internal combustion engine;

FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the piston for an internal combustion engine looking from a different perspective than FIG. 1 to show a different pin boss than is visible in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the piston for an internal combustion engine;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the piston for an internal combustion engine looking transverse to a pin bore axis;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the piston for an internal combustion engine looking along the pin bore axis; and

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the piston for an internal combustion engine.

The broken line shown in the drawings are for the purpose of illustrating portions of the article and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a piston for an internal combustion engine as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1004620
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 27, 2018
Date of Patent: Nov 14, 2023
Assignee: Tenneco Inc. (Lake Forest, IL)
Inventors: Warran Boyd Lineton (Chelsea, MI), Carmo Ribeiro (Ann Arbor, MI)
Primary Examiner: Ania Aman
Application Number: 29/645,698
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (D15/5)