Invention Application
- Patent Title: Mass Efficient Piston
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Application No.: US15184434Application Date: 2016-06-16
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Publication No.: US20170363040A1Publication Date: 2017-12-21
- Inventor: Tyson W. Brown , Anil K. Sachdev , Alin C. Dragoiu , Vincent V. Tiaga
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Main IPC: F02F3/22
- IPC: F02F3/22 ; F16J1/00 ; F16J9/00 ; F02F3/00

Abstract:
An integrally formed piston has a crown portion having an upper crown surface and an undercrown surface. A ring belt extends from the undercrown surface at a periphery thereof. The ring belt includes an uppermost ring land and at least one oil galley contoured to extend around at least two surfaces of the uppermost ring land. The oil galley has an opening at the undercrown surface for receiving a cooling fluid therein for cooling the uppermost ring land. A skirt extends from the undercrown surface and the ring belt and has a plurality of stiffening features arranged in a truss formation. At least one of the plurality of stiffening features has an I-beam cross-section and another of the plurality of stiffening features has a negative draft angle.
Public/Granted literature
- US10151269B2 Mass efficient piston Public/Granted day:2018-12-11
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