Abstract:
A composite sliding layer is formed on a wear surface, such as on piston ring and/or cylinder bore, from a powder mixture containing iron oxide and iron titanate. The resulting coating is hard and durable and reduces losses due to friction and wear.
Abstract:
An improved structure for carbon--carbon composite piston architectures is disclosed. The improvement consists of replacing the knitted fiber, three-dimensional piston preform architecture described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,909,133 (Taylor et al.) with a two-dimensional lay-up or molding of carbon fiber fabric or tape. Initially, the carbon fabric or tape layers are prepregged with carbonaceous organic resins and/or pitches and are laid up or molded about a mandrel, to form a carbon-fiber reinforced organic-matrix composite part shaped like a "U" channel, a "T"-bar, or a combination of the two. The molded carbon-fiber reinforced organic-matrix composite part is then pyrolized in an inert atmosphere, to convert the organic matrix materials to carbon. At this point, cylindrical piston blanks are cored from the "U"-channel, "T"-bar, or combination part. These blanks are then densified by reimpregnation with resins or pitches which are subsequently carbonized. Densification is also accomplished by direct infiltration with carbon by vapor deposition processes. Once the desired density has been achieved, the piston billets are machined to final piston dimensions; coated with oxidation sealants; and/or coated with a catalyst. When compared to conventional steel or aluminum alloy pistons, the use of carbon--carbon composite pistons reduces the overall weight of the engine; allows for operation at higher temperatures without a loss of strength; allows for quieter operation; reduces the heat loss; and reduces the level of hydrocarbon emissions.
Abstract:
There are provided a highly durable and efficient refrigerating apparatus and a lubricating oil composition that uses an HFC type refrigerant and is still free from the problem of thermal hydrolysis of polyol-ester type oil and resulting generation of carboxylic acid and sludge so that the refrigerating apparatus and the lubricating oil composition may be used stably for a prolonged period of time. A lubricating oil composition according to the invention comprises as base oil components a polyol-ester type oil formed by reacting specific polyhydric alcohol with a fatty acid, to which tricresylphosphate and epoxy compound comprising glycidyl ether or carbodiimide are added at respective specific rates. A refrigerating apparatus according to the invention uses such a lubricating oil composition as refrigerator oil and comprises a sealed electric driving compressor whose sliding members are made of a material selected from iron type materials, composite materials of aluminum and carbon, iron type materials surface-treated with chromium nitride and ceramic materials.
Abstract:
A vane for a vane compressor comprises an aluminum based metal and a clad of a ferrous metal provided on the surface of the aluminum base metal. The vane is formed by joining a pipe of the ferrous metal onto the surface of the aluminum based basis pressing process.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an actuating plunger of an electromagnetic pump, the actuating plunger having a good magnetic characteristic so as to improve the operational efficiency of the electromagnetic pump and reduce the vibration and the operational noise due to the actuating plunger. The actuating plunger has a plunger head made by a high-temperature sintering. The plunger head has a cylindrical side wall, and a plurality of shoulders protruding inwards from a lower end of the cylindrical side wall. A piston is fixedly fitted in the middle of the shoulders. The piston extends downwards so as to be slidably fitted in a second cylinder.
Abstract:
A fluorine-containing benzophenone derivative of the formula (1), (2) or (3):.PHI..sup.1 (--X.sup.1 --Q.sup.1 --R.sub.f.sup.1).sub.n (1).PHI..sup.2 --X.sup.2 --Q.sup.2 --R.sub.f.sup.2 --Q.sup.3 --X.sup.3 --.PHI..sup.3 (2).PHI..sup.4 --X.sup.4 --Q.sub.f --X.sup.5 --.PHI..sup.5 (3)wherein .PHI..sup.1 is a 2-hydroxybenzophenone structure of the formula ka-1: ##STR1## (wherein Y is a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group, each of k and m indicates the number of bond sites, k is an integer of from 0 to 3, and m is an integer of from 0 to 3, provided that 1.ltoreq.(k+m).ltoreq.4), n corresponds to (k+m) and is an integer of from 1 to 4, each of .PHI..sup.2, .PHI..sup.3, .PHI..sup.4 and .PHI..sup.5 is a 2-hydroxybenzophenone structure of the formula ka-1 wherein (k+m) is 1, each of X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3, X.sup.4 and X.sup.5 is a single bond or an oxygen atom, Q.sup.1 is a single bond or a bivalent linking group having a carbon atom directly bonded to X.sup.1, each of Q.sup.2 and Q.sup.3 is a single bond or a bivalent linking group, R.sub.f.sup.1 is a monovalent polyfluorohydrocarbon group having from 2 to 22 carbon atoms, in which some of the carbon atoms may be substituted by ether oxygen atoms, R.sub.f.sup.2 is a bivalent polyfluorohydrocarbon group having from 2 to 22 carbon atoms, in which some of the carbon atoms may be substituted by ether oxygen atoms, and Q.sub.f is a bivalent linking group having at least one Q.sup.4 --R.sub.f.sup.1 (wherein Q.sup.4 is a bivalent linking group, and R.sub.f.sup.1 is as defined above).
Abstract:
A light metal piston for internal combustion engines has a pair of inserts on the inside of upper piston skirt made of a material of lower thermal expansion coefficient than that of the light metal, such as steel. Each insert has a pair of bands which are joined by a connecting portion of the insert in the region of the gudgeon pin boss. Each band extends circumferetially away from the gudgeon pin boss, so as to control thermal expansion of the piston skirt. A free end of each band are bent inwardly, so that the insert can be set firmly on the mold core of the piston during casting operation by snapping the bent portions of the insent into the grooves on the mold core.
Abstract:
A thermally insulated piston for an internal combustion engine comprises a cast piston with a top wall having an annular recess, a cast iron annular cap in the recess, and a low thermal conductivity honeycomb structure between the cap and the bottom of the recess. The honeycomb structure has a plurality of cells, each formed of (stainless steel) foil filled with insulating material and brazed to the cap and to the bottom of the recess. This structure is a thermal barrier to the flow of heat from the cap to the main body of the piston, has high strength in compression and facilitates the adibatic expansion of gasses in the cylinder of the engine, particularly a diesel engine.