Abstract:
In an internal combustion engine, a piston has forged sections made of steel, especially in the piston head area, as well as at the hubs, and areas made of light metal, especially in the area of the piston skirt. The previously used quenched and drawn steel 42CrMo4V is to be replaced with a steel that has comparable properties but is more cost effective to manufacture. This replacement steel is a precipitation hardened ferrite-perlite steel.
Abstract:
New and improved structures in electrodes employed in electrical discharge machinery and the like. In one form, electrodes of a spark plug, such as the side and center electrodes thereof, are entirely coated with a thin layer of synthetic diamond material deposited in situ therein as carbon atoms, carbon atoms containing gas or vapor through which microwave energy is beamed against the surfaces receiving such deposited material which forms a synthetic diamond layer. In another form, select portions of the side and center electrodes of a spark plug, such as the end portions thereof subjected to arcing when sparks are generated therebetween, are coated with thin layers of synthetic diamond or diamond-like material to improve their resistance to heat corrosion and pitting caused by the sparks discharged therebetween and the heat of combustion resulting therefrom. In another form, other types of electrodes, such as high voltage electrodes employed in high voltage equipment, are similarly coated and protected against heat, chemical and electrical degradation and erosion.
Abstract:
A compressor vane of a sintered iron-base alloy composed of an iron-base matrix containing hard carbides uniformly dispersed therein, characterized in that the sintered iron-base alloy consists essentially of 0.7 to 1.5% by weight C, 3.0 to 5.0% by weight Cr, 0 to 10.0% by weight Mo, 1 to 20.0% by weight W, 0.5 to 6.0% by weight V, 0 to 15.0% by weight Co and the balance iron and inevitable impurities, and that the compressor vane is produced by molding under a pressure of 5 to 8 ton/cm.sup.2 and then sintering at a temperature of less than 1250.degree. C. so as to control particle size of the hard carbide to not more than 5 .mu.m, as well as to control the theoretical relative density to 80 to 90%, and to control the macro-hardness to 10 to 45 in the Rockwell C scale.
Abstract:
Fasteners and fastening devices made of metals, metal alloys, hard high strength ceramic material and the combination of same, are provided wherein all, a select portion or portions of the fasteners are coated with a thin layer or film of synthetic diamond material which is operable to enhance their strength and surface characteristics, insulating ability and resistance to heat and chemical corrosion attack. In one form, a machine screw is totally coated with a thin layer or film of synthetic diamond material. In another form, a select portion of the fastener is so coated. A thin coating of chromium or other suitable solid material is deposited on the outer surface of the diamond coating to protect same against physical attrition during its application and use. In another form, just the threads of machine screws and the like are diamond coated to protect same against corrosion. In a third form, a machine nut is entirely coated with synthetic diamond material which may contain a coating of chromium or the like deposited on the outer surface of the diamond material. In a fourth form, just the threads of such a machine nut are so coated. Other forms of the invention include improved fasteners in the form of pins and non-threaded bolts or the like which are totally or partially coated with synthetic diamond material and, in such instances, overcoated with a thin plating of chromium.
Abstract:
A rotary compressor has a plate-like hollow vane disposed in sliding contact with a rotary piston. The vane has an internal cavity formed by a plurality of bores each having a substantially rectangular cross-section. The corners of each bore are each formed by a curved concave surface of a radius of curvature which is greater than the thicknesses of the outer walls of the vane. The major side surfaces of the vane are in slidable contact with opposing walls of a vane slot and have surface layers each formed of an oxide film consisting mainly of tri-iron tetraoxide (Fe.sub.3 O.sub.4). The film is finished by smoothing processing, thus attaining a smaller friction between the vane major side surfaces and the vane slot walls and suppressing local wear of the vane slot walls.
Abstract translation:旋转压缩机具有与旋转活塞滑动接触的板状中空叶片。 叶片具有由多个孔形成的内腔,每个孔具有基本上矩形的横截面。 每个孔的角部各自由曲率半径的弯曲凹面形成,其大于叶片外壁的厚度。 叶片的主要侧表面与叶片槽的相对壁滑动接触,并且具有由主要由三氧化三铁(Fe 3 O 4)组成的氧化膜形成的表面层。 通过平滑处理完成薄膜,从而在叶片主侧面和叶片槽壁之间获得较小的摩擦,并抑制叶片槽壁的局部磨损。
Abstract:
Present day diesel engines having aluminum piston assemblies are limited to combustion chamber pressures of approximately 12,410 kPa (1,800 psi) whereas the desire is to increase such pressures up to the 15,170 kPa (2,200 psi) range. To reach such levels the instant piston assembly includes a steel piston member having an upper cylindrical portion of a diameter "D" and a compression height "CH". The ratio of the compression height "CH" to the diameter "D" being within the range of from 60% to 45%. The piston member is preferably forged and subsequently machined to precisely controllable dimensions. Moreover, the piston assembly is preferably of the articulated type and includes a forged aluminum piston skirt connected to the piston member through a common wrist pin. Engine manufacturers are also demanding a smaller engine package size while retaining power output, improve fuel consumption and decreased emissions. The subject piston member provides a simple and inexpensive solution to the increased power output package size relationship. To insure a small engine package, the piston member has a compression height to maximum diameter ratio within the range of from 60% to 45%. The piston member is preferably made from a steel forging to insure a reduced porosity over that of existing standard castings.
Abstract:
A fluid machine such as a pump, compressor, engine, motor or transmission has working chambers in a rotor and a concentric rotor - hub is provided in the rotor for the reception of a control body therein. The control body has control ports for the control of flow of fluid into and out of the working chambers of the rotor. Pressure fields form in the clearance between the rotor hub and the control body especially around the control ports. Leakage flows from the pressure fields through portions of the clearance between the rotor - hub and the control body which reduces the efficiency of the machine. Therefore, means are provided in the rotor or in the control body to press those portions of the faces of the rotor hub and of the control body, which have those local pressure fields, together, or to narrow the clearance between these faces in the respective areas where those pressure fields are located, in order to reduce the leakage through the clearance between the faces of the rotor hub and the control body.
Abstract:
Wrist pins for use in pistons are described. The wrist pin comprises an elongate, substantially hollow member having two spaced-apart convex surface portions of substantially cylindrical or oval curvature, the two convex portions being connected by two walls of different curvature. Because the connecting walls are more nearly in compression and bending loads are minimised a lighter wrist pin for a given application may be produced.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a piston comprising the steps of providing a shell comprising graphite fibers formed to include the general shape of an open-ended cylinder having an outer periphery, and casting metal to form at least a portion of the piston so that the shell is included and at least a portion of the outer periphery of the shell is exposed. Also disclosed herein is a piston comprising a mesh of graphite fibers having a generally cylindrical shape and defining mesh voids, structural material filling at least some of the mesh voids so that an exterior cylindrical surface of the piston is defined to include at least portions of at least some of the fibers.
Abstract:
The design and construction of past articulated pistons has failed to include the most efficient cooling reservoir for transferring heat from the piston to the coolant. The present invention overcomes these problems by using an annular cooling recess of a precisely defined cross sectional shape and volume and a baffle plate fixedly sealingly attached in heat conducting relationship to the piston member to form a cooling gallery. The baffle plate has an opening therein and an upwardly extending raised portion to preestablish a trapped volume of coolant therein. The assembly, positioning of the plate and the preestablished trapped volume insures high efficiency of the coolant to absorb heat through the scrubbing action of the coolant on the recess and the heat absorbed by the trapped coolant because of the heat conducting relationship of the plate and the piston member.