Abstract:
A light metal piston, for an internal combustion engine or a compressor, has a crown with a skirt integrally connected to the crown around the opposing thrust faces of the piston and providing a closed internal cavity with the crown. An insert of lower coefficient of expansion than the light metal, conforming to the internal shape of the skirt, is superimposed on the inner surface of the skirt. The insert is formed as two independent parallel bands extending from a gudgeon pin boss, the bands being joined by a connecting portion. One of the bands is an upper band positioned nearer the crown while the other band is a lower one positioned nearer to the open end of the skirt with the upper band exerting much less control than the lower band.
Abstract:
A mushroomed type piston is mounted on the top of a reciprocating hollow cylindrical piston bushing. The piston has a flanged side wall extending downwardly adjacent to and parallel to the piston cylinder wall so that an annular space is formed between the piston side wall and the piston bushing. A supporting wall extends upwardly into the annular space and sliding bearing pieces are mounted on the supporting wall and slidably provide frictionless support for the piston bushing. Provided on the exterior of the flanged side wall of the piston is a contact-free labyrinth packing or seal which serves the dual function of sealing and cooling the piston. Inlet and outlet ports are provided through the piston side wall to admit carburant and cooling air, and to exhaust combustants.
Abstract:
A multi-piece piston assembly including a skirt defining portion and a head defining portion which interfit to provide wrist pin bores in registry for receiving a wrist pin, the skirt defining and head defining portions being composed of a metal having good thermal conductivity such as an aluminum alloy, together with a bridge member which is anchored in the skirt defining portion in the region of the thrust faces to provide thermal expansion control at the top of the skirt portion and to provide additional mechanical strength.
Abstract:
A piston and compression and oil control piston rings unit for internal combustion engines, said unit being placed in a cylinder delimiting a combustion chamber with its head and said piston which comprises a body formed with a head and a skirt, grooves receiving said rings, oil return orifices and a central cavity, each piston ring and its groove comprising a pair of upper contiguous faces and a pair of lower contiguous faces one of said faces of each piston ring being a face assuming the main work of the piston ring, in which: AN EFFICIENT SEALING MEANS IS PLACED BETWEEN THE FACE OF EACH PISTON RING ASSUMING THE MAIN WORK OF THE PISTON RING AND THE CONTIGUOUS FACE OF ITS GROOVE, ON AT LEAST A CIRCLE ADJOINING THE INNER LIMIT OF THE FACE OF THE PISTON RING, AND AN ACCESS MEANS IS PLACED ON AT LEAST ONE IMPORTANT PART OF THE AREA BETWEEN THE UPPER CONTIGUOUS FACES OF EACH PISTON RING AND ITS GROOVE, FOR THE PRESSURE EXISTING ABOVE THE PISTON RING.
Abstract:
A piston constructed with a greater amount of its total weight located on one side of the longitudinal axis for the piston pin bore than on the other side. Where an offset piston pin mounting arrangement is utilized, the greater amount of the total weight of the piston is located on the same side of the longitudinal axis of the piston as the offset. The greater weight being provided, preferably, by making the thrust skirt of the piston of a greater wall thickness than the antithrust skirt. In another embodiment, the greater weight being provided by making the thrust wall of the piston pin bore of a greater thickness than the antithrust wall.
Abstract:
This specification discloses a cooling system for a piston formed of two parts and joined by brazing within annular grooves. Passages for cooling fluids are conveniently formed before the separate pieces are joined and are positioned such that the high temperature at common joined areas is effectively limited to prevent temperature deterioration of the bond between the two joined pieces. In addition, the cooling fluid transfers heat away from a head portion of the piston and means are provided to utilize as a cooling fluid a lubricating fluid normally present at a pin-bearing surface of the piston.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR SEALING A PISTON CAVITY HAVING A COMBUSTIBLE COOLANT THEREIN BY FRICTIONALLY WELDING TWO COMPONENT PORTIONS OF A PISTON TOGETHER THEREBY AVOIDING ANY POSSIBILITY OF IGNITING THE COOLANT.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a piston for an internal combustion engine, compressor or the like, which is composed of at least two mating parts, for example a light alloy piston body part and a wear-resistant ring groove carrier part or heat-resistant crown part, the parts being permanently assembled together by friction welding. The invention also relates to a method of making such pistons.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine and a method of coating a combustion chamber wall surface therein comprising the steps of preheating the base metal forming the wall surface to at least 500* F. and fusion bonding a base layer of nickel and aluminum to the preheated base metal for retarding conductive heat transfer through the wall surface. An intermediate layer comprising nickel, aluminum, and copper is applied over the base layer and an outer layer of copper for reflecting infrared heat is applied over the intermediate layer, which helps to mechanically bond the base layer and outer layer together.