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公开(公告)号:US20180057915A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-01
申请号:US15251259
申请日:2016-08-30
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Huaxin Li , Jianghuai Yang , Qigui Wang , William Miller
CPC classification number: C22C38/14 , C21D2211/005 , C21D2211/008 , C21D2211/009 , C22C38/002 , C22C38/02 , C22C38/04 , C22C38/06 , F02F1/004
Abstract: Steel alloys and steel alloy cylinder liners are provided. Steel alloys can comprise iron, about 0.8% to about 2.1% manganese, about 0.10% to about 0.40% silicon, about 0.05% to about 0.30% sulfur, about 0.06% to about 0.16% phosphorus, about 0.09% to about 0.21% titanium, about 0.09% to about 0.21% aluminum, and either low carbon and about 0.0005% to about 0.0055% boron, or medium carbon. The steel alloy cylinder liners can be capable of achieving a mirror-like finish. The steel alloy cylinder liners can comprise ultra-thin wall thickness of less than about 1.5 mm or about 1.0 mm to about 0.5 mm. The steel alloy cylinder liners can comprise a Young's modulus of at least 200 GPa. The steel alloy cylinder liners can comprise a Young's modulus to density ratio of at least about 25.64 GPa/(g/cm3).
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公开(公告)号:US20180045134A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-15
申请号:US15233254
申请日:2016-08-10
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Jianghuai Yang , Qigui Wang , Martin S Kramer , Dale A Gerard
Abstract: An improved surface activation technique improves the adhesion of thermal spray coatings, which is useful for engine cylinder bores. The new method includes compressing the cylinder bore surface to create a surface profile on the surface, such as through rolling a roller along the surface. An engine block is also provided, which includes a plurality of cylinder bores, each cylinder bore having an inner surface, and each inner surface having a surface profile that includes a helical groove and other surface profiles formed in the inner surface. A thermal spray coating is formed on the inner surface of each cylinder bore, the thermal spray coating being adhered to the surface profile of the inner surface. A roller assembly for activating the surface is also provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20250041971A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-06
申请号:US18362111
申请日:2023-07-31
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Jianghuai Yang , Ronald J. Helmstadt , Qigui Wang , Richard D. Ricchi
IPC: B23K26/356 , B23K26/00 , B23K26/0622 , B23K26/067 , C21D7/06 , C23C28/00 , F16J1/12
Abstract: A connecting rod for a vehicle and a method of laser peening a connecting rod. The connecting rod defines a pin opening at a first end and a cylindrical bore at a second end. A clear coating is applied on a first target surface and a second target surface of the connecting rod. The first and second opposing target surfaces are impinged in a localized area between the pin opening and the cylindrical bore with a plurality of pulses of pulsed laser beams. After laser peening, the localized area between the pin opening and the cylindrical bore exhibits compressive residual stresses at a depth of up to 0.75 millimeters.
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公开(公告)号:US12044270B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-23
申请号:US17704524
申请日:2022-03-25
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: David C. Klemstine , Guirong Cao , Jianghuai Yang , William A. Berry , Qigui Wang
CPC classification number: F16C3/08 , B22D19/0072 , F16C3/14 , B23P2700/07 , F16C2202/06 , F16C2204/60 , F16C2220/02
Abstract: An automobile vehicle crankshaft including a crankshaft casting of a nodular iron. The crankshaft casting includes multiple main journals coaxially aligned on a common crankshaft casting axis. Multiple crankpin journals are fixedly connected to the main journals by individual webs. Multiple lightening holes have individual ones of the multiple lightening holes integrally formed within individual ones of the crankpin journals during casting. A bubble space is located proximate to a mid-portion of selected ones of the multiple lightening holes of the crankpin journals. The bubble space locally increases a passage size of the selected ones of the multiple lightening holes and reduces a mass of the individual ones of the crankpin journals.
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公开(公告)号:US20230304529A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-28
申请号:US17704524
申请日:2022-03-25
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: David C. Klemstine , Guirong Cao , Jianghuai Yang , William A. Berry , Qigui Wang
CPC classification number: F16C9/02 , F16C3/14 , F16C3/08 , B22D19/0072 , F16C2202/06 , F16C2204/60 , F16C2202/08 , F16C2220/02 , F16C2360/22
Abstract: An automobile vehicle crankshaft including a crankshaft casting of a nodular iron. The crankshaft casting includes multiple main journals coaxially aligned on a common crankshaft casting axis. Multiple crankpin journals are fixedly connected to the main journals by individual webs. Multiple lightening holes have individual ones of the multiple lightening holes integrally formed within individual ones of the crankpin journals during casting. A bubble space is located proximate to a mid-portion of selected ones of the multiple lightening holes of the crankpin journals. The bubble space locally increases a passage size of the selected ones of the multiple lightening holes and reduces a mass of the individual ones of the crankpin journals.
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公开(公告)号:US11754143B1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-12
申请号:US17825279
申请日:2022-05-26
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Huaxin Li , Jianghuai Yang , James D. Cremonesi , Mark R. Claywell
CPC classification number: F16F15/14 , B23K26/22 , F16F15/24 , F16F2226/048 , F16F2232/02 , F16H2055/366
Abstract: A damper for suppressing vibrations of a crankshaft of a vehicle is disclosed. The damper comprises a hub having a circular wall extending about a rotational axis to define a bore formed therethrough. The wall comprises a step portion radially extending therefrom and having a first arcuate portion formed thereon. The hub comprises a body portion radially extending from the wall to a lip to define an open cavity. The damper comprises a weld nugget disposed between the hub and the plate. The weld nugget has a root extending therethrough concurrent with the rotational axis to join the hub and the plate. The root has tip defining a profile such that the hollow channel is disposed at an angle tangent to the profile to lessen cracking due to stress.
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公开(公告)号:US11619255B1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-04
申请号:US17698410
申请日:2022-03-18
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: David C. Klemstine , Guirong Cao , Jianghuai Yang , William A. Berry , Qigui Wang , Anil K. Sachdev , Steven L. Burkholder
Abstract: A crankshaft for an internal combustion engine is provided. The crankshaft comprises at least four main journals aligned on a crankshaft axis of rotation defining a centerline. The crankshaft further comprises at least three pin journals. Each pin journal is disposed about a respective pin journal axis and positioned between the main journals. Each of the pin journals is joined to a pair of crank arms. Each pair of crank arms is joined to a respective main journal. Each of the main journals, pin journals, and crank arms is made of a first metallic material. Each crank arm has an over-molded counterweight metallurgically bonded thereto. Each counterweight is disposed opposite a respective pin journal relative to the centerline for balance and stability. Each counterweight is made of a second metallic material. The crankshaft has a weight ratio of the second metallic material to the first metallic material of between 0.20 to 0.50.
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公开(公告)号:US11097337B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-24
申请号:US16363526
申请日:2019-03-25
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Jianghuai Yang , Qigui Wang , Dale A Gerard , Michael J Braskich
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cylinder block for an engine comprises providing a cylinder liner for the cylinder block and keeping the cylinder liner in a controlled atmosphere, removing the cylinder liner from the controlled atmosphere, removing moisture and gaseous contamination from the cylinder liner, and positioning the cylinder liner in a mold and over-casting a cylinder block in the mold.
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公开(公告)号:US20210047981A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-18
申请号:US16539269
申请日:2019-08-13
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Jianghuai Yang , Qigui Wang , Dale A. Gerard
Abstract: A method of forming an engine component includes providing a cylinder liner main body having a curved interior wall forming a cylinder bore extending along a bore axis and a curved exterior wall formed circumferentially about the curved interior wall. The method includes disposing a coating layer onto the interior wall and the exterior wall. A cylinder liner is provided that includes a main body and a coating layer disposed on an exterior wall and on an interior wall of the main body.
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公开(公告)号:US10106878B2
公开(公告)日:2018-10-23
申请号:US15184699
申请日:2016-06-16
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Zhe Li , Martin S. Kramer , Yucong Wang , Jianghuai Yang
Abstract: An improved substrate surface texture i.e., roughness, significantly improves the adhesion of thermal spray coatings. The surface texture is defined by two metrology parameters and the invention comprehends a range of average roughness (Sa) between 9 and 15 μm and developed interfacial area ratio (Sdr) of greater than 100%. This surface texture is achieved by methods such as water jet erosion, mechanical roughening, laser texturing, chemical etching and plasma etching. The surface texture is especially beneficial for walls of cylinders of internal combustion engines, hydraulic cylinders and similar components to which a thermal spray coating is adhered and which are exposed to sliding or frictional wear.
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