PROFILED MAIN BEARING CAPS
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210207655A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-08

    申请号:US16737343

    申请日:2020-01-08

    Applicant: Cummins Inc.

    Abstract: A main bearing cap having a bearing cap body defining a vertical centerline, the bearing cap body having a top surface opposite a bottom surface, a pair of upper protruding parts and a pair of lower protruding parts that extend in a horizontal direction that is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of a crankshaft, and a pair of posts that extend between the upper and the lower protruding parts. Each of the posts having a profiled side surface that is recessed to a profiled surface depth to reduce contact pressure and fretting between the bottom surface of the bearing cap and a joint surface of a bulkhead of a cylinder block when the parts are assembled. The profiled side surfaces also reduce the stiffness of the bearing cap to match more closely that of the cylinder block and direct load or force towards a centerline of the bearing cap.

    Pistons with thermal barrier coatings

    公开(公告)号:US10731259B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-04

    申请号:US15898047

    申请日:2018-02-15

    Applicant: CUMMINS INC.

    Abstract: A method of making a piston for an opposed-piston engine comprises providing a piston. The piston comprises a substantially cylindrical portion including a sidewall and a piston crown located at an end of the piston. The piston crown comprises an end surface structured to form a combustion chamber when disposed within a cylinder bore in cooperation with an end surface of a cooperating opposing piston. A bonding layer including a bonding material is deposited on the end surface of the piston crown using a high velocity oxy-fuel spray process. At least one thermal barrier layer comprising ceramic material is deposited above the bonding layer.

    Profiled main bearing caps
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11041528B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-22

    申请号:US16737343

    申请日:2020-01-08

    Applicant: Cummins Inc.

    Abstract: A main bearing cap having a bearing cap body defining a vertical centerline, the bearing cap body having a top surface opposite a bottom surface, a pair of upper protruding parts and a pair of lower protruding parts that extend in a horizontal direction that is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of a crankshaft, and a pair of posts that extend between the upper and the lower protruding parts. Each of the posts having a profiled side surface that is recessed to a profiled surface depth to reduce contact pressure and fretting between the bottom surface of the bearing cap and a joint surface of a bulkhead of a cylinder block when the parts are assembled. The profiled side surfaces also reduce the stiffness of the bearing cap to match more closely that of the cylinder block and direct load or force towards a centerline of the bearing cap.

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