Piston with keystone second ring groove for high temperature internal combustion engines

    公开(公告)号:US11560947B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-24

    申请号:US17179471

    申请日:2021-02-19

    申请人: TENNECO INC.

    IPC分类号: F16J9/12 F02F3/00

    摘要: A piston for a high temperature internal combustion engine is provided. The piston includes an upper wall, base wall, outer rib, and inner rib defining a cooling chamber therebetween, and a plurality of ring grooves formed in the outer rib. Only the second ring groove is formed with the keystone cross-section, and all of the other ring grooves are formed with the conventional rectangular cross-section. Thus, the piston can be formed with low manufacturing costs and can also provide exceptional performance when used in high temperature combustion engines, wherein the temperature at the first ring groove is greater than 280° C., and thus prevents carbon from depositing or burns off any carbon deposits, but the temperature at the second ring groove is between 200° C. and 280° C., in which case carbon deposits can form and cause the piston ring to stick.