Piston for engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10018147-B2
Application number	US-201615134470-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2016
Priority date	Apr 22, 2015
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

A piston for an engine includes a skirt part, and a resin coating film and a recess formed on a surface of the skirt part. A plurality of the resin coating films are discretely arranged in spots on the surface of the skirt part, and a mesh-like groove is formed by the recess provided between the resin coating films. The recess formed on the skirt part between the resin coating films adjacent to each other in a piston circumference direction is set to be adjacent to another resin coating film in a piston moving direction. An end part of the resin coating film in the piston moving direction is formed in a concave shape when seen in a piston radius direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A piston for an engine comprising:
a skirt part; and
a plurality of resin coating films formed on a surface of the skirt part,
wherein the resin coating films are arranged in a plurality of discrete spots on the surface of the skirt part, and a mesh-like groove is formed by a recess defined by the resin coating films adjacent to each other and the surface of the skirt part between the resin coating films,
the plurality of resin coating films are arranged at a predetermined interval in a piston circumference direction of the skirt part forming a plurality of resin coating film rows, such that each of the resin coating film rows adjacent to each other in a piston moving direction is arranged by shifting the resin coating film rows with respect to each other in the piston circumference direction,
the recess formed on the skirt part between the resin coating films adjacent to each other in the piston circumference direction has end openings each of which is set to be adjacent to another resin coating film in the piston moving direction, and
both end parts of each of the resin coating films in the piston moving direction are formed in a concave shape lying in a plane defined by the surface of the skirt part when seen in a piston radius direction, wherein the concave shape extends inwardly to each resin coating film.

2. The piston for the engine according to claim 1 , wherein the concave shape of the end parts of the resin coating films in the piston moving direction is set to a V-shape.

3. The piston for the engine according to claim 2 , wherein a V-shape angle of the V-shape is set to a range of 120 degrees±20 degrees.

4. The piston for the engine according to claim 1 , wherein the concave shape of the end parts of the resin coating films in the piston moving direction is set to a curved shape.

5. The piston for the engine according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the resin coating films in the piston moving direction is set to be longer than a length of the resin coating films in the piston circumference direction.

6. The piston for the engine according to claim 2 , wherein a length of the resin coating films in the piston moving direction is set to be longer than a length of the resin coating films in the piston circumference direction.

7. The piston for the engine according to claim 3 , wherein a length of the resin coating films in the piston moving direction is set to be longer than a length of the resin coating films in the piston circumference direction.

8. The piston for the engine according to claim 4 , wherein a length of the resin coating films in the piston moving direction is set to be longer than a length of the resin coating films in the piston circumference direction.

9. The piston for the engine according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of resin coating film rows are arranged in a zigzag manner in the piston moving direction, such that each of the resin coating film rows is shifted by a half pitch in the piston circumference direction with respect to the adjacent resin coating film row.

10. The piston for the engine according to claim 9 , wherein the concave shape of the end parts of the resin coating films in the piston moving direction is set to a V-shape.

11. The piston for the engine according to claim 10 , wherein a V-shape angle of the V-shape is set to a range of 120 degrees±20 degrees.

12. The piston for the engine according to claim 9 , wherein the concave shape of the end parts of the resin coating films in the piston moving direction is set to a curved shape.

13. The piston for the engine according to claim 9 , wherein a length of the resin coating films in the piston moving direction is set to be longer than a length of the resin coating films in the piston circumference direction.

14. The piston for the engine according to claim 10 , wherein a length of the resin coating films in the piston moving direction is set to be longer than a length of the resin coating films in the piston circumference direction.

15. The piston for the engine according to claim 11 , wherein a length of the resin coating films in the piston moving direction is set to be longer than a length of the resin coating films in the piston circumference direction.

16. The piston for the engine according to claim 12 , wherein a length of the resin coating films in the piston moving direction is set to be longer than a length of the resin coating films in the piston circumference direction.

17. A piston for an engine comprising:
a skirt part; and
a plurality of resin coating film rows formed on a surface of the skirt part, the resin coating film rows shifted with respect to each other in a piston circumferential direction, both end parts of each of the resin coating film rows in a piston moving direction having a concave shape when seen in a piston radius direction, wherein the concave shape extends inwardly at both end parts,
a recess formed on the skirt part between the resin coating film rows adjacent to each other in the piston circumference direction, the recess having end openings each of which is set to be adjacent to another resin coating film row in the piston moving direction;
a mesh-like groove formed by the plurality of recesses,
wherein as the piston reciprocates in the piston moving direction, a lubricant in the recess or the mesh-like groove impacts the end part of the adjacent resin coating film row and is bounced back or flows back into the recess of the mesh-like groove.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Oso Hiroki
• Koyama Hideyuki
• Miyazaki Manabu
• Goto Hideyuki
• Hamasaki Takahito
• Yamazaki Takahiro

Classifications

• F05C2253/20

  Resin · CPC title

• F02F3/027

  the skirt wall having cavities · CPC title

• F02F3/0084

  the pistons being constructed from specific materials · CPC title

• F05C2253/12

  Coating · CPC title

• F16J1/02

  Bearing surfaces · CPC title