Piston having oil return passage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11846351-B2
Application number	US-202217983363-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2022
Priority date	Nov 9, 2021
Publication date	Dec 19, 2023
Grant date	Dec 19, 2023

Abstract

A piston with an oil return channel may include a piston head, a piston skirt, and an oil return hole. The piston head may include a ring groove. The piston skirt may be connected to the piston head. The piston skirt may have a surface including a concave face window. A connection between the face window and the ring groove may form a residual ring bank. The oil return hole may be formed by milling on the residual ring bank. The oil return hole may connect the ring groove close to the piston skirt with the face window. A depth of the oil return hole may be greater than a depth of the ring groove.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A piston having an oil return passage, comprising:
a piston head including a ring groove;
a piston skirt connected to the piston head, the piston skirt having a surface including a concave face window, a remaining ring land formed at a connection between the face window and the ring groove; and
an oil return hole disposed in the remaining ring land and formed by milling the remaining ring land;
wherein the oil return hole connects the ring groove close to the piston skirt with the face window; and
wherein a depth of the oil return hole is greater than a depth of the ring groove.

2. The piston according to claim 1 , wherein a size of an opening of the oil return hole is larger than a size of a bottom of the oil return hole.

3. The piston according to claim 2 , wherein an axis of the oil return hole extends along a radial direction of the piston.

4. The piston according to claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of oil return holes including the oil return hole, wherein the plurality of oil return holes are arranged symmetrically distributed on the remaining ring land.

5. The piston according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between the depth of the oil return hole and the depth of the ring groove is 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm.

6. The piston according to claim 1 , wherein the oil return hole has a diameter of Ø 8 mm to Ø 15 mm.

7. The piston according to claim 1 , further comprising (i) a plurality of ring lands including a first ring land, a second ring land, and the remaining ring land and (ii) a plurality of ring grooves including the ring groove, wherein:
the plurality of ring grooves includes at least one gas ring groove and at least one oil ring groove;
the at least one gas ring groove is disposed above the at least one oil ring groove; and
the first ring land is arranged between the at least one gas ring groove and a top of the piston head, the second ring land is arranged between the at least one gas ring groove and the at least one oil ring groove, and the remaining ring land is arranged between the at least one oil ring groove and the piston skirt.

8. The piston according to claim 7 , wherein:
the at least one gas ring groove is at least one of a wedge-shaped ring groove and a rectangular ring groove, and is internally provided with a gas ring; and
the at least one oil ring groove is a rectangular ring groove and is internally provided with an oil ring and an oil ring supporting spring.

9. An engine, comprising the piston according to claim 1 .

10. The piston according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one gas ring groove and a plurality of ring lands, wherein:
the ring groove is an oil ring groove;
the at least one gas ring groove is disposed between a top of the piston head and the oil ring groove; and
the plurality of ring lands includes:
a first ring land arranged between the at least one gas ring groove and the top of the piston head;
a second ring land arranged between the at least one gas ring groove and the oil ring groove; and
the remaining ring land.

11. The piston according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a gas ring arranged at least partially in the at least one gas ring groove;
an oil ring arranged at least partially in the oil ring groove; and
an oil ring supporting spring arranged in the oil ring groove.

12. The piston according to claim 10 , wherein a diameter of the second ring land is greater than a diameter of the first ring land.

13. The piston according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of gas ring grooves, wherein:
the ring groove is an oil ring groove; and
the plurality of gas ring grooves includes:
a rectangular-shaped gas ring groove; and
a wedge-shaped gas ring groove.

14. The piston according to claim 1 , wherein the surface of the skirt is an outer circumferential surface.

15. The piston according to claim 1 , wherein:
a difference between the depth of the oil return hole and the depth of the ring groove is 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm; and
a diameter of the oil return hole is 8 mm to 15 mm.

16. A piston with an oil return channel, comprising:
a piston head including a plurality of ring grooves;
a piston skirt connected to the piston head, the piston skirt having a surface including a concave face window;
a remaining ring land arranged between the face window and a ring groove of the plurality of ring grooves disposed closest to the piston skirt; and
at least one oil return hole disposed in the remaining ring land and fluidically connecting the ring groove and the face window;
wherein a depth of the at least one oil return hole is greater than a depth of the ring groove.

17. The piston according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one oil return hole includes a plurality of oil return holes that are disposed evenly distributed along the remaining ring land.

18. The piston according to claim 16 , further comprising a plurality of ring lands, wherein:
the ring groove disposed closest to the piston skirt is an oil ring groove;
the plurality of ring grooves includes a gas ring groove disposed between a top of the piston head and the oil ring groove; and
the plurality of ring lands includes:
a first ring land arranged between the gas ring groove and the top of the piston head;
a second ring land arranged between the gas ring groove and the oil ring groove; and
the remaining ring land.

19. The piston according to claim 18 , further comprising:
a gas ring arranged at least partially in the gas ring groove;
an oil ring arranged at least partially in the oil ring groove; and
an oil ring supporting spring arranged in the oil ring groove.

20. The piston according to claim 16 , wherein:
the ring groove disposed closest to the piston skirt is an oil ring groove;
the plurality of ring grooves includes:
a rectangular-shaped gas ring groove; and
a wedge-shaped gas ring groove.

Assignees

• Mahle Int Gmbh
• Mahle Automotive Tech China Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zeng Shaobo
• Zhu Jianjun

Classifications

• F16J1/08 Primary

  Constructional features providing for lubrication · CPC title

• F02F3/22

  the fluid being liquid · CPC title

• F02F3/225

  the liquid being directed into blind holes · CPC title

• F16J1/04

  Resilient guiding parts, e.g. skirts, particularly for trunk pistons · CPC title

• F02F3/00 Primary

  Pistons · CPC title