Piston for an internal combustion engine

US8950375B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8950375-B2
Application numberUS-201113270324-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 11, 2011
Priority dateDec 20, 2007
Publication dateFeb 10, 2015
Grant dateFeb 10, 2015

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A piston for an internal combustion engine has a lower piston part and an upper piston part disposed on the lower piston part. The upper piston part has a top land that runs around its circumference, and a ring belt that runs around its circumference. At least the upper piston part consists of a sintered material.

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What is claimed is: 1. A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a lower piston part; and an upper piston part connected to the lower piston part, said upper piston part having a top land that runs around its circumference and a ring belt that runs around its circumference, wherein the lower piston part and the upper piston part cooperate to enclose an outer circumferential cooling channel; wherein the lower piston part and the upper piston part have inner and…

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  • F02F3/003Primary

    Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • F02F3/20Primary

    Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

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What does patent US8950375B2 cover?
A piston for an internal combustion engine has a lower piston part and an upper piston part disposed on the lower piston part. The upper piston part has a top land that runs around its circumference, and a ring belt that runs around its circumference. At least the upper piston part consists of a sintered material.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Grahle Peter, Sander Wilfried, Schulz Joachim, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification F02F3/003. Mapped technology areas include Mechanical Engineering.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 10 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).