Piston for an internal combustion engine

US9109530B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-9109530-B2
Application numberUS-201214130584-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 4, 2012
Priority dateJul 5, 2011
Publication dateAug 18, 2015
Grant dateAug 18, 2015

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Abstract

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The invention relates to a piston ( 10, 110, 210 ) for an internal combustion engine, comprising a piston head ( 11, 111, 211 ) and a piston skirt, the piston head ( 11, 111, 211 ) having a circumferential ring section ( 15, 115, 215 ) and a circumferential cooling channel ( 16, 116, 216 ) in the region of the ring section ( 15, 115, 215 ). The cooling channel has a cooling channel floor ( 17, 117, 217 ) and a cooling channel ceiling ( 18, 118, 218 ). According to the invention, the cooling channel ( 16, 116, 216 ) has a narrowing ( 20, 120, 220 ).

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The invention claimed is: 1. A piston ( 110 ) for an internal combustion engine, having a piston head ( 111 ) and a piston skirt, wherein the piston head ( 111 ) has a circumferential ring belt ( 115 ) as well as a circumferential cooling channel ( 116 ) in the region of the ring belt ( 115 ), having a cooling channel floor ( 117 ) and a cooling channel ceiling ( 118 ), wherein the cooling channel ( 116 ) has a circumferential narrowing ( 120 ) formed by precisely two material elev…

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  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • F02F3/22Primary

    Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • F02F3/16Primary

    Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

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What does patent US9109530B2 cover?
The invention relates to a piston ( 10, 110, 210 ) for an internal combustion engine, comprising a piston head ( 11, 111, 211 ) and a piston skirt, the piston head ( 11, 111, 211 ) having a circumferential ring section ( 15, 115, 215 ) and a circumferential cooling channel ( 16, 116, 216 ) in the region of the ring section ( 15, 115, 215 ). The cooling channel has a cooling channel floor ( 17, …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Bischofberger Ulrich, Mahle Int Gmbh
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification F02F3/22. Mapped technology areas include Mechanical Engineering.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 18 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).