Piston

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9494105-B2
Application number	US-201314373346-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2013
Priority date	Jan 19, 2012
Publication date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016

Abstract

A piston for an internal combustion engine may include a plurality of pin bores for accommodating a piston pin. The pin bores may be transversely oval to a longitudinal axis of the piston. The pin bores may be formed in a circular cylindrical manner at a zenith of α=0° and at a nadir of α=180°. The pin bores may be formed in an oval manner with an oil-holding volume at an equator of α=90° and α=270°. The pin bores may include a transition between the equator and the zenith and between the equator and the nadir that runs in a continuous and differentiable manner.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a plurality of pin bores for accommodating a piston pin, wherein the pin bores are transversely oval to a longitudinal axis of the piston, the pin bores formed in a circular cylindrical manner at a zenith of α=0° and at a nadir of α=180° and in an oval manner with an oil-holding volume at an equator of α=90° and α=270°, wherein a transition between the equator and the zenith and between the equator and the nadir runs in a continuous and differentiable manner;
wherein the pin bores at least along an arc between α=0° and α=180° have a circular shape at 0°≦α<45° and 130°<α≦180°, and the pin bores deviate from the circular shape at 45°<α≦130°; and
wherein at least one of the plurality of pin bores has a shape defining a double ovality at 45°<α≦130°.

2. The piston according to claim 1 , wherein the pin bores have a circular shape at 345°<α<45° and at 135°<α<225°.

3. The piston according to claim 1 , wherein at least one other of the plurality of pin bores has a shape defining a linear ovality.

4. The piston according to claim 1 wherein the double ovality is represented as follows,
h K α=0.5 H *(1−cos(2α))+ k α where kα= 0.5* Kt *(1−cos(4α))

wherein:
H is a signed radial ovality nominal value in mm,
hα is a radial ovality at angle α in mm,
h K α is a corrected radial ovality at angle α in mm,
α is the angle, and
Kt is a correction value.

5. The piston according to claim 3 , wherein the linear ovality is represented as follows,
h K α=0.5* H (1−cos(2α))+ k α where kα= 0.5* Kt *(1−cos(4α))*|sin α|

wherein:
H is a signed radial ovality nominal value in mm,
hα is a radial ovality at angle α in mm,
h K α is a corrected radial ovality at angle α in mm,
α is the angle,
Kt is a correction value.

6. The piston according to claim 1 , wherein the pin bores at 340°<α<20° and 130<α<230° have a radial deviation from the circular shape of r d <2 μm.

7. The piston according to claim 1 , wherein the pin bores at α˜90° and α˜270° have a radial deviation from the circular shape of 10<r d <50 μm.

8. The piston according to claim 1 , wherein the pin bores have at least one of a symmetrical shape and an asymmetrical shape.

9. The piston according to claim 6 , wherein the pin bores at α˜90° and α˜270° have a radial deviation from the circular shape of 10<r d <50 μm.

10. The piston according to claim 1 , wherein the double ovality is configured as a negative superposition having a local diameter less than that of a normal ovality.

11. The piston according to claim 3 , wherein the linear ovality is configured as a negative superposition having a local diameter less than that of a normal ovality.

12. A method for producing a piston, comprising: drilling pin bores in a transversely oval manner to a longitudinal axis of the piston via a simultaneous oscillation superposed on the drilling of at least one of the piston and a drill;
forming the pin bores in a circular cylindrical manner at a zenith of α=0° and at a nadir of α=180°; and
forming the pin bores in an oval manner with an oil-holding volume at an equator of α=90° and α=270°;
wherein a transition between the equator and the zenith and between the equator and the nadir runs in a continuous and differentiable manner;
wherein forming the pin bores in the circular cylindrical manner further includes forming the pin bores to define a circular shape at 340°<α<45° and at 130°<α<230°; and
wherein forming the pin bores in the oval manner further includes forming the pin bores to define a radial deviation from the circular shape greater than a threshold at 45°<α<130° and at 230°<α<340′; and wherein the radial deviation of at least one of the pin bores has a shape defining a double ovality.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein drilling the pin bores in the transversely oval manner includes magnetically mounting a drilling spindle to deflect radially synchronously with a rotation of the piston.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the radial deviation of at least one other of the pin bores has a shape defining a linear ovality.

15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the double ovality is represented as follows,
h K α=0.5 H *(1−cos(2α))+ k α where kα= 0.5* Kt *(1−cos(4α))

wherein:
H is a signed radial ovality nominal value in mm,
hα is a radial ovality at angle α in mm,
h K α is a corrected radial ovality at angle α in mm,
α is the angle, and
Kt is a correction value.

16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the linear ovality is represented as follows,
h K α=0.5* H (1−cos(2α))+ k α where kα= 0.5* Kt *(1−cos(4α))*|sin α|

wherein:
H is a signed radial ovality nominal value in mm,
hα is a radial ovality at angle α in mm,
h K α is a corrected radial ovality at angle α in mm,
α is the angle, and
Kt is a correction value.

17. A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a plurality of pin bores for accommodating a piston pin, the pin bores being transversely oval to a longitudinal axis of the piston;
the pin bores having a zenith and a nadir along the longitudinal axis, and the pin bores having an equator transverse to the longitudinal axis, wherein the pin bores are formed in a circular cylindrical manner in a region of the zenith and in a region of the nadir, and in an oval manner with an oil-holding volume at the equator, the equator having a radial deviation from a circular shape of greater than 2 μm;
wherein the pin bores include a transition between the equator and the zenith and between the equator and the nadir running in a continuous and differentiable manner;
wherein the pin bores deviate from the circular shape after an angle of 45° from at least one of the zenith and the nadir, and wherein the radial deviation of the equator extends along an arc of less than 90° on at least one side of the longitudinal axis; and
wherein the radial deviation of at least one of the pin bores has a shape defining a double ovality.

18. The piston according to claim 17 , wherein at least one bore includes a vertical ovality along the longitudinal axis in addition to being transversely oval, the at least one bore having the circular shape in the region of the zenith and the region of the nadir between the vertical ovality and the radial deviation of the equator.

19. The piston according to claim 17 , wherein the double ovality is represented as follows,
h K α=0.5 H *(1−cos(2α))+ k α where kα= 0.5* Kt *(1−cos(4α))

wherein:
H is a signed radial ovality nominal value in mm,
hα is a radial ovality at angle α in mm,
h K α is a corrected radial ovality at angle α in mm,
α is the angle, and
Kt is a correction value.

20. The piston according to claim 17 , wherein the radial deviation of at least one other of the pin bores has a shape defining a linear ovality, and wherein the linear ovality is represented as follows,
h K α=0.5* H (1−cos(2α))+ k α where kα= 0.5* Kt *(1−cos(4α))*|sin α|

wherein:
H is a signed radial ovality nominal value in mm,
hα is a radial ovality at angle α in mm,
h K α is a corrected radial ovality at angle α in mm,
α is the angle, and
Kt is a correction value.

Assignees

• Mahle Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Emmrich Dieter

Classifications

• B23B41/04 Primary

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• F02F3/0015 Primary

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• B23B2215/245

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• F16J1/16

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• Y10T29/49249

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