218-0266 volcano-shaped inlet of piston oil-cooling gallery

US11326549B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Anselm Hopf · Grevenbroich, DE
• Frank Kraemer · Neunkirchen, DE
• Carsten Weber · Aalen, DE
• Paul Nigel Turner · Chelmsford, GB
• Klaus-Peter Heinig · Aachen, DE
• Loic Wendling · Aachen, DE
• Marek Behr · Aachen, DE
• Kai-Martin Mayer · Sankt Augustin, DE
• Guenter Bartsch · Gummersbach, DE
• Kai Kuhlbach · Bensberg, DE
• Bernd Steiner · Bensberg, DE
• Guenter Hans Grosch · Zülpich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 21, 2021
• Grant date: May 10, 2022
• Expiry date: Jan 22, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01P2003/006
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for an oil gallery of a piston. In one example, a system for a piston comprising an internal oil gallery. The internal oil gallery comprises one or more of a funnel shaped inlet, a funnel shaped outlet, and a plurality of tongues extending along a circumference of the internal oil gallery.