Method for making a lightweight internal combustion engine piston with micro chambers
US12215652B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 15, 2024 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49249
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automotive internal combustion engine piston is formed to have a bowl in the piston crown, at least one micro chamber formed in a side surface of the piston body at a position lower than a floor of the bowl, and extended orifices to provide 2-way communication of gaseous materials between the micro chambers and bowl. The micro chamber volume is defined by a removable casting core that incorporates a strut to secure the core at the circumference of the piston body in the casting mold. Subsequent to casting and removal of the core material, the cavity from the strut to secure the core is prepared to receive a tapered thread plug that is sealed by circumferential friction stir welding on the outer diameter of the piston body. The micro chamber is thereby isolated except for the extended orifice to the bowl.
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