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Rolled metal piston ring

US4214762A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 1978
Grant dateJul 29, 1980
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Expiry dateAug 3, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S277/924
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rolled steel oil control piston ring for internal combustion engines is of generally U-shaped cross section with a pair of opposed rigid sidewalls projecting inwardly of the ring from a central peripheral wall thereof. A pair of flat-faced solid scraper rims formed by closed pleats rolled from the peripheral wall extend outwardly of the ring. The ring is made by rolling flat strip steel stock through a series of profiled rollers. Pleats are formed in the central portion by the profiled rollers and the pleats are closed on themselves to provide the solid scraper rims. The finished strip is then punched to provide the vent openings in the peripheral wall, and coiled and cut to form individual piston rings.

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