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Method for making connecting rods for internal combustion engines

US4408380A · kind A · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

Audi NSU Auto Union Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Siegfried Schaper · Wettstetten, DE
Anton Wimmer · Hersbruck, DE
Werner Dommes · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 1980
Grant date	Oct 11, 1983
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2000

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/2162
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of making a connecting rod for an internal combustion engine having a one-piece crankshaft construction generally consisting of positioning a first crankpin bushing segment having a connecting rod shank consisting of a reinforced resinous material mounted thereon, on a crankpin of the crankshaft, positioning a second crankpin bushing segment on the crankpin, and applying a reinforcing material and a resinous material about a periphery of the connecting rod shank and the second crankpin bushing segment to form an integral unit consisting of the crankpin bushing segments embedded in the connecting rod shank, attached to the crankpin.

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