Cylinder liner for an internal combustion engine
US4419971A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 23, 1982 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/131
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A cylinder liner for use in an internal combustion engine which is formed of ceramic material having a density higher than 95% of theoretical value and a randomly directed and homogeneous structure. The ceramic liner is composed of silicon nitride, silicon carbide, an oxynitride such as silicon oxynitride and silicon aluminum oxynitride, silicon nitride-silicon carbide or aluminum nitride.
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