Patent · US Expired

Connecting rod made of fiber reinforced synthetic material

US4546669A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung · DE

Inventors

Thomas Fischer · Umkirch, DE
Bernd Bongers · Tauberbischofsheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 30, 1983
Grant date	Oct 15, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 30, 2003

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/2162
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A connecting rod has a closed bearing at one end for connecting, for exam, a piston bolt to the rod. At the other end the rod has a divided bearing for connecting, for example, a crankpin to the rod. The rod is made of fiber reinforced synthetic materials. The divided bearing is enclosed by an inner and an outer bearing bail and by the free ends of a fiber reinforced loop which surrounds the closed bearing. At the divided bearing end the rod components are interlocked in a dovetail manner. The loop is an open loop and the free ends of the loop legs extend substantially in parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rod.

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