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Pistons for internal combustion engines

US4677900A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 26, 1985
Grant dateJul 7, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 26, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05C2225/08
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A piston carries on its skirt surface a number of separate strips of a plastics material, such as a polyetheretherketone alloy, so that the strips are hydrodynamically lubricated and transmit lateral thrust from the piston to an associated cylinder or liner. The strips are just proud of the skirt surface and may be contained in recesses formed in the skirt surface.

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