Patent · US Expired

Connecting rod for internal combustion engine and method of manufacture

US4827795A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 1988
Grant dateMay 9, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2008

Classification

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

Abstract

A connecting rod having a pair of spaced apart flanges parallel to a plane defined by a crankshaft axis and a piston pin axis. A web connects the flanges to form a rod portion having an I-shaped cross section. The inner surfaces of the flanges include a lateral rounded projection adjacent to the flange edges to improve bending and stress characteristics.

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