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Pistons with bearing lands

US4876947A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 1987
Grant dateOct 31, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 19, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05C2201/0448
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Pistons are discribed comprising a crown portion which also includes a piston ring belt and gudgeon-pin bosses and which crown portion comprises a ferrous allow and a seperate articulated skirt portion comprising a casting of aluminum alloy, steel or cast iron which also includes gudgeon-pin bores, the crown portion and the skirt portion having a common gudgeon-pin about which the articulated skirt portion is freely able to move relative to the crown portion.

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