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Method of forming a piston containing a cavity

US4972898A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 2, 1989
Grant dateNov 27, 1990
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Expiry dateJun 2, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05C2201/0448
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A porous body is formed around an element which has the shape of the desired cavity and the body is heated to a temperature such that the element melts and infiltrates the porous body at least in the immediate vicinity of the resulting cavity. The article may then, for example, be incorporated into a piston for an internal combustion engine so as to form a cavity in the crown region thereof.

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