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Piston for an internal combustion engine

US5487364A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 23, 1994
Grant dateJan 30, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05C2201/021
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a skirt portion configured so that a value S/(D * L) is in the range of 0.4-0.55, where L is a length of the skirt portion, D is a diameter of a cylinder bore, and S is an area of an image of the skirt portion when the skirt portion is projected onto a plane perpendicular to a direction connecting a pair of boss portions. This condition decreases the friction between the piston and the cylinder bore.

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