Patent · US Expired

Connecting rod

US5724863A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 15, 1996
Grant dateMar 10, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/2162
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a connecting rod of a piston machine which comprises two separate parts which are longitudinally movable relative to one another but operatively interconnected and of which one part is connected to the piston and the other is rotatably mounted on the crank of a crankshaft, the two connecting rod parts are interconnected by a fluid spring structure in which a fluid is utilized as a spring element for operatively interconnecting the connecting rod parts.

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