Piston cooling configurations utilizing lubricating oil from a bearing reservoir in an opposed-piston engine
US9470136B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 6, 2014 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF01M2001/066
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Pressurized lubricating oil is accumulated in the bearings of opposed pistons and accumulated oil is dispensed therefrom for bearing lubrication and also for cooling the undercrowns of the pistons by jets of oil emitted from the bearings.
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