Internal-combustion engines – Particular piston and enclosing cylinder construction – Piston
Patent
1998-02-23
1999-05-25
McMahon, Marguerite
Internal-combustion engines
Particular piston and enclosing cylinder construction
Piston
F16J 116
Patent
active
059061820
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a piston for an internal combustion engine. The piston includes a crown defined by a combustion surface and a cylindrical ring belt. The cylindrical ring belt has a first and a second ring groove extending about the circumference thereof, where the ring grooves are adapted to receive a first and a second piston ring. The combustion surface and the first ring groove define a first ring land therebetween. The first ring groove and the second ring groove define a second ring land therebetween. The cylindrical ring belt also has an elastic groove extending about the circumference thereof. The elastic groove has an upper wall and a lower wall interconnected by a radius "R", where the upper wall and the lower wall pivot about the radius "R", under loading of the piston to lower stress concentration within the crown.
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Blase James Leonard
Liu Chih Lance
Tupek Richard Wayne
Barr Jr. Karl F.
General Motors Corporation
McMahon Marguerite
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