Seal for a joint or juncture – Seal between relatively movable parts – Piston ring or piston ring expander or seat therefor
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-11
2007-09-11
Pickard, Alison K (Department: 3673)
Seal for a joint or juncture
Seal between relatively movable parts
Piston ring or piston ring expander or seat therefor
C277S442000, C277S444000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10505042
ABSTRACT:
A piston ring for an internal combustion engine is made of steel and has an outer contact surface that is nitrated and coated to no more than 70 μm with a protective coating comprising nitrides of aluminum and/or silicium and/or zirconium in a matrix of chromium-nitride based material.
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Fischer Manfred
Munchow Frank
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Federal Mogul Burscheid GmbH
Pickard Alison K
Stearns Robert L.
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