La corporation De L'ecole Polytechnique De Montreal (Canada)
Inventor
Boisvert, Mathieu
L'Esperance, Gilles
Beaulieu, Philippe
Christopherson, Jr., Denis B.
Abstract
An improved atomized powder metal material containing an increased amount of free graphite after heat treatment and/or sintering is provided. The powder metal material is typically a ferrous alloy and includes carbon in an amount of 1.0 wt. % to 6.5 wt. % and silicon in an amount of 0.1 wt. % to 6.0 wt. %, based on the total weight of the powder metal material. The powder metal material can also include various other alloying elements, for example at least one of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), tin (Sn), aluminum (Al), sulfur (S), phosphorous (P), boron (B), nitrogen (N), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), tungsten (W), titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta) zirconium (Zr), zinc (Zn), strontium (Sr), calcium (Ca), barium (Ba) magnesium (Mg), lithium (Li), sodium (Na), and potassium (K).
B22F 9/08 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereof; Apparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using physical processes starting from liquid material by casting, e.g. through sieves or in water, by atomising or spraying
A firing tip for a corona igniter is provided. The firing tip includes a base formed of metal, such as nickel, and rivets formed of precious metal, such as iridium. The base includes indentations, and the rivets are disposed in the indentations of the base. The rivet has a melting point and/or wear resistance greater than the base. Typically, the indentations of the base include a concave surface and the rivets have a cylindrical shape matching the shape of the indentations. The rivets can be sharpened to a point. The rivets can include a first piece formed of precious metal and a second piece formed of nickel or nickel alloy, wherein an end of the first piece is welded to an end of the second piece, and the second piece is welded to the base. Alternatively, the rivets can be formed entirely of the precious metal.
An aluminum piston including a cooling gallery with titled inner and outer side walls is provided. The piston comprises a ring belt with a ring grooves, and an iron insert is disposed in a top one of the ring grooves. To reduce stress and mass of the piston, material located under the iron insert is removed, so that the outer side wall of the cooling gallery is tilted toward the center axis. The inner side wall of the cooling gallery is tilted away from the center axis.
A piston capable of operating at a high temperature and consequently contributing to a high in-cylinder temperature, as well as reducing engine oil temperature, when used in an internal combustion engine, is provided. The piston includes an upper portion and a lower portion welded together to present a cooling gallery therebetween. The cooling gallery extends circumferentially around a center axis of the piston and is spaced the center axis. A partition is located in the cooing gallery and extends from one inner surface to another inner surface of the cooling gallery. The partition extends circumferentially around the center axis, and divides the cooling gallery into at least a first gallery portion and a second gallery portion. The partition can be formed as one piece with the upper portion or the lower portion. Alternatively, the partition can be formed as a separate piece from the upper portion and the lower portion.
An igniter, such as a corona igniter for an internal combustion engine, and a method of manufacturing the igniter, are provided. The igniter includes an insulator with enlarged upper and lower end regions extending axially beyond opposite ends of a constrained, reduced diameter region of a shell through passage. The enlarged lower end region of the insulator is disposed axially outwardly of a lower end of the shell. The insulator is hermetically sealed to the shell and is permanently fixed against being removed axially outwardly from the shell. The method can include conforming the shell to the contour of the insulator by plastically deforming the shell, or casting the shell about the insulator. Alternatively, separate pieces of metal can be disposed around the insulator to form the shell which is conformed to the insulator.
H01T 13/36 - Sparking plugs characterised by features of the electrodes or insulation characterised by the joint between insulation and body, e.g. using cement
H01T 13/50 - Sparking plugs having means for ionisation of gap
H01T 21/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture or maintenance of spark gaps or sparking plugs of sparking plugs
A bushing formed of different alloys selected to accommodate different operating conditions is provided. For example, the bushing could include an iron-based alloy in a portion of the bushing exposed to lower temperatures, and a cobalt-based alloy in a portion of the bushing exposed to higher temperatures. The first and second alloys could be axially or radially aligned. The iron based alloy includes 10 to 30 wt% Cr, 0 to 21 wt% Ni, 0 to 10 wt% Mo, 0 to 5 wt% W, 0 to 3 wt% C, 0 to 4 wt% V, 0 to 20 wt% Co, and a balance of Fe; and the cobalt based alloy includes 10 to 30 wt% Cr, 5 to 21 wt% Ni, 0 to 10 wt% Mo, 0 to 10 wt% W, 0 to 3 wt% V, 0.5 to 3 wt% C, and a balance of Co.
F16C 17/24 - Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement characterised by features not related to the direction of the load with devices affected by abnormal or undesired conditions, e.g. for preventing overheating, for safety
F16C 33/12 - Structural composition; Use of special materials or surface treatments, e.g. for rust-proofing
F16C 33/14 - Special methods of manufacture; Running-in
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IGNITER ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED INSULATION AND METHOD OF INSULATING THE IGNITER ASSEMBLY
An igniter assembly comprising an ignition coil assembly connected to a firing end assembly by an extension, with a valve assembly disposed in a pressure chamber of the extension, is provided. The valve assembly includes a valve stem biased toward the ignition coil assembly by a spring to seal the pressure chamber. The valve assembly is used to evacuate contents from the pressure chamber by pressing the valve stem toward the spring and allowing contents of the pressure chamber to travel through and past the valve stem and out of the pressure chamber. The valve assembly is also used to fill the pressure chamber with an insulating medium by pressing the valve stem toward the spring and allowing the insulating medium to travel through and past the valve stem and into the pressure chamber after evacuating the contents out of the pressure chamber.
A steel piston with a bushing applied to pin bore surfaces by laser cladding or laser additive manufacturing is provided. The bushing is formed of metal, such as bronze, and metallurgically bonded to the steel of the piston. Thus, the bushing cannot fail by rotating relative to pin bore surfaces. The bushing has a porosity ranging from 0.05% to 5%, based on the total volume of the bushing, and a thickness ranging from 0.07mm to 6mm. Since the metal is applied directly to the steel by laser cladding or laser additive manufacturing, the overall size of the piston is reduced, compared to typical pistons with a separate steel backed bushing, and the possibility of bushing rotation is avoided. The bushing also provides scuffing resistance and increased unit load capacity of the pin bore.
B23K 26/34 - Laser welding for purposes other than joining
B23K 26/144 - Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring using a fluid stream, e.g. a jet of gas, in conjunction with the laser beam; Nozzles therefor the fluid stream containing particles, e.g. powder
B23K 26/082 - Scanning systems, i.e. devices involving movement of the laser beam relative to the laser head
B23K 26/346 - Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring in combination with welding or cutting covered by groups , e.g. in combination with resistance welding
B23P 15/10 - Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass pistons
A steel piston (10) for coupling to a connecting rod (34) and wrist pin (40) is provided. The piston (10) includes a body with an upper crown (16) presenting a combustion surface (18) for exposure to a combustion chamber. The upper crown (16) presents an undercrown surface (28) which is openly exposed as viewed from an underside of the piston and not bounded by a cooling gallery. The body includes a ring belt (20) and pin bosses (30) depending from the ring belt and presenting a pin bore (24) for receiving the wrist pin (40). The body also includes ribs (14) disposed along the undercrown surface (28). The body includes a ratio of compression height to outer diameter (CH/D) ranging from 34.8% to 42.0%. The piston also includes a low heat transfer coating (12) on the combustion surface, and the low heat transfer coating has a thermal conductivity of about 0.20 to 0.80 W/m-K.
An engine component, for example a piston ring, including a wear resistant coating applied by physical vapor deposition (PVD) is provided. The coating includes tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C), the carbon of the coating includes sp3 hybrid orbitals, and the coating includes boron in an amount of 0.1 wt. % to 4.0 wt. %, based on the total weight of the coating. The doped boron makes the coating less sensitive to the ion energy during the physical vapor deposition (PVD) process, improves adhesion of the coating, and expected to reduce compressive stress in the coating. Thus, the boron-doped ta-C coating can be applied to a greater thickness compared to ta-C coatings without the doped boron. In addition, there is a strong indication that the addition of boron will maintain a high level of sp3 bonded carbon and a high microhardness.
A piston for an internal combustion engine including a cooling gallery and a complex combustion surface Is provided. The piston includes an upper crown member joined to a lower member, for example by hybrid induction welding. A complex combustion bowl is formed in the upper crown member by forging. The combustion bowl includes at least one protrusion, and typically a plurality of protrusions spaced from one another. After the forging step and before the joining step, portions of an undercrown surface located opposite the spaces between the protrusions are machined, and portions located directly opposite the protrusions are left as-forged. The crown member is joined to the lower member, for example by hybrid Induction welding.
F02F 3/22 - Pistons having cooling means the means being a fluid flowing through or along piston the fluid being liquid
F02B 23/06 - Other engines characterised by special shape or construction of combustion chambers to improve operation with compression ignition the combustion space being arranged in working piston
A cast iron having high strength, hardness, and thermal conductivity for a cylinder liner of an internal combustion engine is provided. The cast iron includes 3,2 wt. % to 3.8 wt. % carbon, 2.2 wt. % to 3,2 wt. % silicon 0.5 wt. % to 13 wt. % copper, and at least 75.0 wt. % iron, based on the total weight of the cast iron. The cast iron further includes 0.01 wt % to 0.5 wt. % manganese, 0.01 wt. % to 0;2 wt. % chromium, up to 03 wt, % phosphorous, up to 0.05 wt, % sulfur, up to 0,2 wt. % tin, and up to 0.1 wt. % magnesium, based on the total weight of the cast iron. Preferably, the cast iron is free of molybdenum, nickel, and vanadium. The cast iron is also heat treated and solidifies to achieve fully spheroidal graphite.
A piston capable of reducing undesirable "knock," reducing hydrocarbon emissions, and providing more complete combustion, is provided. The piston includes a multilayer coating having a thickness of 500 microns or less disposed ors an upper combustion surface, The coating includes a bond layer including nickel disposed on the upper combustion surface. A thermal barrier layer including a ceramic composition is disposed on the bond layer. A sealant layer formed of metal Is disposed on the thermal barrier layer. A catalytic layer including at least one of platinum, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, and iridium Is disposed on the sealant layer. The catalytic layer can be disposed on select regions or the entire upper combustion surface to promote combustion through a catalyzed reaction.
F02F 3/12 - Pistons having surface coverings on piston heads
F02B 23/06 - Other engines characterised by special shape or construction of combustion chambers to improve operation with compression ignition the combustion space being arranged in working piston
A galleryless steel piston for an internal combustion engine is provided. The piston comprises an exposed undercrown surface, a ring belt with ring grooves, pin bosses, skirt panels, and struts. The piston further includes an inner undercrown region and outer pockets extending along the undercrown surface. The inner undercrown region is surrounded by the skirt panels, the struts, and the pin bosses, and each outer pocket is surrounded by a portion of the ring belt, one of the pin bosses, and two of the struts. The piston includes a plurality of oil slots extending through the back wall of one of the ring grooves, typically the third ring groove, to the inner undercrown region and/or the outer pockets to allow drainage of cooling oil. Each oil slot typically has a diameter ranging from 30% to 100% of an axial width of the ring groove.
A galleryless piston having a reduced weight and a reduced operating temperature is provided. The piston includes an undercrown surface exposed from an underside of the piston, a ring belt, pin bosses each presenting a pin bore, and skirt panels depending from the ring beit and coupled to the pin bosses by strut. The piston further includes an inner undercrown region extending along the undercrown surface and surrounded by the skirt panels, the struts, and the pin bosses. The piston also includes outer pockets each extending along the undercrown surface and each surrounded by a portion of the ring belt, one of the pin bosses, and the struts coupling the one pin boss to the skirt panels. Cutouts are located in the pin bosses above the pin bores to increase the area of the undercrown surface and thus allow cooling oil to remove more heat from the undercrown surface.
F02F 3/22 - Pistons having cooling means the means being a fluid flowing through or along piston the fluid being liquid
F02B 23/06 - Other engines characterised by special shape or construction of combustion chambers to improve operation with compression ignition the combustion space being arranged in working piston
F02F 3/26 - Pistons having combustion chamber in piston head
A piston galleryless piston capable achieving improved thermal efficiency, fuel consumption, and engine performance is provided. The piston includes an undercrown surface exposed from an underside of the piston, a ring belt, pin bosses, and a pair of skirt panels coupled to the pin bosses by struts. The piston includes an inner undercrown region extending along the undercrown surface and surrounded by the skirt panels, struts, and pin bosses. The piston also includes a pair of outer pockets extending along the undercrown surface and each being surrounded by a portion of the ring belt, one of the pin bosses, and the struts coupling the one pin boss to the skirt panels. Each pin boss includes an opening extending from the inner undercrown region to one of the outer pockets for conveying cooling oil. The opening Is located between a pin bore of the associated pin boss and the undercrown surface.
A galleryless piston including a ring belt with three ring grooves is provided. Each ring groove is formed by an uppermost wail and a lower wail spaced from one another by a back wall. A pair of pin bosses depend from the upper wall and pair of skirt panels depend from the ring belt and are coupled to the pin bosses by struts, An inner undercrown region is surrounded by the skirt panels and the struts and the pin bosses. A pair of outer pockets extend along the undercrown surface, and each outer pocket is surrounded by a portion of the ring belt and one of the pin bosses and the struts coupling the one pin boss to the skirt panels. The third ring groove includes an oil drain slot extending through the back wall to the outer pockets of the piston for conveying cooling oil.
A galleryless steel piston (10, 1) designed to improve thermal efficiency, fuel consumption, and performance of an engine is provided. The piston (10, 1) includes a steel body portion and a thermal barrier layer (12, 32) applied to an upper combustion surface (16) and/or a ring belt (32) to reduce the amount of heat transferred from a combustion chamber to the body portion. The thermal barrier layer (12, 32) has a thermal conductivity which is lower than a thermal conductivity of the steel body portion. The thermal barrier layer (12, 32) typically includes a ceramic material, for example ceria, ceria stabilized zirconia, and/or a mixture of ceria stabilized zirconia and yttria stabilized zirconia in an amount of 90 to 100 wt %, based on the total weight of the ceramic material. The thermal barrier layer (12, 32) can also have a gradient structure which gradually transitions from 100 wt. % of a metal bond material to 100 wt. % of the ceramic material.
C04B 35/48 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on oxides based on zirconium or hafnium oxides or zirconates or hafnates
F02B 77/02 - Surface coverings of combustion-gas-swept parts
C23C 4/12 - Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state, e.g. by flame, plasma or electric discharge characterised by the method of spraying
F02F 3/12 - Pistons having surface coverings on piston heads
A galleryless piston having a reduced temperature during operation in an engine is provided. The piston includes an upper wall with an exposed undercrown surface, A ring belt and pin bosses depend from the upper wall, and a pair of skirt panels depend from the ring belt and are coupled to the pin bosses by struts. The piston includes an inner undercrown region and outer pockets extending along the undercrown surface, The inner undercrown region is surrounded by the skirt panels, the struts, and the pin bosses. Each outer pocket is surrounded by one of the pin bosses, a portion of the ring belt, and the struts adjacent the one pin boss. A plurality of holes extend through the pin bosses and/or the struts from the inner undercrown region to one of the outer pockets to convey cooling oil from the inner undercrown region to the outer pockets.
A piston (10) with a cooling gallery (22) containing an open cell radiator (24) is provided. The radiator (24) has a large thermally conductive surface area that acts as a heat-sink to remove heat from the piston. Heat from the piston (10) is transmitted from the radiator (24) to cooling oil that enters the cooling gallery via an oil inlet (26) formed in a floor of the cooling gallery and exits the cooling gallery via an oil outlet (29). The piston comprises a piston body including an upper part presenting an upper combustion surface and an undercrown surface. A ring belt (20) depends from the upper combustion surface, and the cooling gallery (22) extends around the piston body beneath the undercrown surface radially inwardly of the ring belt. The radiator includes a plurality of fins (56) extending annularly around the cooling gallery, The fins of the radiator are spaced from one another by gaps extending annularly around the cooling gallery,
A corona igniter 20 including a hermetic combustion seal between an insulator 26 and center electrode 24 is provided. The combustion seal includes a metallic coating 22, such as a nickel-based layer applied to a layer of molybdenum-manganese, and the metallic coating is disposed on the insulator inner surface 42. Optionally, a shot of copper-based powder can be disposed on a head 28 of the center electrode. The center electrode and/or the copper-based powder is then brazed to the metallic coating on the inner surface of the insulator. The process can include applying the metallic coating to the inner surface while applying a metal coating to an outer surface 44 of the insulator. The method further includes brazing the center electrode and/or the copper-based powder to the metallic coating on the inner surface while brazing the metal coating on the outer surface to a metal shell 52.
H01T 13/34 - Sparking plugs characterised by features of the electrodes or insulation characterised by the mounting of electrodes in insulation, e.g. by embedding
H01T 13/50 - Sparking plugs having means for ionisation of gap
H01T 21/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture or maintenance of spark gaps or sparking plugs of sparking plugs
H01T 13/36 - Sparking plugs characterised by features of the electrodes or insulation characterised by the joint between insulation and body, e.g. using cement
An assembly including a connecting rod, a bushing, and a locking pin capable of providing different compression ratios in an engine is provided. The bushing is disposed in a bore of the connecting rod. An outer surface of the bushing includes a pair of notches, and an inner surface of the connecting rod includes a corresponding notch for receiving the locking pin. The notches are spaced from one another by greater than 380° and by no more than 190°. The locking pin is movable in the notch, allowing the bushing to rotate from a low compression position to a high compression position, or vice versa. The hushing has a varying thickness, and thus a center axis of an opening of the bushing is closer to the shaft of the connecting rod body when the bushing is in the low compression orientation than in the high compression orientation.
The multi-layer gasket assembly (20) includes a plurality of gasket layers (28, 30) which present a plurality of co-axially aligned openings (26) and have outer peripheries. At least two of the gasket layers are functional layers (28) and have full embossment beads (38) which are spaced from and surround the openings. The functional layers further include half beads (42) which are spaced from the full embossment beads. One or more of the gasket layers presents a redundant seal (44) spaced from the full and half embossment beads of the functional layers and located adjacent the outer peripheries of the one or more gaskets. The redundant seal has a height (H2) which is less than a height (H1) of the half beads of the functional layers. The redundant seal restricts any fluids that have wicked past the full embossment beads and the half beads from escaping out of the internal combustion engine.
F16J 15/08 - Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces with exclusively metal packing
F16J 15/12 - Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces with non-metallic packing with metal reinforcement or covering
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MONOLITHIC, GALLERYLESS PISTON AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF
A galleryless steell piston for an internal combustion engine is provided. The piston has a monolithic piston body including an upper wall forming an upper combustion surface with first and second portions. The first portion extends annularly along an outer periphery of the upper wall and the second portion defines a combustion bowl. The piston further includes undercrovvn surface located directly opposite the combustion bowl with an exposed 2-dimensional surface area allowing for contact of cooling oil. The exposed 2-dimensional surface area ranges from 25 to 60 percent of a cross-sectional area defined by a maximum outer diameter of the piston body. To further enhance cooling, a portion of the undercrown surface is concave or convex, such that oil is channeled during reciprocation of the piston from one side to the opposite side of the piston.
F02F 3/20 - Pistons having cooling means the means being a fluid flowing through or along piston
F02B 23/06 - Other engines characterised by special shape or construction of combustion chambers to improve operation with compression ignition the combustion space being arranged in working piston
The heat shield assembly includes an inner-most layer that is directly engagable with an exhaust component and is of a non-ceramic material with a first heat capacity and a first thermal conductivity. The heat shield assembly additionally includes an Insulating Saver that surrounds the inner-most layer and Is of a material that has a second heat capacity which is lower than the first heat capacity and has a second thermal conductivity which is lower than the first thermal conductivity. The direct engagement of the inner-most layer with the exhaust component allows heal to be easily transferred between the exhaust component and the inner-most Saver.
A piston for a heavy duty diesel engine including a composite layer forming at least a portion of a combustion surface is provided. The composite layer has a thickness greater than 500 microns and includes a mixture of components typically used to form brake pads, such as a thermoset resin, an insulating component, strengthening fibers, and an impact toughening additive, According to one example, the thermoset resin is a phenolic resin, the insulating component is a ceramic, the strengthening fibers are graphite, and the impact toughening additive is an aramid pulp of fibri!lated chopped synthetic fibers, The composite Iayer also has a thermal conductivity of 0,8 to 5 W/m.K. The body portion of the piston can include an undercut scroll thread to improve mechanical locking of the composite layer. The piston can also Include a ceramic insert between the body portion and the composite Iayer.
A heavy duty piston for an internal combustion engine comprises a thermally conductive composition filling 10 to 90 vol. % of a sealed cooling gallery. The thermally conductive composition includes bismuth and/or tin. For example, the thermally conductive composition can be a single-phase binary mixture of bismuth and tin. The thermally conductive composition hag improved thermal properties, for example a melting point around 139° C, a thermal conductivity around 22 W/m⋅K, and a thermal diffusivity around 1.43E-5 m2/s. The thermally conductive composition is not reactive and does not include toxic or cost-prohibitive metals. During high temperature operation, as the piston reciprocates in the cylinder bore, the thermally conductive composition flows throughout the cooling gallery to dissipate heat away from the upper crown and thus improve efficiency of the engine.
A steel piston achieving increased thermal brake efficiency in an internal combustion engine is provided. The piston includes a crown presenting a combustion surface, an outer side wall depending from the combustion surface, an outer cooling gallery, and an undercrown cooling gallery. The outer cooling gallery extends circumferentially along the outer side wall beneath the combustion surface. According to one embodiment, the outer cooling gallery is sealed and filled with air, argon, helium, xenon, or carbon dioxide as a cooling media. In this embodiment, the undercrown cooling gallery is filled with air as a cooling media and includes an open inlet hole having a diameter being from 2% to 4% of an outer diameter of the piston. Alternatively, the undercrown cooling gallery is filled with air, argon, helium, xenon, or carbon dioxide as a cooling media, and the inlet hole is sealed.
A piston for a diesel engine is provided. The piston includes a thermal barrier coating applied to a crown formed of steel. A layer of a metal bond material is first applied to a combustion surface of the crown, followed by a gradient structure including a mixture of the metal bond material and a ceramic material, followed by a layer of the ceramic material. The ceramic material includes at least one of ceria, caria stabilized zirconia, yttria stabilized zirconia, calcia stabilized zirconia, magnesia stabilized zirconia, and zirconia stabilized by another oxide. The thermal barrier coating is applied by a thermal spray process or HVOF. The thermal barrier coating has a porosity of 2% by vol. to 25% vol., based on the total volume of the thermal barrier coating, a thickness of less than 1 mm, and a thermal conductivity of less than 1.00 W/m.K.
C23C 4/12 - Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state, e.g. by flame, plasma or electric discharge characterised by the method of spraying
C23C 4/073 - Metallic material containing MCrAl or MCrAlY alloys, where M is nickel, cobalt or iron, with or without non-metal elements
C23C 28/00 - Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of main groups , or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses and
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THERMALLY INSULATED ENGINE COMPONENTS AND METHOD OF MAKING USING A CERAMIC COATING
A component for exposure to a combustion chamber of a diesel engine and/or exhaust gas, such as a cylinder liner or valve face, is provided. The component Includes a thermal barrier coating applied to a body portion formed of steel. A layer of a metal bond material is first applied, fallowed by a gradient structure including a mixture of the metal bond material and a ceramic material, followed by a layer of the ceramic material. The ceramic material includes at least one of ceria, ceria stabilised zirconia, yttria stabilised zirconia, calcia stabilized zirconia, magnesia stabilised zirconia, and zirconia stabilized by another oxide. The thermal barrier coating is applied by thermal spray or HVOF. The thermal barrier coating has a porosity of 2% by vol. to 25% vol., a thickness of less than 1 mm, and a thermal conductivity of less than 1.00 W/m.K.
C23C 4/12 - Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state, e.g. by flame, plasma or electric discharge characterised by the method of spraying
C23C 28/00 - Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of main groups , or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses and
C23C 4/073 - Metallic material containing MCrAl or MCrAlY alloys, where M is nickel, cobalt or iron, with or without non-metal elements
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PISTON, OIL CONTROL RING THEREFOR AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF
A piston for an internal combustion engine having an improved oil control ring is provided. The piston has a piston body providing an upper combustion surface and an annular outer wall depending therefrom. A ring belt region including a plurality of ring grooves is formed in the annular outer wall. A first compression ring is disposed in one of the ring grooves and the oil control ring is disposed in another of the ring grooves. The oil control ring has generally parallel, planar upper and lower surfaces, with the upper and lower surfaces having are annular groove recessed therein. A through opening can be formed to bring the annular grooves into fluid communication with one another. The annular grooves collect oil scraped from a cylinder wail and return oil to the crank sump and reduce the contact area between the oil control ring and the wall of the ring groove.
F16J 9/06 - Piston-rings, seats therefor; Ring sealings of similar construction in general using separate springs expanding the rings; Springs therefor
F16J 9/20 - Rings with special cross-section; Oil-scraping rings
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AIR-FREE CAP END DESIGN FOR CORONA IGNITION SYSTEM
A corona igniter assembly including an ignition coil assembly, a firing end assembly, and a dielectric compliant member is provided. The dielectric compliant member is compressed between a high voltage insulator of the ignition coil assembly and a ceramic insulator of the firing end assembly. During assembly of the corona igniter assembly, the dielectric compliant member pushes air outwards and forms a hermetic seal between the high voltage insulator and the ceramic insulation. The dielectric compliant member can have a rounded upper surface, which may improve the hermetic seal. Alternatively, or in addition to the rounded surface on the dielectric compliant member, the lower surface of the high voltage insulator can be rounded to push air outwards during assembly and provide a hermetic seal.
A metal static gasket (10) and method of construction thereof is provided. The gasket includes at least one metal layer (12, 14, 16). The at least one metal layer has opposite sides (18, 20) with at least one through opening (22, 24) extending through the opposite sides configured to register with an opening to be sealed and at least one raised annular seal bead (28) extending at least in part about the at least one through opening. At least one protrusion (32) extends outwardly from at least one of the sides, wherein the at least one protrusion (32) prevents complete flattening of the at least one seal bead (28). The at least one protrusion (32) has a plurality of discrete layers of metal deposited on one another via an additive manufacture process, wherein the protrusion (32) is formed having a hollow region (42, 44, 46) extending therein.
A reversed-assembled corona igniter including an insulator, central electrode, and metal shell, wherein an outer diameter of the insulator increases adjacent a lower end of the metal shell to achieve an electrical advantage is provided. In addition, the insulator maintains strength because is not placed under tension during or after assembly, or once disposed in an engine. To achieve the increase in insulator outer diameter, the insulator includes a lower shoulder adjacent the shell firing end. An intermediate part, such as braze and/or a metal ring, is disposed between the insulator outer surface and the shell adjacent the shell firing end. To prevent tension in the insulator, the insulator can be supported at only one location between the insulator upper end and the insulator lower end, for example along the intermediate part.
H01T 13/36 - Sparking plugs characterised by features of the electrodes or insulation characterised by the joint between insulation and body, e.g. using cement
H01T 13/38 - Selection of materials for insulation
H01T 13/50 - Sparking plugs having means for ionisation of gap
H01T 21/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture or maintenance of spark gaps or sparking plugs of sparking plugs
H01T 13/44 - Sparking plugs structurally combined with other devices with transformers, e.g. for high-frequency ignition
The multi-layer gasket assembly (20) includes a plurality of metal gasket layers which have at least one set of axially aligned openings (28). The plurality of gasket layers includes at least two functional layers (26a-26c) which are arranged in a stacked relationship with one another. Each functional layer has at least one full embossment bead (32a-32c) that is spaced radially from and surrounds the at least one opening. The functional layers are also arranged such that the full embossment beads are in a nested relationship with one another. At least one stopper (38, 39) is positioned adjacent the nested full embossment beads for preventing full flattening of the full embossment beads,
A piston and method of construction thereof is provided. The piston has a lower member with diametrically opposite skirt portions and axially aligned pin bores and an upper member joined to the lower member. The upper member has a substantially planar upper combustion surface and a combustion bowl depending from the upper combustion surface. An undercrown surface is formed directly opposite the combustion bowl and a combustion bowl rim transitions the combustion bowl with the upper combustion surface. At least one of the combustion bowl, the undercrown surface and the upper combustion surface has a machined surface and an "as forged" surface.
A sliding element, such as a piston ring, including a substrate, base coating, and relatively thin sliding coating is provided. The base coating is typically applied to a running surface of the substrate by PVD, CVD, galvanic deposition, electrodeposition, or a thermal spray process. The sliding coating includes a polymer matrix and hard particles disposed throughout the matrix. The sliding coating is applied to the base coating when the base coating is still in its as-applied condition and has a surface roughness of at least 4.0 pm. During use of the sliding element, the thin sliding coating acts as a sacrificial run-in layer. In addition, as the polymer matrix of the sliding coating wears away, the hard particles polish the rough surface of the base coating. Thus, polishing or lapping of the as-applied base coating prior to use of the sliding element is not required.
C23C 28/00 - Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of main groups , or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses and
C25D 7/00 - Electroplating characterised by the article coated
F16J 1/16 - Connection to driving members with connecting-rods, i.e. pivotal connections with gudgeon-pin; Gudgeon-pins
F16J 9/26 - Piston-rings, seats therefor; Ring sealings of similar construction in general characterised by the use of particular materials
41.
HEAT AND VIBRATION MOUNTING ISOLATOR FOR A HEAT SHIELD, HEAT SHIELD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF
An isolator for damping heat and vibrations between a heat shield and heat source is provided. The isolator includes a housing and a washer, The housing surrounds a center opening and extends axially from a first end portion to a second end portion and includes an intermediate portion therebetween. The housing has a serpentine shape. The first end portion and the intermediate portion of the housing clamp a washer therebetween, and the second end portion and the intermediate portion of the housing clamp the heat shield therebetween. The washer includes a plurality of through openings between an outer periphery and the center opening for enhancing vibration dampening and minimizing heat transfer from the heat source to the heat shield. The isolator optionally includes a collar member disposed along the center opening of the washer to facilitate mounting of the isolator to the heat source.
A steel piston for heavy-duty diesel engines designed with features that increase adiabaticity, reduce weight, and improve passive cooling without loss of power density is provided. The piston includes a pair of skirt walls extending longitudinally from a crown io a lower end. The skirt walls include a plurality of heat sink wells extending axially from the crown to a lower end of the skirt wall. Each heat sink well is at least partially filled with a cooling medium and is sealed, The piston also includes a plurality of ribs each radially aligned with one of the heat sink wells and extending inwardly and upwardly from a first rib end at an inner surface of the skirt wall to a second rib end at the inner surface of the crown.
A piston for an internal combustion engine and method of construction is provided. The piston has a robust, lightweight monolithic piston body including an upper wall forming a combustion bow! depending radially inwardly from an annular, uppermost combustion surface. An undercrown surface is formed on an underside of the combustion bow!s with at least a portion of the undercrown surface being bounded by diametrically opposite skirt portions, pin bosses and strut portions connecting the skirt portions to the pin bosses. The bounded undercrown surface has an openly exposed surface area, as viewed looking along a central longitudinal axis along which the piston reciprocates, providing an expansive area against which oil being splashed or sprayed can come into direct contact with to enhance cooling the piston while in use. Through channels extending over upper regions of the pin bosses cars be provided to further reduce weight and facilitate cooling,
A corona ignition assembly comprising a plurality of different insulators disposed between an ignition coil assembly and firing end assembly is provided. A high voltage center electrode extends longitudinally between an igniter central electrode and the ignition coil assembly, A high voltage insulator formed of a fluoropolymer surrounds the high voltage center electrode, and a firing end insulator formed of alumina surrounds the igniter central electrode. According to one embodiment, a glue formed of a compliant and insulating material, such as a silicon-based material,, forms a seal between the high voltage insulator and the firing end insulator. According to another embodiment, a dielectric compliant insulator is disposed between the high voltage insulator and the ignition coil assembly, and the glue forms a seal therebetween. The glue fills air gaps to prevent unwanted corona discharge, and thus extends the life of the materials and directs energy to the firing end.
H01T 13/50 - Sparking plugs having means for ionisation of gap
H01T 13/44 - Sparking plugs structurally combined with other devices with transformers, e.g. for high-frequency ignition
45.
CORONA SUPPRESSION AT THE HIGH VOLTAGE JOINT THROUGH INTRODUCTION OF A SEMI-CONDUCTIVE SLEEVE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL ELECTRODE AND THE DISSIMILAR INSULATING MATERIALS
A corona ignition assembly comprising a plurality of different insulators disposed between an ignition coil assembly and firing end assembly is provided. A high voltage center electrode extends longitudinally between an igniter central electrode and the ignition coil assembly. A high voltage insulator formed of a fluoropolymer surrounds the high voltage center electrode, and a firing end insulator firing of alumina surrounds the igniter central electrode, A sleeve formed of a semi-conductive and complaint material, such as silicone rubber with conductive filler, Is disposed radially between the electrodes and adjacent insulators. The sleeve fills air gaps and minimizes the peak electric field within the corona igniter assembly. The sleeve is able to prevent unwanted corona discharge, and thus extends the life of the materials and directs energy to the firing end.
H01T 13/50 - Sparking plugs having means for ionisation of gap
H01T 13/44 - Sparking plugs structurally combined with other devices with transformers, e.g. for high-frequency ignition
H01T 13/34 - Sparking plugs characterised by features of the electrodes or insulation characterised by the mounting of electrodes in insulation, e.g. by embedding
H01T 21/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture or maintenance of spark gaps or sparking plugs of sparking plugs
A robust engine assembly having reduced weight and efficient cooling, without an increase in fuel consumption or carbon dioxide emissions, is provided. The engine assembly includes a double-wall cylinder liner clamped between a cylinder head and a crankcase. A manifold is disposed along a portion of the cylinder liner and includes fluid ports aligned with fluid ports of the cylinder liner to convey cooling fluid tο a cooling chamber located between the walls of the cylinder liner. For example, the manifold can be a low-loss hydraulic manifold cast integral with the crankcase. Tie rods connect die cylinder head to the crankcase to clamp the cylinder liner in position. Alternatively the tie rods can be connected to a main bearing cradle located beneath the crankcase. No attachment features extend into the walls of the cylinder liner, which is especially advantageous when the cylinder liner is formed of aluminum.
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(1) Seals for industrial applications in the oil and gas industry, namely, compression seals and hammer union seals used in hydro-fracking machines, made predominantly not from metal.
(2) Seals for industrial applications in the oil and gas industry made predominantly not from metal, namely, compression seals and hammer union seals not for machinery or land vehicle engines.
48.
PISTON WITH COOLING GALLERY COOLING INSERT AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF
A piston for an Internal combustion engine and method of construction thereof is provided. The piston has a top part and a bottom part. The lop part bas an upper combustion surface including a top surface with a combustion howl recessed therein. An annular combustion bowl rim extends between the top surface and a side wall of the combustion bowl. The bottom part bas a bottom wall and a pair of pin bosses depending therefrom. The top part is fixed to the bottom part with an annular cooling gallery defined therebetween. The side wall of me combustion bowl has a radially outwardly facing side bounding a portion of the cooling gallery, wherein an annular recessed channel is formed therein adjacent the combustion bowl rim. A cooling dug is disposed in the annular channel. The cooling ring channels coolant adjacent the combustion howl rim to facilitate cooling the combustion bowl rim.
A piston for an internal combustion engine and method of construction thereof is provided. The piston has a piston body including an upper part and a lower part. The upper part has an upper combustion surface configured for direct exposure to combustion gases within a cylinder bore with an undercrown surface beneath the upper combustion surface. The body has a ring belt region configured for receipt of at least one piston ring adjacent the upper combustion surface with an annular cooling gallery configured radially inwardly from the ring belt region, The cooling gallery has a floor, wherein the floor has at least one through opening. A coolant medium is disposed in the cooling gallery, and a sealing member is disposed in the at least one through opening to seal off the coolant medium in the coolant gallery.
A piston assembly, piston therefor and methods of construction are provided. The assembly includes a piston head and connecting rod operably coupled thereto via a wrist pin. The piston head has an upper crown with a combustion bowl and an undercrown surface. The lower crown includes axial!y aligned pin bores receiving the wrist pin. An upper wall of the lower crown has an oil inlet, an oil outlet and a concave, saddle bearing surface that bears against the wrist pin. A toroid-shaped outer cooling gallery is formed between wall portions of the upper and lower crowns, wherein the outer cooling gallery surrounds an inner cooling gallery. The connecting rod is fixed to the wrist pin for conjoint oscillation. The connecting rod has an oil passage in fluid communication with a through hole in the wrist pin to allow oil to flow therethrough into the inner cooling gallery via the oil inlet.
A piston and method of construction thereof are provided. The piston includes an upper crown having an upper combustion surface and a lower crown depending therefrom. The lower crown includes a pair of laterally spaced, axially aligned pin bores configured for receipt of a wrist pin. A substantially closed, annular outer cooling gallery is formed between the upper and lower crowns, wherein a bottom surface of the cooling gallery is formed by a floor of the lower crown. An oil inlet and an oil outlet extend through the floor. The oil inlet includes an upstanding toroid-shaped protrusion that extends upwardly from the floor into the cooling gallery, wherein the protrusion is formed as a monolithic extrusion from the material of the lower crown floor.
A multilayer static gasket, stopper region containing distance layer therefor and methods of construction thereof are provided. The gasket includes at least one metal functional layer and at distance layer including a stopper region. The functional layer has a seal bead surrounding at least one passage to be sealed. The distance layer has a thickness extending between generally planar opposite sides, with each of the opposite sides of the distance layer having a plurality of protrusions extending outwardly therefrom and a plurality of depressions extending inwardly therein, wherein the protrusions and depressions form the stopper region. Each of the depressions extends into a separate protrusion, thereby forming an underside of the associated protrusion. The depressions extend into the opposite sides of the distance layer a distance that is equal to or greater than 1/2 of the thickness of the distance layer.
A wear resistant coating is applied to the thrust surfaces and bore surfaces of a connecting rod. The wear resistant coating includes a polymer matrix, such as polyamide imide (PAI), solid lubricant, and hard particles including Fe2O3. The wear resistant coating is typically applied by spraying or rolling. The wear resistant coating adheres well to metal and provides lubrication. Thus, the wear resistant coating can reliably reduce wear, scuff, and seizure along the surfaces of the connecting rod as the piston reciprocates and crank shaft rotates during operation of the internal combustion engine. The likelihood of engine contamination caused by metal shavings from wear of the connecting rod is reduced, and the life of the connecting rod and engine is increased.
A ferrous piston for gasoline powered engines having dimensions which achieve reduced mass and improved performance is provided. The piston crown has a thickness of less than 4mm and includes valve pockets with an axial clearance between the valve pockets and an uppermost ring groove of less than 1.5mm. The pin bosses have an axial thickness of less than 3.7% of a bore diameter, which is the largest outer diameter of the piston, measured between a pin bore and the crown at 1mm from an inner face forming the pin bore. Each pin boss has a radial thickness of less than 3% of the bore diameter measured between the pin bore and a lower end of the pin boss. An undercrown surface presents a projected area of less than 45% of a total piston bore area, wherein the total piston bore area is πBD2/4, BD being the bore diameter.
A piston assembly for monitoring at least one operating condition of an internal combustion engine and/or piston during use of the piston in the engine, for example during an engine test, is provided. The piston assembly includes an electronic instrumentation unit coupled to the piston for collecting data related to the operating conditions. Instead of a battery or wireless power transfer system, the piston assembly includes a thermoelectric module to provide energy to the electronic instrumentation unit. One side of the thermoelectric module is coupled to an undercrown surface of the pistons which is typically hot due its proximity to the combustion chamber. The opposite side of the thermoelectric module is cooled by a cooling fluid, such as a spray of cooling oil. The temperature flux at the thermoelectric module is converted into electrical energy and used to power the electronic instrumentation unit.
G01K 13/06 - Thermometers specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring temperature of moving solid bodies in linear movement
H01L 35/30 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Details thereof operating with Peltier or Seebeck effect only characterised by the heat-exchanging means at the junction
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(1) Seals for industrial applications in the oil and gas industry, namely, compression seals and hammer union seals used in hydro-fracking machines, made predominantly not from metal.
(2) Seals for industrial applications in the oil and gas industry, namely, compression seals and hammer union seals used in hydro-fracking machines, made predominantly not from metal.
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(1) Seals for use in the automotive industry, namely engine seals, transmission seals, driveline seals, axle seals, combustion seals, and wheel end seals; combustion seals for cylinder head gaskets; gaskets for engines.
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(1) Brakes, brake pads, brake linings, brake rotors for land vehicles; driveline products for land vehicles, namely, universal joints; chassis parts for land vehicles, namely, bushings, ball joints, bump stops, center links, control arms, drag links, steering stabilizers, struts, strut mounts, suspension springs, sway bars, tie rods, torsion arms, shocks; wheel hub assemblies for land vehicles.
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(1) Brakes, brake pads, brake linings, brake rotors for land vehicles; driveline products for land vehicles, namely, universal joints; chassis parts for land vehicles, namely, bushings, ball joints, bump stops, center links, control arms, drag links, steering stabilizers, struts, strut mounts, suspension springs, sway bars, tie rods, torsion arms, shocks; wheel hub assemblies for land vehicles.
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Brakes, brake pads, brake linings, brake rotors for land vehicles; driveline products for land vehicles, namely, universal joints; chassis parts for land vehicles, namely, bushings, ball joints, bump stops, center links, control arms, drag links, steering stabilizers, struts, strut mounts, suspension springs, sway bars, tie rods, torsion arms, shocks; wheel hub assemblies.
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Brakes, brake pads, brake linings, brake rotors for land vehicles; driveline products for land vehicles, namely, universal joints; chassis parts for land vehicles, namely, bushings, ball joints, bump stops, center links, control arms, drag links, steering stabilizers, struts, strut mounts, suspension springs, sway bars, tie rods, torsion arms, shocks; wheel hub assemblies.
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(1) Spark plug wires; Engine seals, not made of metal.
(2) Headlamps.
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(1) Anti-friction bearings, namely, roller bearings, tapered roller bearings, cylindrical roller bearings, and needle bearings, ball bearings, namely, hanger bearings, adapter bearings, thrust bearings, and angular adapter bearings; all of the above goods for use in machines other than land vehicles.
(2) Anti-friction bearings for use in vehicle engines, transmission, and wheels, namely, rollers bearings, tapered roller bearings, cylindrical roller bearings, and needle bearings, ball bearings, namely, hanger bearings, adapter bearings, clutch release bearings, thrust bearings, and angular contact bearings; front wheel drive components, namely integral spindle bearings, and hub seals (sold as a unit); transmission repair kits consisting of bearings, seals, snap-rings, washers, shims, gaskets, O-rings, screws, plugs, pins, sleeves, spacers, retainers, and bushings (sold as a unit); differential repair kits consisting of bearings, seals, gaskets, shims, and O-rings (sold as a unit); all of the above goods for use in land vehicles.
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(1) Parts for use with internal combustion engines; namely, load spreader washers, head gasket shims, engine crank shaft sleeves, balancer shaft sleeves, and head bolts.
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(1) Apparatus for locomotion by land, air, or water, namely, heavy duty diesel engine parts for non-land vehicles using construction, marine, oil field, agriculture and generator applications, namely pistons, piston rings, piston retainers, rings, piston pins, fuel injectors, fuel pumps, water pumps, oil pumps.
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(1) Metal gaskets for heavy duty diesel engines for use in construction, marine, oil field, agriculture, generator and automotive, namely truck applications; heavy duty diesel engine parts, not for land vehicles, namely pistons, piston rods, and retainers, rings, ring sets, heads, cylinder liners, liner seals, pistons, piston pins and retainers, bearings, bushings, thrust washers, springs, valves, valve guides, fuel injectors, fuel pumps, water pumps, oil pumps, and camshafts all for use in construction, marine, oil field, agriculture and generator applications; heavy duty diesel engine parts for trucks, namely heads, cylinder liners, liner seals, bearings, bushings, thrust washers, springs, valves, valve guides, and camshafts; thermostats; non-metal gaskets for heavy duty diesel engines for use in construction, marine, oil field, agriculture, generator, and automotive, namely truck applications.
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seals having sealing surfaces made primarily of plastic and elastomeric materials, namely engine seals, oil seals, shaft seals, transmission seals, and wheel bearing seals
