Liquid-cooled piston

• US 5,890,416 A
• Filed: 01/27/1998
• Issued: 04/06/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Federal-Mogul Nã¼Rnberg GmbH (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Alcan Deutschland GmbH (Hindalco Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Martin, Edgar, Thieme, Stephan
• Primary Examiner(s): Ryznic, John E.
• Application Number:
  US09/014,083
• Time in Patent Office: 434 Days
• Field of Search: 92/186, 123/41.35
• US Class Current: 92/186
• CPC Class Codes: F02F 3/22 the fluid being liquid

Abstract

A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston (10) comprises on the one hand at least one annular segment-shaped coolant duct (12a, 12b) formed within an upper piston member and having openings (16a, 16b, 18) at sites symmetrical relative to the gudgeon pin axis (14) for supplying and discharging oil. On the other hand, an approximately radial communicating duct (20) enclosed in its course toward the crank chamber and connected to the annular segmented ducts (12a, 12b) in the region of the openings (16a, 16b, 18) is provided.

Claims

1. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston (10) comprising

at least one annular segment-shaped coolant duct (12a, 12b ) formed in an upper piston member and having openings (16a, 16b) for supplying and discharging coolant toward a crank chamber at sites symmetrical relative to a gudgeon pin axis (14), and

an approximately radial communicating duct (20) including an opening (18) and enclosed in its course toward the crank chamber and connected to said annular segment-shaped ducts (12a, 12b) in the area of said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

2. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 1,

wherein said communicating duct (20) is formed at an upward angle of at least in the area of said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

3. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 1,

wherein with regard to its course, said communicating duct (20) is adapted to the base of a combustion chamber recess (22) formed in a piston head (24).

4. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 2,

wherein with regard to its course, said communicating duct (20) is adapted to the base of a combustion chamber recess (22) formed in a piston head (24).

5. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 1,

wherein said communicating duct (20) mainly runs above the level of said annular segment-shaped coolant ducts (12a, 12b).

6. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 2,

wherein said communicating duct (20) mainly runs above the level of said annular segment-shaped coolant ducts (12a, 12b).

7. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 3,

wherein said communicating duct (20) mainly runs above the level of said annular segment-shaped coolant ducts (12a, 12b).

8. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 4,

wherein said communicating duct (20) mainly runs above the level of said annular segment-shaped coolant ducts (12a, 12b).

17. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 1,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

18. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 2,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

19. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 3,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

20. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 4,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

21. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 5,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

22. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 6,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

23. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 7,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

24. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 8,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

9. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston (10) comprising

at least one annular segment-shaped coolant duct (12a, 12b) formed in an upper piston member and having openings (16a, 16b) for supplying and discharging coolant toward a crank chamber at sites symmetrical relative to a gudgeon pin axis (14), and

an approximately radial communicating duct (20) including an opening (18) and enclosed in its course toward the crank chamber and connected to said annular segment-shaped ducts (12a, 12b) in the area of said openings (16a, 16b, 18), whereby a deflector (26) is respectively provided in the area of said openings (16a, 16b, 18) of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20), said deflector deflecting in accordance with a stroke length of said piston (10) within a cylinder a coolant jet directed at said openings (16a, 16b, 18) into one of said two annular segment-shaped coolant ducts (12a, 12b) or into said communicating duct (20).

10. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 9,

wherein said communicating duct (20) is formed at an upward angle of at least in the area of said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

11. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 9,

wherein with regard to its course, said communicating duct (20) is adapted to the base of a combustion chamber recess (22) formed in a piston head (24).

12. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 10,

wherein with regard to its course, said communicating duct (20) is adapted to the base of a combustion chamber recess (22) formed in a piston head (24).

13. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 9,

wherein said communicating duct (20) mainly runs above the level of said annular segment-shaped coolant ducts (12a, 12b).

14. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 10,

wherein said communicating duct (20) mainly runs above the level of said annular segment-shaped coolant ducts (12a, 12b).

15. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 11,

wherein said communicating duct (20) mainly runs above the level of said annular segment-shaped coolant ducts (12a, 12b).

16. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 12,

wherein said communicating duct (20) mainly runs above the level of said annular segment-shaped coolant ducts (12a, 12b).

25. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 9,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

26. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 10,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

27. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 11,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

28. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 12,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

29. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 13,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

30. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 14,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

31. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 15,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).

32. A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine piston according to claim 16,

wherein the cross sections of said coolant ducts (12a, 12b, 20) are designed such as to increase at a distance from said openings (16a, 16b, 18).