Piston-cylinder assembly

• US 6,062,125 A
• Filed: 06/15/1998
• Issued: 05/16/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1995
• Status: Expired

• Current Assignee: Mahle GmbH (MAHLE-STIFTUNG GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Mahle GmbH (MAHLE-STIFTUNG GmbH)
• Inventors: Bubeck, Eberhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Lopez, F. Daniel
• Application Number:
  US09/091,311
• Time in Patent Office: 701 Days
• Field of Search: 92/216, 92/219, 92/220, 92/222, 92/224, 92/234, 92/255
• US Class Current: 92/216
• CPC Class Codes: F02F 3/0015 Multi-part pistons
• CPC Class Codes: F02F 3/02 having means for accommodating or controlling heat expansion
• CPC Class Codes: F05C 2201/0448 Steel
• CPC Class Codes: F16J 1/02 Bearing surfaces

Abstract

In a piston-cylinder assembly with a shaftless piston, the aim is to improve the lateral guidance of the connecting rod, to reduce edge wear and the seizing tendency in the event of fault during the combustion process. Consequently, the piston has at least one supporting ring, form-fittingly on the bosses which guides in the cylinder the piston along with the piston head.

Claims

1. A piston-cylinder assembly for an internal combustion engine, with a shaftless piston consisting of a piston head with a ring part for receiving piston rings, and with bosses extending from the piston head and having boss bores for receiving a piston pin, and with a cylinder in which the piston is arranged with sliding displaceability, characterized in that at least one supporting ring (9) having a height smaller than the diameter of the boss bore is fitted to rest directly on the bosses (3), said supporting ring and the piston head (2) jointly guiding the piston (1) in the cylinder, the supporting ring (9) contacting solely the bosses, the angle of circumference in which the supporting ring rests directly on the bosses encompassing a total angle area of about 60 to 120 degrees in a plane perpendicular to the piston axis.

2. The piston-cylinder assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting ring (9) has an inside thread and the bosses (3) have an outside thread;

and that the supporting ring (9) is screwed to the bosses (3).

3. The piston-cylinder assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting ring (9) is screwed to the bosses (3) with a plurality of screws.

4. The piston-cylinder assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting ring (9) is shrunk to the bosses (3).

5. The piston-cylinder assembly according to claim 1,characterized in that the supporting ring (9) bears against the bottom of a groove (8) disposed in the bosses (3).

6. The piston-cylinder assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting ring (9) is pinned to the bosses (3).

7. The piston-cylinder assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting ring (9) is welded to the bosses (3).

8. The piston-cylinder assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting ring (9) has a T-shaped cross section.

9. The piston-cylinder assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the center of gravity of the supporting ring (9) lies in a plane perpendicular to the supporting surface of the supporting ring, said plane being arranged below or above the plane of the axis of the pin by maximally 15% of the diameter of the cylinder.

10. The piston-cylinder assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the height of the supporting ring is smaller than half the diameter of the boss bore (7).

11. The piston-cylinder assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the height of the supporting ring (9) amounts to 20% of the diameter of the boss bore (7).

12. The piston-cylinder assembly according to claim 1 wherein the supporting ring rests in a groove disposed in the bosses extending in the circumferential direction of the piston.