Compact one piece cooled piston and method
First Claim
1. A compact one piece piston, comprising:
- a piston body having a top surface and a longitudinal axis;
a support portion extending in a direction longitudinally from said piston body and defining a pair of spaced apart pin bosses, said pin bosses having a pin bore and a pin bore axis oriented transverse the longitudinal axis, said pin bore axis being spaced from said top surface a preselected compression height distance “
CH”
;
a flange portion extending in a direction radially from said piston body at a preselected location between the top surface and the pin bore;
a piston ring belt portion having a preselected diameter “
D” and
being disposed about said piston body, said piston ring belt portion being connected to said piston body and to said flange portion by welding, said piston body, flange portion and ring belt portion defining a closed piston cooling gallery, said compression height distance “
CH”
being within a magnitude of between 55 percent and 70 percent the magnitude of diameter “
D”
.
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Abstract
A compact one piece piston for use in an internal combustion engine has a compression height (“CH”) of between 55 percent and 70 percent the piston diameter (“D”) and a closed piston cooling gallery defined by a piston ring belt welded at spaced locations to a piston body and to a flange portion of the piston body. The flange portion supports a second end of the piston ring belt and resists deflection of the piston ring belt. The closed piston cooling gallery is configured to promote heat transfer and piston cooling by facilitating shaking of a cooling fluid located within the closed piston cooling gallery during reciprocal piston movement. A piston skirt extending from the flange provides additional strength and rigidity.
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15 Claims
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1. A compact one piece piston, comprising:
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a piston body having a top surface and a longitudinal axis;
a support portion extending in a direction longitudinally from said piston body and defining a pair of spaced apart pin bosses, said pin bosses having a pin bore and a pin bore axis oriented transverse the longitudinal axis, said pin bore axis being spaced from said top surface a preselected compression height distance “
CH”
;
a flange portion extending in a direction radially from said piston body at a preselected location between the top surface and the pin bore;
a piston ring belt portion having a preselected diameter “
D” and
being disposed about said piston body, said piston ring belt portion being connected to said piston body and to said flange portion by welding, said piston body, flange portion and ring belt portion defining a closed piston cooling gallery, said compression height distance “
CH”
being within a magnitude of between 55 percent and 70 percent the magnitude of diameter “
D”
.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of producing a compact one piece piston having a top surface and a longitudinal axis;
- comprising the steps of;
forging a one piece piston body having a head portion, a flange portion arranged in a substantially radial direction, and a support portion, said flange and support portions being connected to the head portion, said head portion having a top surface and said support portion having a pin bore axis spaced a preselected compression height distance “
CH”
from the top surface;
providing a cooling gallery disposed annularly about the piston body; and
connecting a piston ring belt portion to the piston body and closing off the cooling gallery, said ring belt having a preselected diameter “
D” and
said compression height distance “
CH”
being within a magnitude of between 55 percent and 70 percent the magnitude of diameter “
D”
.- View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
welding an inside surface of the piston ring belt portion to the piston body; and
welding a second end of the piston ring belt to the flange portion.
- comprising the steps of;
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13. The method, as set forth in claim 12, including the step of machining a plurality of axially spaced apart piston ring grooves in the piston ring belt.
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14. The method, as set forth in claim 11, including the step of providing a forged piston skirt on the piston body, said piston skirt being connected to the flange portion and the support portion of the piston body.
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15. A compact one piece piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
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a cylinder having a cylinder bore disposed therein, said compact one piece piston being disposed in the cylinder bore and being adapted to reciprocally move in said cylinder bore, said compact one piece piston including;
a piston body having a top surface and a longitudinal axis;
a support portion extending in a direction longitudinally from said piston body and defining a pair of spaced apart pin bosses, said pin bosses having a pin bore and a pin bore axis oriented transverse the longitudinal axis, said pin bore axis being spaced from said top surface a preselected compression height distance “
CH”
;
a flange portion extending in a direction radially from said piston body at a preselected location between the top surface and the pin bore;
a piston ring belt portion having a preselected diameter “
D” and
being disposed about said piston body, said piston ring belt portion being connected to said piston body and to said flange portion by welding, said piston body, flange portion and ring belt portion defining a closed piston cooling gallery, said compression height distance “
CH”
being within a magnitude of between 55 percent and 70 percent the magnitude of the preselected diameter “
D”
;
said closed piston cooling gallery having first and second spaced apart extreme end locations defining a preselected longitudinal gallery length “
L”
, said length being of a magnitude sufficient to enable substantial shaking of a cooling fluid contained within the closed piston cooling gallery;
said piston ring belt portion having a plurality of spaced apart piston ring grooves disposed therein, said piston grooves being spaced axially relative to the longitudinal axis between the first and second extreme end locations of the closed piston cooling gallery; and
said piston ring belt portion having first and second ends and an inside surface, said inside surface being connected to the piston body by welding and said second end being connected to the flange portion by welding.
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