Power assembly for internal combustion engine with welded-in piston scraper

• US 7,958,814 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2008
• Issued: 06/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLC (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Dowell, John P., Schleigh, Michael, Blythe, Neil, Orlando, Richard C., Gunti, Ranga Srinivas, Record, Barry
• Primary Examiner(s): LOPEZ, FRANK D
• Application Number:
  US12/055,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20090241770A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,175 Days
• Field of Search: 921/691, 921/711
• US Class Current: 92/171.1
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 77/04 Cleaning of, preventing corrosion or erosion in, or preventing unwanted deposits in, combustion engines cleaning of fuel injection apparatus F02M65/00
• CPC Class Codes: F02F 1/20 characterised by constructional features providing for lubrication
• CPC Class Codes: F02F 2001/006 having a ring at the inside of a liner or cylinder for preventing the deposit of carbon oil particles, e.g. oil scrapers
• CPC Class Codes: F16J 10/04 Running faces; Liners

Abstract

A power assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a piston housed within a cylinder, with the cylinder having a welded cylinder head, with the cylinder also including a one-piece piston scraper which is welded to the cylinder head, as well as to the cylinder, with a common weld bead.

Claims

1. A power assembly for an internal combustion engine, comprising:

a cylinder having an inner circular wall defining a first inside diameter;

a piston reciprocally housed within the cylinder;

a cylinder head attached to an end of the cylinder; and

a one-piece piston scraper welded to both of said cylinder head and said cylinder, with said piston scraper defining a second inside diameter which is less than said first inside diameter.

2. A power assembly according to claim 1, wherein said piston scraper, said cylinder, and said cylinder head are all joined by a common weld circumscribing the periphery of the cylinder.

3. A power assembly according to claim 1, wherein said piston scraper, said cylinder, and said cylinder head are all joined by a common weld circumscribing the periphery of the cylinder at a location proximate a parting line between the cylinder and the cylinder head.

4. A power assembly according to claim 2, wherein said weld encompasses a portion of said inner circular wall of said cylinder.

5. A power assembly according to claim 1, wherein said piston scraper comprises a cylindrical sleeve housed in a counterbore defined by the cylinder head and the cylinder, whereby deposits will be removed by shearing action from the top land of the piston when the piston moves to an upper portion of the cylinder.

6. A power assembly according to claim 5, wherein said piston scraper is mounted at a location proximate an upper portion of the cylinder.

7. A power assembly according to claim 5, wherein said piston scraper is mounted at a location above the ring reversal region of the cylinder.

8. A power assembly according to claim 1, wherein said piston scraper comprises a cylindrical sleeve housed in a counterbore defined by the cylinder head and the cylinder.

9. A power assembly according to claim 8, wherein said cylindrical sleeve is gapless.

10. A power assembly according to claim 1, wherein said piston scraper comprises a cylindrical sleeve housed in a counterbore defined by the cylinder.

11. A method for providing a piston deposit scraper at an upper portion of an internal combustion engine power assembly, comprising:

counterboring an upper portion of a cylinder;

counterboring a lower portion of a cylinder head, whereby the counterbore formed in the cylinder head and the counterbore formed in the cylinder are contiguous;

placing a cylindrical scraper sleeve in the counterbored portions of said cylinder and said cylinder head;

placing said cylinder head in contact with said cylinder; and

welding said scraper sleeve to said cylinder and to said cylinder head.

12. A method according to claim 11, wherein the scraper sleeve is welded to the cylinder head and the cylinder at a location proximate a parting line between the cylinder head and the cylinder.

13. A method according to claim 11, further comprising finishing an inner portion of a weld bead joining the scraper sleeve to the cylinder head and the cylinder.

14. A power assembly for an internal combustion engine, comprising:

a cylinder having an inner circular wall defining a first inside diameter;

a piston reciprocally housed within the cylinder, with said piston having a top land;

a cylinder head attached to an end of the cylinder;

a one-piece, cylindrical scraper sleeve mounted within a counterbore defined by separate counterbores formed in the cylinder and cylinder head; and

a common weld bead circumscribing the periphery of the cylinder, with said weld bead joining said scraper sleeve to both said cylinder head and said cylinder.

15. A power assembly according to claim 14, wherein said scraper sleeve defines a second inside diameter which is slightly larger than the outside diameter of said top land of said piston.

16. A power assembly according to claim 14, wherein said scraper sleeve defines a second inside diameter which is sized to be a close clearance fit with said top land of said piston, whereby combustion deposits will be sheared from the surface of said top land.

17. A power assembly according to claim 14, wherein said common weld bead is continuous.

18. A power assembly according to claim 14, wherein said scraper sleeve is gapless.