Piston for an internal combustion engine
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1. A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- an encircling ring section in a region of a piston crown;
a convection region having at least one cavity with an inner duct and configured to contain a heat transfer medium including liquid metal for dissipation of heat from the piston crown to an underside of the piston; and
a heat insulation region with an outer duct radially outward and fluidically separated from the inner duct for liquid metal and arranged between the ring section and the convection region to thermally insulate the ring section, wherein the inner duct for liquid metal is arranged is radially inside the outer duct.
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Abstract
A piston for an internal combustion engine may include an encircling ring section in a region of a piston crown. The piston may include a convection region, which has at least one cavity containing a heat transfer medium for dissipation of heat from the piston crown to an underside of the piston. The piston may include a heat insulating region, which is arranged between the ring section and the convection region and thermally insulates the ring section.
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1. A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
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an encircling ring section in a region of a piston crown; a convection region having at least one cavity with an inner duct and configured to contain a heat transfer medium including liquid metal for dissipation of heat from the piston crown to an underside of the piston; and a heat insulation region with an outer duct radially outward and fluidically separated from the inner duct for liquid metal and arranged between the ring section and the convection region to thermally insulate the ring section, wherein the inner duct for liquid metal is arranged is radially inside the outer duct. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
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a piston crown having an encircling ring section for receiving piston rings, the piston crown having an outer duct in a region of the ring section and an inner duct arranged radially inside the outer duct and concentric to the outer duct; a heat-insulating material arranged in the outer duct for thermally insulating the ring section; a heat transfer medium including liquid metal enclosed in the inner duct for dissipation of heat from the piston crown to an underside of the piston by convection; and a dividing wall fluidically separating the outer duct from the inner duct for liquid metal, wherein the dividing wall is arranged obliquely to a piston axis such that the dividing wall has a smaller diameter in the region of the piston crown than in a region of the underside. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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