PISTON WITH WELD HARDENED RING GROOVE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF

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APP PUB NO 20120304956A1
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13153552

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A piston and method of construction is provided. The piston includes a top part and a bottom part fixed to one another. The bottom part includes a pair of pin bosses providing a pair of laterally spaced pin bores aligned with one another along a pin bore axis. A friction weld joint bonds the top part to the bottom part. The top part and/or the lower part has an annular ring groove configured for receipt of a piston ring, wherein the ring groove has a thermally hardened surface formed by a hardened region of the heat affected zone.

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FEDERAL-MOGUL LLC27300 WEST ELEVEN MILE ROAD SOUTHFIELD MI 48034

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Matsuo, Eduardo H Ann Arbor, US 7 156
Wang, Kai Ann Arbor, US 565 3689

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