Piston of an internal combustion engine
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Oct 11, 2016
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Apr 16, 2015
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Apr 12, 2013
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Abstract
A piston of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The piston may have a piston skirt having a central axis. The piston may also have a piston crown delimiting the piston skirt with a diameter D adjacent a top of the piston skirt. The piston crown may have an edge of the piston crown of width b and a piston crown recess of depth t. The piston crown recess may have a piston recess wall with an opening cross section of diameter d. At least one groove with an internal diameter dn may be provided within the edge of the piston crown. The at least one groove may run in a circumferential direction relative to the central axis. The internal diameter dn may be larger than the diameter d.
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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CATERPILLAR ENERGY SOLUTIONS GMBH | CARL-BENZ-STRASSE 1 MANNHEIM 68167 |
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- 2013 Application Filing Year
- F02B Class
- 1008 Applications Filed
- 900 Patents Issued To-Date
- 89.29 % Issued To-Date
Inventor(s)
Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Böwing, Robert | Innsbruck, AT | 6 | 35 |
# of filed Patents : 6 Total Citations : 35 | |||
Drehobl, Enrico | Reilingen, DE | 7 | 38 |
# of filed Patents : 7 Total Citations : 38 | |||
Drexel, Christian | Lambsheim, DE | 4 | 28 |
# of filed Patents : 4 Total Citations : 28 | |||
Rapp, Manfred | Ubstadt-Weiher, DE | 7 | 57 |
# of filed Patents : 7 Total Citations : 57 |
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- 2 Citation Count
- F02B Class
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