Piston with abradable coating to generate appropriate contact geometry on running surface

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9909528
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14613603

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A piston including an abradable coating applied to a round surface of the piston is provided. The shape of the round surface is not greater than 0.1 mm from a circular shape, and thus is relatively inexpensive to machine. As the piston reciprocates in an internal combustion engine, the abradable coating rubs against another component, such as a cylinder liner or wrist pin, to achieve suitable contact geometry, such as an oval, asymmetric, or other non-round shape. Thus, a costly machining process is not required to achieve the desired contact geometry. The abradable coating can also be applied to ring lands, skirt sections, or along pin bores of the piston. The abradable coating can also be applied to a wrist pin or an opening of a connecting rod which receives the wrist pin. The abradable coating can be formed from a polymer-based material or an aluminum-silicon alloy-based material.

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FEDERAL-MOGUL LLC27300 WEST ELEVEN MILE ROAD SOUTHFIELD MI 48034

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Inwood, Bruce Fenton, US 5 32
Riffe, Jeffrey L Troy, US 10 23

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