Piston assembly and method of manufacture

A piston assembly having a piston and a piston ring. The ring mates to the piston in a groove on the outer surface of the piston. The ring includes two side walls that connect between inner and outer peripheral walls. The side walls converge outwardly at different angles from the inner peripheral wa...

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Main Authors DAFFRON VERNON M, SYTSMA STEVEN JOHN, LAHRMAN JOHN C
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 28.03.2006
Subjects
ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
BLASTING
COMBUSTION ENGINES
CYLINDERS
CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES
ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS
GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS
HEATING
HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PISTONS
SEALINGS
THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
WEAPONS
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Summary:A piston assembly having a piston and a piston ring. The ring mates to the piston in a groove on the outer surface of the piston. The ring includes two side walls that connect between inner and outer peripheral walls. The side walls converge outwardly at different angles from the inner peripheral wall to the outer peripheral wall. The angles are different to produce a twist feature of the ring within the piston groove to generate a better seal by the ring. The groove of the piston is generally tapered and has top and bottom walls converging at angles approximately equal to the angles of the side walls of the ring. A method of manufacturing the piston assembly includes forming first and second side walls having first and second angles by outwardly converging from the inner peripheral wall to the outer peripheral wall.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20020271109