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US 10,391,552 B2Granted
Casting mould and piston produced with the casting mould
AssigneeMahle International GmbH
InventorsPeter Tilch, Dieter Zarges
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Abstract
A casting mold for casting a piston for an internal combustion engine may include a mold body having a surface texture in a region corresponding to a subsequent internal surface of a piston skirt. The surface texture may be defined by a plurality of grooves. The plurality of grooves may have the following dimension: a depth of 0.2 mm<t<0.5 mm, a width of 0.02 mm<b<0.05 mm, and at least two groove walls which are inclined outwardly at 0°<α<10°.
Claims15
A casting mold for casting a piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a mold body having a surface texture in a region corresponding to a subsequent internal surface of a piston skirt, wherein the surface texture is defined by a plurality of grooves respectively having at least two groove walls inclined outwardly from one another, and wherein the plurality of grooves have the following dimensions:
- a depth of 0.2 mm<t<0.5 mm,
- a width of 0.02 mm<b<0.05 mm, and
- an outward inclination of the at least two groove walls of 0°<α<10°,
- wherein the plurality of grooves are open along the depth thereof and taper outwardly in a direction away from the mold body such that a distance between the at least two groove walls of the plurality of grooves increases towards an entrance of the plurality of grooves, wherein the mold body includes a release coating disposed on the surface texture, wherein the coating at least partially narrows the entrance of the plurality of grooves without closing the plurality of grooves along the depth thereof.
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A casting mold for casting a piston of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a mold body having a surface texture structured and arranged to cast a pattern on a surface of a piston skirt, the surface texture defined by a plurality of grooves;
- wherein the plurality of grooves include the following dimensions:
- a depth extending from a groove entrance to a groove base of 0.2 mm<t<0.5 mm;
- a width of 0.02 mm<b<0.05 mm;
- and
- at least two groove walls inclined outwardly at an angle of 0°<α<10° such that the width of the plurality of grooves increases from the groove base to the groove entrance and provides the plurality of grooves with an outwardly tapered structure to impede penetration of a metal casting melt of a casting blank into the plurality of grooves and facilitates demolding of the casting blank up to approximately parallel with respect to the surface texture;
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- wherein the plurality of grooves are open outwardly from the groove base to the groove entrance, wherein the mold body includes a release coating disposed on the surface texture, wherein the coating at least partially narrows the entrance of the plurality of grooves without closing the plurality of grooves along the depth thereof.
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A casting mold for casting a piston of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a mold body having a surface texture structured and arranged to cast a surface pattern on a piston skirt, the surface texture provided by a plurality of outwardly tapered grooves;
- the plurality of outwardly tapered grooves having a depth extending from a groove entrance to a groove base of 0.2 mm<t<0.5 mm and a width of 0.02 mm<b<0.05 mm;
- wherein the plurality of outwardly tapered grooves have groove walls extending along a respective plane inclined outwardly at an angle of 0°<α<10° and define a trapezoidal cross-section to impede penetration of a metal casting melt of a casting blank into the plurality of grooves and permit a demolding direction of the casting blank up to approximately parallel with respect to the surface texture;
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- wherein the plurality of outwardly tapered grooves are open outwardly from the groove base to the groove entrance, wherein the mold body includes a release coating disposed on the surface texture, wherein the coating at least partially narrows the entrance of the plurality of grooves without closing the plurality of grooves along the depth thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.