Piston for an internal combustion engine

Abstract

The present invention relates to a piston (10) for an internal combustion engine, having an outer circumferential cooling channel (19) and an inner cooling cavity (21), the cooling cavity bottom (22) of which has an opening (23) that is closed off with a separate closure element (33) that has at least one cooling oil opening (35), whereby the closure element (33) is held, in clamped manner, by means of two engagement elements (37) disposed on the outer edge, in at least one engagement groove (34) provided in the region of the opening (23) of the cooling cavity bottom (22). According to the invention, it is provided that the closure element (33) has at least two spring tabs (38) that support themselves on a contact surface (39) provided in the piston interior, in each instance, in such a manner that the closure element (33) is held in the engagement groove (34) under axial bias.

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