# US 2014/0150747 A1 · Piston for an internal combustion engine and method for producing the piston > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0150747 A1 - Document ID: US20140150747A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/119,498 - Filed: 2012-05-25 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-05-25 - Assignees: Mahle International GmbH - Inventors: Roland Lochmann - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150747A1 ## CPC - F02F 3/0015: {Multi-part pistons} - F02F 3/00: Pistons - F16J 1/16: with gudgeon-pin; Gudgeon-pins - F01M 2011/025: {for lubricating gudgeon pins} - Y10T 29/49249: Piston making - F02F: CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES - F16J: PISTONS {(specially adapted for dampers F16F9/32)}; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS - F01M: LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A piston for an internal combustion engine, has a piston crown, two pin bosses, and pin bores introduced into the pin bosses. Respective lubricating grooves are formed in the nadir and equator regions of the pin bores. In order to improve the lubrication of the pins, the lubricating grooves are arranged in the radially inner edge area of the respective pin bore and additionally in a plane lying at an angle to the piston axis, such that the lubricating grooves open into the radial inner faces of the pin bosses, where lubricating oil can enter the lubricating grooves. The lubricating grooves are produced by a lathe tool, the rotational axis of which is tilted relative to the pin bore axis and which is moved in a direction pointing away from the piston crown during the turning. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Piston (1, 1′, 1″) for an internal combustion engine, having a piston crown (2), having a ring belt (4) disposed in the vicinity of the piston crown, on the radial outside of the piston (1, 1′, 1″), having two pin bosses (10, 10′, 10″, 11, 11′, 11″) that follow the ring belt (4) in the direction facing away from the piston crown and lie opposite one another, which bosses are connected with one another by way of skirt elements (14), and having a pin bore (12, 12′, 12″, 13, 13′, 13″) introduced into the pin bosses (10, 10′, 10″, 11, 11′, 11″), in each instance, wherein at least one lubrication groove (15, 16, 20, 21, 24 to 31) is formed in the nadir region and the equator region of the pin bores (12, 12′, 12″, 13, 13′, 13″), in each instance wherein the at least one lubrication groove (20, 21, 24 to 31) is disposed in the radially inner and/or in the radially outer edge region of the pin bore (12′, 12″, 13′, 13″), in each instance, and wherein the lubrication groove plane lies at a slant relative to the piston axis (17), so that the at least one lubrication groove (20, 21, 24 to 31) opens into the radial inside and/or into the radial outside of the pin boss (10′, 10″, 11′, 11″), in each instance. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Piston (1′) for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein a lubrication groove (20, 21) is disposed in the radially inner region of the pin bores (12′, 13′), in each instance, wherein the lubrication grooves (20, 21) lie in planes that run toward one another in the direction facing away from the piston crown, so that the lubrication grooves (20, 21) open into the radial insides of the pin bosses (10′, 11′), in each instance, in the vicinity of the nadir of the pin bores (12, 12′). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Piston (1″) for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein a lubrication groove (27, 28) is disposed in the radially inner region, and a lubrication groove (24, 31) is disposed in the radially outer region of the pin bores (12″, 13″), in each instance. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) Piston (1″) for an internal combustion engine according to claim 3, wherein at least one further lubrication groove (25, 26, 29, 30) is disposed between the radially inner and the radially outer lubrication grooves (24, 27, 28, 31), per pin bore (12″, 13″), in each instance. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) Piston (1, 1′, 1″) for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the lubrication grooves (15, 16, 20, 21, 24 to 31) cover an angle range of the pin bore (12, 12′, 12″, 13, 13′, 13″) of 180° to 360°. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) Piston (1, 1′, 1″) for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the lubrication grooves (15, 16, 20, 21, 24 to 31) cover an angle range of the pin bore (12, 12′, 12″, 13, 13′, 13″) of 180° to 300°. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) Piston (1, 1′, 1″) for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the lubrication grooves (15, 16, 20, 21, 24 to 31) cover an angle range of the pin bore (12, 12′, 12″, 13, 13′, 13″) of 180° to 240°. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) Piston (1, 1′, 1″) for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the lubrication grooves (15, 16, 20, 21, 24 to 31) have a depth of 1 μm to 500 μm. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) Piston (1, 1′, 1″) for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the lubrication grooves (15, 16, 20, 21, 24 to 31) have a depth of 100 μm to 200 μm. ### Claim 10 Method for the production of a piston (1, 1′, 1″) for an internal combustion engine, having a piston crown (2), having a ring belt (4) disposed in the vicinity of the piston crown, on the radial outside of the piston (1, 1′, 1″), having two pin bosses (10, 10′, 10″, 11, 11′, 11″) that follow the ring belt (4) in the direction facing away from the piston crown and lie opposite one another, which bosses are connected with one another by way of skirt elements (14), and having a pin bore (12, 12′, 12″, 13, 13′, 13″) introduced into the pin bosses (10, 10′, 10″, 11, 11′, 11″), in each instance, comprising the following method steps: introducing a lathe tool of a lathe, mounted so as to rotate, which tool has a cutting surface disposed radially on the outside, into the pin bore (12, 12′, 12″, 13, 13′, 13″), positioning the lathe tool at the location of the pin bore (12, 12′, 12″, 13, 13′, 13″) at which a lubrication groove (15, 16, 20, 21, 24 to 31) is to be introduced, displacing the rotating lathe tool in a direction facing away from the piston crown (2), until the lubrication groove (15, 16, 20, 21, 24 to 31) has the desired depth. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) Method for the production of a piston (1′, 1″) for an internal combustion engine according to claim 10, wherein the axis of rotation (19′) of the rotating lathe tool is tilted by an angle α between 5° and 30° relative to the pin bore axis (18), before the lathe tool is displaced. ### Claim 12 Method for the production of a piston (1, 1′, 1″) for an internal combustion engine, having a piston crown (2), having a ring belt (4) disposed in the vicinity of the piston crown, on the radial outside of the piston (1, 1′, 1″), having two pin bosses (10, 10′, 10″, 11, 11′, 11″) that follow the ring belt (4) in the direction facing away from the piston crown and lie opposite one another, which bosses are connected with one another by way of skirt elements (14), and having a pin bore (12, 12′, 12″, 13, 13′, 13″) introduced into the pin bosses (10, 10′, 10″, 11, 11′, 11″), in each instance, comprising the following method steps: introducing a lathe tool of a lathe, mounted so as to rotate, which tool has a cutting surface disposed radially on the outside, into the pin bore (12, 12′, 12″, 13, 13′, 13″), positioning the lathe tool at the location of the pin bore (12, 12′, 12″, 13, 13′, 13″) at which a lubrication groove (15, 16, 20, 21, 24 to 31) is to be introduced, displacing the piston (1, 1′, 1″) relative to the rotating lathe tool, in such a direction that the distance between the lathe tool and the piston crown (2) increases, until the lubrication groove (15, 16, 20, 21, 24 to 31) has the desired depth. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) Method for the production of a piston (1′, 1″) for an internal combustion engine according to claim 12, wherein the piston (1′, 1″) is tilted by an angle α between 5° and 30° relative to the rotating lathe tool, before the piston (1′, 1″) is displaced. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) Method for the production of a piston (1, 1′, 1″) for an internal combustion engine according to claim 10, wherein the rotating lathe tool is displaced in a direction that corresponds to the direction of the longitudinal axis of a connecting rod connected with the piston (1, 1′, 1″) when the connecting rod is in the position in which the ignition pressure maximum acts on the connecting rod during engine operation. ### Claim 15 Method for the production of a piston (1″) for an internal combustion engine, having a piston crown (2), having a ring belt (4) disposed in the vicinity of the piston crown, on the radial outside of the piston (1″), having two pin bosses (10″, 11″) that follow the ring belt (4) in the direction facing away from the piston crown and lie opposite one another, which bosses are connected with one another by way of skirt elements (14), and having a pin bore (12″, 13″) introduced into the pin bosses (10″, 11″), in each instance, comprising the following method steps: positioning the lathe tool in front of the pin bore (12″, 13″), to such an extent that the axis of rotation of the lathe tool lies parallel to the pin bore axis (18) and lies farther away from the piston crown (2) by 1 μm to 500 μm than the pin bore axis (18), guiding the rotating lathe tool through the pin bore (12″, 13″) in the direction of the pin bore axis (18), wherein the distance between the cutting surface of the lathe tool and the axis of rotation of the lathe tool is selected in such a manner that the lathe tool exclusively comes into contact with the nadir and the equator of the pin bore, and that in this connection, lubrication grooves (24 to 31) occur in the nadir and in the equator of the pin bore (12″, 13″), which have a depth of 1 μm to 500 μm.