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US 2019/0170084 A1Published application
Piston assembly with offset tight land profile
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRichard John Donahue, Lorne Eugene Nix, Kenneth Edward Neuman
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Abstract
The present application provides a piston assembly. The piston assembly may include a cylinder bore extending from a thrust side to an antithrust side and a piston positioned within the cylinder bore. The piston may include a top land, a second land, and a skirt with an axis extending therethrough. The piston may include a tight land profile with an offset about the axis of the skirt.
Claims15
A piston assembly, comprising:
- a cylinder bore;
- the cylinder bore extending from a thrust side to an antithrust side;
- and
- a piston positioned within the cylinder bore;
- the piston comprising a top land and a second land;
- the piston comprising a skirt with an axis therethrough;
- the piston comprising a tight land profile;
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- the tight land profile comprising an offset about the axis of the skirt.
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A piston assembly for a power generation system, comprising:
- a cylinder liner;
- the cylinder liner extending from a thrust side to an antithrust side;
- and
- a piston positioned within the cylinder liner;
- the piston comprising a top land and a second land;
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- the top land and/or the second land comprising an offset towards the thrust side or the antithrust side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.