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US 2020/0132016 A1Published application
Piston of an internal-combustion engine
AssigneeMahle International GmbH
InventorsPhilipp Licht, Rainer Scharp
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Abstract
A piston of an internal-combustion engine may include a piston head and a piston skirt, a cooling duct circulating in the piston head, a boss for receiving a piston pin, and a feed hopper for supplying cooling oil into the cooling duct. The feed hopper may be fastened to another component of the piston via a retaining lug by at least one of a material closure, a force closure, and a positive closure.
Claims20
A piston of an internal-combustion engine, comprising:
- a piston head and a piston skirt;
- a cooling duct circulating in the piston head;
- a boss for receiving a piston pin;
- and
- a feed hopper for supplying cooling oil into the cooling duct;
- wherein the feed hopper is fastened to another component of the piston via a retaining lug by at least one of a material closure, a force closure, and a positive closure.
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An internal-combustion engine comprising at least one piston including:
- a piston head and a piston skirt;
- a cooling duct circulating in the piston head;
- a boss for receiving a piston pin;
- and
- a feed hopper for supplying cooling oil into the cooling duct;
- wherein the feed hopper is fastened to another component of the piston via a retaining lug by at least one of a material closure, a force closure, and a positive closure.
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A piston of an internal-combustion engine, comprising:
- a piston head and a piston skirt;
- a cooling duct circulating in the piston head;
- a boss for receiving a piston pin;
- and
- a feed hopper for supplying cooling oil into the cooling duct;
- wherein the feed hopper is fastened to another component of the piston via a retaining lug by at least one of a material closure, a force closure, and a positive closure;
- wherein the retaining lug is L-shaped with an L-shank extending in a peripheral direction of the piston;
- and
- wherein the cooling duct has a feed aperture through which the feed hopper protrudes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.