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US 6,668,702 B2Granted
Method an apparatus for producing high pressure compressor cylinder liners
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsLavlesh Sud, Vipen Khetarpal
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Abstract
A cylinder liner system comprising a cylinder liner having an elongated tube, an inside surface, an outside surface, and a notch on a top side; a block having a bore for concentrically accepting the cylinder liner and a locking pin that engages the cylinder liner and the block.
Claims32
A cylinder liner system, comprising:
- a cylinder liner having an elongated tube, an inside surface, an outside surface, and a cylinder liner notch on a top side;
- a block having a bore for concentrically accepting said cylinder liner;
- a locking pin that engages both said cylinder liner and said block;
- wherein said cylinder liner further including grooves extending axially along said outside surface.
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A cylinder liner system, comprising:
- an annular flange having a top surface, a bottom surface and a cylinder liner member extending in the axial direction from said bottom surface of said annular flange;
- said cylinder liner member comprising an elongated tube an inside surface, and a smooth outside surface;
- a block having a bore for concentrically accepting said annular flange and said cylinder liner member;
- and
- said bore being adapted to present a seating surface for said annular flange
- wherein said block further including a top surface and a block notch extending axially along a inside surface of said bore from said top surface of said block.
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A method of producing a high pressure compressor cylinder liner, comprising:
- providing a cylinder liner having an elongated tube, an inside surface, an outside surface, and a cylinder liner notch on a top side;
- providing a block having a bore for concentrically accepting said cylinder liner;
- providing a locking pin that engages said cylinder liner and said block
- wherein said cylinder liner further including grooves extending axially along said outside surface.
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A method of producing a high pressure compressor cylinder liner, comprising:
- providing an annular flange having a top surface, a bottom surface;
- providing a cylinder liner member extending in the axial direction from said bottom surface of said annular flange;
- said cylinder liner member having an elongated tube, an inside surface, and a smooth outside surface;
- providing a block having a bore for concentrically accepting said annular flange and said cylinder liner member;
- and
- providing a seating surface for said annular flange in said bore
- wherein said cylinder liner further including grooves extending axially along said outside surface.
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A cylinder liner system, comprising:
- a cylinder liner having an elongated tube, an inside surface, an outside surface, and a cylinder liner notch on a top side;
- a block having a bore for concentrically accepting said cylinder liner;
- and
- a locking pin that engages both said cylinder liner and said block;
- wherein said cylinder liner further including a rough cast outside surface.
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A cylinder liner system, comprising:
- an annular flange having a top surface, a bottom surface and a cylinder liner member extending in the axial direction from said bottom surface of said annular flange;
- said cylinder liner member having an elongated tube, a inside surface, and a smooth outside surface;
- a block having a bore for concentrically accepting said annular flange and said cylinder liner member;
- said bore being adapted to present a seating surface for said annular flange;
- wherein said cylinder liner further including grooves extending axially along said outside surface.
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A cylinder liner system, comprising:
- an annular flange having a top surface, a bottom surface and a cylinder liner member extending in the axial direction from said bottom surface of said annular flange;
- said cylinder liner member having an elongated tube, a inside surface, and a smooth outside surface;
- a block having a bore for concentrically accepting said annular flange and said cylinder liner member;
- said bore being adapted to present a seating surface for said annular flange;
- wherein said cylinder liner further including a rough cast outside surface.
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A cylinder liner system, comprising:
- an annular flange having a top surface, a bottom surface and a cylinder liner member extending in the axial direction from said bottom surface of said annular flange;
- said cylinder liner member having an elongated tube, a inside surface, and a smooth outside surface;
- a block having a bore for concentrically accepting said annular flange and said cylinder liner member;
- said bore being adapted to present a seating surface for said annular flange;
- said cylinder liner system further including:
- a locking pin;
- a flange notch extending in an axial direction from said top surface of said flange;
- and
- said flange notch and said block notch being adapted to present a seating surface for said locking pin;
- wherein when said flange and said cylinder liner are inside said bore, said block notch and said flange notch define an aperture for accepting said locking pin for engaging said flange and said block.
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A method of producing a high pressure compressor cylinder liner, comprising:
- providing a cylinder liner having an elongated tube, an inside surface, an outside surface, and a cylinder liner notch on a top side;
- providing a block having a bore for concentrically accepting said cylinder liner;
- providing a locking pin that engages said cylinder liner and said block
- wherein said cylinder liner further including a rough cast outside surface.
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A method of producing a high pressure compressor cylinder liner, comprising:
- providing an annular flange having a top surface, a bottom surface;
- providing a cylinder liner member extending in the axial direction from said bottom surface of said annular flange;
- said cylinder liner member having an elongated tube, an inside surface, and a smooth outside surface;
- providing a block having a bore for concentrically accepting said annular flange and said cylinder liner member;
- and
- providing a seating surface for said annular flange in said bore;
- wherein said cylinder liner further including a rough cast outside surface.
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A method of producing a high pressure compressor cylinder liner, comprising:
- providing an annular flange having a top surface, a bottom surface;
- providing a cylinder liner member extending in the axial direction from said bottom surface of said annular flange;
- said cylinder liner member having an elongated tube, an inside surface, and a smooth outside surface;
- providing a block having a bore for concentrically accepting said annular flange and said cylinder liner member;
- and
- providing a seating surface for said annular flange in said bore;
- said method further including:
- providing a locking pin;
- providing a flange notch extending axially along said flange;
- said flange notch and said block notch being adapted to provide a seating surface for said locking pin;
- and
- wherein when said flange and said cylinder liner are inside said bore, and said block notch and said flange notch define an aperture for accepting said locking pin for engaging said flange and said block.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.