International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC

Electro-motive Diesel, Inc.

John Lloyd Beasley

Michael B Goetzke

Ramesh B Poola

James Leonard Blase

Nicholas Gryfakis

German A Acosta

A device and method for preventing and removing piston deposit build-up on a piston cylinder assembly of an engine, including a diesel engine, is disclosed. A cylinder having an inner sleeve for receiving a piston, has a piston scraping ring positioned on the cylinder sleeve. The piston scraping ring includes an inner surface, and has a curved or hook shaped feature on its inner surface. The curved or hook shaped feature, named the 'power groove' for the purposes of this application, allows for reduced wear between the piston rings and the cylinder sleeve by reducing the pressure on the piston rings by expanding and reversing the flow of combustion gases. Additionally, this reversal of the combustion gases results in a decrease in blow-by gases passing between the piston rings and cylinder sleeve thereby improving sealing between the piston and the cylinder.

Piston scraping ring with power groove

A device and method for preventing and removing carbon deposit build-up on a piston/cylinder assembly of an engine, including a diesel engine, is disclosed. The device includes a cylinder having an inner sleeve for receiving a piston, a carbon scraping ring positioned on the cylinder sleeve, the carbon scraping ring including an inner surface, and an abradable coating applied to the inner surface of the carbon scraping ring providing a wearable surface between the piston and the cylinder sleeve. The abradable coating has a wearable surface, which conforms to the shape created by the movement of the piston and the cylinder sleeve and carbon scraping ring, creating a substantially zero clearance fit between the piston and the carbon scraping ring. The clearance may reduce oil consumption and improve sealing of the cylinder and piston, thereby reducing blow-by.

Carbon scraping ring with abradable coating

A large-bore (at least 180 mm diameter) diesel engine cylinder configuration featuring a piston crown bowl having an acute re-entrant angle and, optionally, an anti-polish ring. The acute re-entrant angle crown bowl involves a maximum radius of the crown bowl exceeding a minimum crown bowl radius, wherein the maximum crown bowl radius is located farther from the squish face than is the minimum crown bowl radius. The acute re-entrant angle crown bowl applied to large-bore, medium-speed diesel engines yields an improvement in performance and emissions characteristics. The anti-polish ring may be integrally formed with the cylinder liner and used in any internal combustion engine.

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