Mahle Technology, Inc.

Mahle International Gmbh

Jonathan Douglas

David B Roth

Wolfgang Rein

A piston for an internal combustion engine, which performs a sliding reciprocating motion in a cylinder, and a method for producing the piston. The piston has a piston head and a piston skirt having at least one bearing surface. The at least one bearing surface is provided at least in part with a first overlay, and a second overlay is applied at least to parts of the first overlay. The first overlay exhibits greater wear resistance than the second overlay.

Piston for an internal combustion engine

The present invention relates to a piston adapted for reciprocal movement within the cylinders of an internal combustion engine. The piston includes a body having a crown formed at the uppermost margins of the body and a skirt, depending from the crown, adapted for relative sliding motion with respect to the cylinder. The piston further includes a coating bonded to the piston skirt so as to be juxtaposed between the skirt and the cylinder. The coating has a plurality of recesses formed thereon so as to define a predetermined pattern of recesses on the surface of the skirt that retains lubricant between the skirt and the cylinder wall. The coating may also direct lubricant along the outer circumference of the piston skirt during reciprocal movement of the piston within a cylinder. A method of applying the coating to the piston skirt is also disclosed.

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