Goetzewerke Friedrich Goetze A.g.

Jurgen Weiss

Martin Morsbach

Paul Johren

An expander spring for supporting an oil scraper ring in a groove of a piston is constituted by a sheet metal ring having an axis and forming an annular channel of generally U-shaped cross section. The channel has two side walls, forming, respectively, a radially inner and a radially outer, axially oriented side of the expander spring. The channel further has a base interconnecting the side walls and an open side opposite the base. A plurality of circumferentially distributed slots are provided in the side walls for increasing the resiliency of the expander spring in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of axially projecting support feet are carried by the free end of the radially inner side of the expander spring for supporting at least one oil scraper ring.

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Leverkusen, Germany

Jurgen Weiss