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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Ian Graham Pegg, Chelmsford, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 1/00 (2006.01); F02F 3/00 (2006.01); F02F 1/20 (2006.01); F16J 10/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 1/004 (2013.01); F02F 1/20 (2013.01); F02F 3/00 (2013.01); F16J 10/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A machine having a cylinder, the configuration of the machine being such that a body portion of a piston of the machine periodically engages an inner surface of the cylinder during operation of the machine, this engagement defining a contact zone between the body portion of the piston and the inner surface of the cylinder, the inner surface of the cylinder having an enhanced bearing region comprising one or more recesses indented into the inner surface, the enhanced bearing region being smaller than the inner surface of the cylinder and being substantially centered on the contact zone.