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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2018
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Giorgio Candela, Turin, IT;
Fabio Numidi, Agliè, IT;
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 3/08 (2006.01); F01P 7/14 (2006.01); F02F 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 3/08 (2013.01); F01P 7/14 (2013.01); F02F 3/22 (2013.01); F01P 2007/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
An internal combustion engine (ICE) including an engine block including a plurality of cylinders, a piston arranged in each of the plurality of cylinders, and a piston cooling jet (PCJ) mounted to direct a flow of coolant at the piston in each of the plurality of cylinders. The PCJ includes an inlet, an outlet, and a controlled flow passage allowing a substantially continuous flow of coolant to pass from the inlet to the outlet.