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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Inventors:
Kegan Jon Luick, Dunlap, IL (US);
Kevin Byron Williams, Corinth, MS (US);
Nguyenbao Huynh Chu, Dunlap, IL (US);
Christopher Anthony Kinney, Iuka, MS (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 6/02 (2006.01); F02F 3/10 (2006.01); F02F 3/26 (2006.01); F02F 3/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/70 (2014.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 6/02 (2013.01); B23K 26/16 (2013.01); B23K 26/70 (2015.10); B23K 2101/003 (2018.08); F02F 3/003 (2013.01); F02F 3/10 (2013.01); F02F 3/26 (2013.01); F02F 2003/0061 (2013.01);
Abstract
A remanufactured piston for an internal combustion engine includes a crown and a skirt. A piston body includes a first piston body end within the crown and an opposite second piston body end. The crown further includes an annular crown body having an annular crown body edge. The first piston body end further includes an annular piston body edge. The annular piston body edge and the annular crown body edge form a joint, and a metallurgical bond attaches the annular crown body to the piston body at the joint.