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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2018
H.e.f., Andrezieux Boutheon, FR;
Fabrice Prost, Saint-Etienne, FR;
Christophe Heau, Saint-Etienne, FR;
Romain Montelimard, Saint-Galmier, FR;
H.E.F., Andrezieux Boutheon, FR;
Abstract
Various implementations include a combustion engine piston, including a skirt in a counter-part and including a first contact area of the piston in the counter-part, a head which extends transverse to a central axis, and a ring carrier which comprises at least two lands and at least two grooves for receiving the rings, including a first land adjoining the head and a second land situated between the first land and the skirt, wherein the lands include at least one contact land having a diameter greater than a minimum diameter of the skirt to form a second contact area of the piston in the counter-part, and wherein at least one contact land comprises a friction-reducing surface coating, formed at least on a radial sector covering an angle of at least 30 degrees, and up to on a single sector covering an angle of 360 degrees.