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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2019
Kabushiki Kaisha Riken, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Shimizu, Kashiwazaki, JP;
Satoshi Koizumi, Kashiwazaki, JP;
Kenichi Sudou, Kashiwazaki, JP;
Shigeru Tokunaga, Kashiwazaki, JP;
Yuichiro Takezawa, Kashiwazaki, JP;
Other;
Abstract
An oil control ring according the present disclosure includes a pair of side rails, and a spacer expander disposed between the pair of side rails. The spacer expander includes a plurality of sets and each set includes a lug part and a rail facing part. For each set, the lug part is in contact with an inner circumferential surface of either of the pair of the side rails, and the rail facing part is provided adjacent to the lug part and faces a side surface of either of the pair of the side rails. The lug part satisfies a following condition (1):≥1.5  (1)In condition (1), W indicates a width of the lug part at a position 0.05 mm away from a highest position of the lug part in a direction towards the rail facing part, and H indicates a height difference between a highest position of a region on the rail facing part adjacent to the lug part and the highest position of the lug part.