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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jerry L. Schenkel, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 ; B21K 1/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 ; B21K 1/18 ;
Abstract
An anodized magnesium piston including a head and skirt for an internal combustion engine. The piston includes a non-fiber-reinforced, magnesium-based alloy including up to 2.5 percent by weight rare earth metals. The piston further includes an external surface, at least a portion of which has a base layer of magnesium fluoride, magnesium oxofluoride, magnesium oxide or a mixture thereof electrochemically anodized thereto.