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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Jerry L. Schenkel, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Jeffrey H. Whitmore, Shorewood, WI (US);
Inventors:
Jerry L. Schenkel, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Jeffrey H. Whitmore, Shorewood, WI (US);
Assignee:
Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A piston for use in an engine. The piston includes a piston head having at least one ring groove. The piston also includes a piston skirt coated with a first thickness of a bronze coating material, and a side panel adjacent the piston skirt that is coated with a second thickness of the bronze coating material. The first and second thicknesses of the bronze coating material are different. In some embodiments, the bronze coating material also includes aluminum.