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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Shunichi Aoyama, Yokosuka, JP;
Kenshi Ushijima, Kamakura, JP;
Katsuya Moteki, Tokyo, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine includes a piston adapted to reciprocate in a cylinder. The piston includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion of the piston forms a crown surface of the piston, the second portion of the piston forms a piston ring groove of the piston with the piston ring groove arranged and configured to receive a piston ring, and the third portion of the piston forms a crankcase side surface of the piston with the crankcase side surface facing a crankcase of the engine. The second portion of the piston is formed of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than a material forming the first portion of the piston and a material forming a third portion of the piston.