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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Rainer Scharp, Vaihingen, DE;
Inventor:
Rainer Scharp, Vaihingen, DE;
Assignee:
MAHLE Industries Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B 31/08 (2006.01); F16J 1/04 (2006.01); F02F 3/22 (2006.01); F02F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 3/22 (2013.01); F02F 3/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary piston assembly and method of making the same are disclosed. An exemplary piston assembly may include a piston crown and skirt. The crown may include radially inner and outer crown mating surfaces, and the crown may define at least in part a cooling gallery extending about a periphery of the crown. The skirt may further include an inner collar wall disposed radially inwardly of a radially inner interface region and extending upwards to a free end. The collar wall may generally enclose the radially inner interface region from the central region.