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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Federal Mogul Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Mark McMurray, Toledo, OH (US);
Marc Brandt, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Federal-Mogul Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A piston and method of construction are provided. The piston has a piston body with an insert forming at least a portion of an upper combustion surface. The piston body is constructed from a first material having a first thermal conductivity and the insert is constructed from a second material having a second thermal conductivity. The first thermal conductivity is less than the second thermal conductivity. The piston body has an upper crown and a pair of pin bosses depending from the upper crown with the pin bosses presenting pin bores aligned with one another along a pin bore axis. The upper crown includes a recess in which the insert is fixed.