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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2010
Applicant:
Norbert Schneider, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Norbert Schneider, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Federal-Mogul LLC, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 3/00 (2006.01); F02F 3/02 (2006.01); F02F 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 3/003 (2013.01); F02F 3/027 (2013.01); F02F 3/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A piston for an internal combustion engine has an upper crown portion with a pair of pin bosses depending therefrom, wherein the pin bosses have pin bores axially aligned along a central pin bore axis. A pair of laterally spaced skirt portions are fixedly attached to the pin bosses and depend to a lowermost free edge. At least one of the skirt portions has a recess extending upwardly from the lowermost free edge beyond the central axis of the pin bores.