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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Frank Acierno Valencia, Lansing, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 3/22 (2006.01); F02F 3/20 (2006.01); F01P 3/08 (2006.01); F02F 3/00 (2006.01); F02P 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 3/20 (2013.01); F01P 3/08 (2013.01); F02F 3/0076 (2013.01); F02F 3/22 (2013.01); F02P 3/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A piston of an internal combustion engine is provided and includes a piston skirt enclosing at least a portion of an underside of a piston crown. A cooling oil passageway is provided on the underside of the piston and extends from a first part to a second part of the underside, where the first part is closer than the second part to a fluid flow from a cooling oil source. The cooling oil passageway may include a main channel and a branch channel extending from the main channel at an angle.