Profiled connecting rod bore with micro-dimples

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8245687
APP PUB NO 20110162614A1
SERIAL NO

12683659

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A connecting rod and methods for making the same are disclosed. A connecting rod may include a shaft extending between a piston pin end and a crankshaft pin end. The piston pin end generally defines a bore opening extending along an axis. The connecting rod further includes a bore surface formed integrally with the piston pin end and extending about an inner circumference of the bore opening. The bore surface may define a plurality of dimples that extend axially along the bore surface. The bore opening further may further include profiled surfaces adjacent opposing ends of the bore opening.

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MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBHPRAGSTRASSE 26-46 STUTTGART 70376

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dinu, Dan H Windsor, CA 7 26
Krause, Roger A Howell, US 4 14
Lapp, Michael T Bloomfield, US 30 182

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