Piston assembly and connecting rod having a profiled wrist pin bore therefor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8539928
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12330932

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A piston assembly and connecting rod therefor is provided. The connecting rod has an elongate body extending to an end for operable attachment to a piston. The end has a wrist pin bore extending between opposite sides of the body. The wrist pin bore has a wavy profile extending between the sides. The wavy profile has at least one concave surface with a valley extending along a circumferential direction of the wrist pin bore and convex surfaces having peaks extending along a circumferential direction of the wrist pin bore on laterally opposite sides of the valley. The peaks and valleys cooperate to form a smooth load gradient and uniform lubrication flow across the interface region between the wrist pin bore and the wrist pin extending therethrough.

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  • FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION;FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nigro, Roberto Bueno Indian Harbour Beach, US 4 42
Wang, Kai Ann Arbor, US 484 3344

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