Abstract:
An assembly including a piston having a crown surface, a bottom surface, and a skirt projecting therefrom and defining therewith a cavity; a cup-shaped housing retained in the cavity and having a bottom wall engaging the bottom surface and a side wall engaging the skirt; a collar retained within the housing and defining an annular concave surface facing the bottom surface; a connecting rod having a transversely projecting end portion defining an annular convex surface engaging the concave surface and an axially outwardly facing recess defining a slide surface; and a slide member retained in the recess and slidably engaged between the slide surface and the bottom wall.
Abstract:
A hydraulic valve lifter for use in an internal combustion engine, comprises an inverted cup-like body, an inverted cup-like plunger housed within the body, a high pressure chamber defined between the body and the plunger, and an oil passage through which an oil is fed to the high pressure chamber. At least one oil discharge hole is defined in the plunger and extends from the oil passage to open to a valve stem so as to lubricate between the valve stem and a valve guide.
Abstract:
A lubricated cylinder wall in which an oil permeable cylinder ring is located on the inside surface of a cylinder. Oil from an oil supply channel located behind the oil permeable ring supplies the ring with oil. When the oil pressure in the oil supply channel is greater than the pressure inside the cylinder, oil is forced through the oil permeable ring and onto the inside surface of the oil permeable ring. Because the ring is located in the cylinder wall at a location above the bottom dead center location of the piston, upward motion of the piston inside the cylinder sweeps oil from the inside surface at the oil ring over the inside surface of the cylinder. The oil ring is installed in the cylinder by coiling it to a smaller diameter then the cylinder, placing the coiled ring in a groove on the inside surface of the cylinder, pressure fitting the coiled ring into the groove, and then honing the inside surface of the ring to be flush with the inside surface of the cylinder.
Abstract:
An oilless engine having a piston reciprocal within a cylinder and along an axis of such cylinder while providing an annular gap therebetween to receive combustion gases and a gas phase blow-by control system for such engine. The system comprises (a) an annular receptacle in at least one of said piston and cylinder; (b) an annular body of graphite carrying high temperature solid lubricant disposed in said annular receptacle, said body presenting a face projecting out of said receptacle; (c) an elastomer material retentive of elasticity at the maximum operating temperature to be experienced by said body, interposed between said body and receptacle to urge said body to close said gap under all operating conditions of said engine; and (d) axially directed grooves in said body face sized to substantially trap cylinders of combustion gases therein by viscosity under low pressure gradients and to limit the passage of a combustion gases through said grooves under high pressure gradients to one percent or less of the cylinder gas charge volume, the gas cylinders functioning as bearings to ride the piston during reciprocation.
Abstract:
The internal combustion engine performs the thermodynamic cycle partially inside the cylinder, with the piston connected to the crankshaft, and partially in a turbo blower in which there takes place the final stage of the expansion of the burnt gases and, simultaneously, the suction and the first phase of compression of the air. The said compression is completed afterwards in the cylinder, continuously and without any partialization.
Abstract:
The piston pin for a piston of an internal combustion engine is provided with a certain number of passages, each opening into the annular groove of the bearing bushing of the connecting-rod small end and into either of the annular grooves of the pin bearings. The passages are provided in a peripheral portion of the piston pin so to avoid a central portion of the pin, in which a concentration of metallic impurities is maximum.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an improved cooling system for a reciprocating piston engine. The engine is of the type having at least one cylinder and a piston movable between a top dead and bottom dead center. The cooling system comprises a housing or coolant jacket which encircles the outer end of the cylinder and extends towards the inner end of the cylinder. The coolant jacket, however, terminates short of the inner end of the piston when the piston is at its top dead position. A fluid passageway is formed through the housing and has both an inlet and outlet. Liquid coolant is supplied under pressure to the inlet port on the housing. The coolant flows through the lower section of the water jacket surrounding the piston area thus achieving uniform adequate cooling of both the combustion chamber and piston. In addition, an oil nozzle mounted within the engine crankcase directs a jet of oil onto the inner surface of the piston dome for further cooling of piston and subsequently supplements cooling of the cylinder barrel and head. The oil jet is the primary cooling mechanism for the section of the barrel not enclosed by the water jacket.
Abstract:
The internal combustion engine performs the thermodynamic cycle partially inside the cylinder, with the piston connected to the crankshaft, and partially in a turbo-supercharger in which there takes place the final stage of the expansion of the burnt gases and, simultaneously, the suction and the first phase of compression of the air. The said compression is completed afterwards in the cylinder, continuously and without any partialization.
Abstract:
A two-piece piston assembly comprises an upper portion or a ring carrier part that may be made of malleable iron, cast iron, or a similar iron, and a lower portion or cross-head part, referred to as a skirt, that may be made of aluminum or an alloy thereof. The assembly is configured to increase the contact of cooling liquid with the underside of the crown and eliminate problems accompanying undue heating in this area of the piston. The cocktail-shaker action of the two-piece piston assembly is employed to enhance the cooling effect. A separate cup-like device is secured around the outside of the lower end of the crown member of the piston and is thus positioned between the upper and lower portions of the piston to retain the oil and effectively deliver it to the underside of the crown.
Abstract:
A tractor transmission is provided with a clutch housing containing an oil reservoir vented to the main transmission which is vented to atmosphere. A transfer pump is disposed in the clutch housing to pump an oil-air mixture from the reservoir to the main transmission housing. A portion of the pumped oil-air mixture is diverted through a line of a predetermined size to lubricate the front differential. When the oil reaches the front differential, it is diverted to the left and right final drive gear spaces separated by left and right walls from the differential gears. The oil in the final drive spaces increases in height until it passes through either the bearings supporting the differential housing or through the center of the differential pinion gears to the differential gear spaced. Holes in the left and right walls provide maximum levels of oil in the final drive spaces. When the oil spills over into the differential gear space, it lubricates the differential gears and then passes into a baffle and an overflow line which is located below the center line of the differential. The baffles separate the oil from the air and the pressure of the air in the sealed differential forces the oil through the overflow line back to the reservoir in the clutch housing.