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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110308383 | PISTON ACCUMULATOR A piston accumulator includes a housing having a housing wall and a piston disposed in the housing. The housing wall and the piston form a pressure chamber. The piston is slidably moveable along the housing wall so as to change a volume of the pressure chamber. A slide ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110232480 | Piston for an internal combustion engine A piston for an internal combustion engine has at least two hub bores for holding a piston pin. The hub bores are formed with a cylindrical inner contour and are provided with a coating comprising a resin with solid lubricant particles embedded therein. The coating form... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110186002 | Piston having ceramic head A piston for an internal combustion engine wherein the piston includes a piston body fabricated from a metal and a piston head fabricated from a ceramic or ceramic composite material, the ceramic or ceramic composite piston head is press fit to the piston body and secur... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110174154 | RESIN PISTON AND METHOD FOR MOLDING RESIN PISTON In a method for molding a resin piston by charging a preheated resin tablet into a cavity of a molding die, and by carrying out compression molding while heating, at a time point when an internal pressure of the cavity arrives at a determined pressure, by pressurizing a... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20100251988 | High Performance Resin Piston Internal Combustion Engine A piston-type internal combustion engine is formed of a high performance synthetic resin material. The cylinders and pistons have an octagonal profile. Two or three rows of pin roller bearings are positioned in transverse semi-cylindrical grooves formed on the cylinder ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100236516 | Piston for Internal Combustion Engine and Piston Surface Treatment Method A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a piston base material and a film of lubrication coating composition. The coating composition has an inner coating layer formed on a surface of the piston base material and an outer coating layer formed on a surface of... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100189579 | PNEUMATIC COMPONENT The invention relates to a pneumatic component with a cylinder (12); a piston (14) running in the cylinder and a grooved ring (16), which seals the piston (14) from the cylinder (12) and has a static side (Sstat) and a dynam... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100178184 | BELLOWS PLUNGERS HAVING ONE OR MORE HELICALLY EXTENDING FEATURES, PUMPS INCLUDING SUCH BELLOWS PLUNGERS, AND RELATED METHODS A pump system includes at least one pressure chamber at least partially defined by a helical bellows plunger comprised of a tubular body, a closed front portion, an open rear portion, and at least one contour extending continuously as a helix, longitudinally from proxim... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100167231 | PISTON AND HANDHELD DISPENSER INCLUDING A PISTON The invention includes a piston having a piston body (1) and front seal for sealing the gap between the side wall of the piston body and the wall of a chamber within which the piston and a material are disposed in a conventional manner. The front seal (5) ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100132381 | LOW WEAR PISTON SLEEVE Provided is a low friction, self-lubricating sleeve for use with a reciprocating piston in the compressor and/or the expander subsystem of a cryogenic cooler or other compressor type system. The sleeve is bonded to an outer surface of the piston, thereby positioning the... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100050864 | Piston-Cylinder Unit The present invention relates to a piston-cylinder unit with a piston with adjoining piston rod, which is movably mounted in a cylinder, wherein the piston and the piston rod have a cavity into which at least one rod protrudes, by means of which an electrically conducti... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090301295 | Piston Arrangement of a Hydraulic Piston Machine A piston arrangement includes a piston which is pin-ointed to a sliding block. The sliding block is molded directly onto the piston by injection molding so that no separate process step is required. The piston itself is part of the injection mold, an extremely precise f... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090282972 | COMPOSITE PISTON FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION A composite piston (10) for a motor vehicle transmission comprises a support body (14) and at least one rotationally symmetric annular seal comprising an elastomer sealing lip (16, 17) interacting in a sealing manner with a component (11, 12)... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090205487 | Pressure Cylinder with Composite Piston Rod and Method for Preparing a Composite Piston Rod A pressure cylinder comprises a cylinder housing with a cylinder space in which a fitting piston is axially movable. A piston rod (1) of a composite material extends from the piston. The piston rod (1) comprises a layer of core material under a surrounding... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090193966 | Compressor Piston An injection molded piston formed integrally of polymer material includes a body extending along an axis and providing a mounting surface, first and second partial cylindrical surfaces located above the mounting surface and formed with a concave recesses, a first shoe l... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090173224 | UPPER PART OF A COMPOSITE PISTON An upper part (1) of an assembled piston is disclosed, comprising a radially directed inner contact surface (2) arranged on the underside of an annular rib (15) and a radially directed outer contact surface (3) arranged on the underside of an... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20080289491 | Powder-Metallurgically Produced Piston Body Comprising Support Webs A powder-metallurgically produced piston body for a piston-cylinder arrangement, in particular a shock absorber piston, has a one-part piston body, a revolving or circumferential web that protrudes radially outwardly from outer surface of the piston body, longitudinal w... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080250923 | Piston and process for manufacturing the same A piston includes a piston body, an elastic adhesive layer, and a low thermal-conductivity sheet. The piston body has a piston top surface facing a combustion chamber, and exhibits a first thermal conductivity. The elastic adhesive sheet is formed on the piston top surf... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080230135 | Piston-Type Accumulator The invention relates to a piston-type accumulator comprising a separating piston (24), which can be axially displaced inside an accumulator housing (10) and which separates two spaces from one another inside the accumulator housing (10), particularly a ga... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080211150 | PISTON AND GAS SPRING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SAME A piston adapted for use in offset mounting conditions includes a piston body having a longitudinally-extending axis. First and second securement features are located at radially outer positions relative to the axis. The first and second securement features are also loc... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080098886 | PISTON ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PISTON ASSEMBLY A hydraulic piston apparatus includes a piston having a piston body movable along an axis, the piston body having a substantially cylindrical shape, a radius, and an outer wall extending substantially parallel to the axis, the outer wall having at least one portion that... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20070240564 | Piston, method of producing the piston, and pump having the piston A piston 1 which is to be movably supported in a cylinder 11 of a pump 10 to be reciprocally driven is formed by a fluororesin so that it is not impaired by a corrosive liquid. A cylindrical outer peripheral portion 2 of the piston 1 h... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20060191406 | Cylinder rod with position sensor surface markings A cylinder rod with wear-resistant surface markings is provided. The cylinder rod may include a rod substrate, a thermal-spray coating disposed on a surface of the substrate, and one or more surface markings disposed on the coating at predetermined locations along the l... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060169135 | Spacer expander In a combined oil ring having a spacer expander to be installed between a pair of upper and lower side rails, a plurality of axially protruding inner peripheral protruding portions are formed on the inner peripheral side of the spacer expander along its peripheral direc... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060081126 | Oil ring, manufacturing method thereof, and piston structure using the oil ring An oil ring 1 comprises an annular oil ring body 10 having a pair of rail portions 12 at its axially upper and lower portions and butt ends, and a coil expander 20 assembled in the inner periphery of the oil ring body 10. The cross-sec... | 04/20/2006 |
| 20060027096 | Piston system and a piston-cylinder device provided therewith The invention relates to a piston device for a vehicle brake system, in particular for a pedal simulation apparatus of a vehicle brake system, having a piston shank extending in the direction of a longitudinal axis and having a radially extending piston disk formed on s... | 02/09/2006 |
