Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011095 | Method for producing a piston for an internal combustion engine The invention relates to a method for producing a piston for a combustion engine comprising a combustion recess, during which an annular fiber preform for reinforcing the edge of the combustion recess is firstly fastened inside the casting mold. Afterwards, a low-si... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7325525 | Piston for internal combustion engine A piston includes: in a cross-section that is perpendicular to a piston pin and that includes a center axis of the piston, a great thickness-reduction portion provided to attain a thin thickness as stress applied to the piston on a side without a cavity is small, an... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7213562 | Piston for a combustion engine and casting method for the production thereof The invention relates to a piston (1), which is comprised of an approximately circular cylindrical upper area (5) and of a lower area (6), having two hubs (7), which are set back toward the piston central axis (8) so that, in the u... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7185581 | Composite fluid actuated cylinder A fluid actuator having a honed metallic sleeved inner liner assembled with fitted end caps. The inner liner and end caps are wound with carbon reinforced fiber filaments in both longitudinal and hoop orientations so as to withstand increased fluid pressure over tra... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7093341 | Method of making an axial piston pump barrel with a cast high pressure collection cavity In an axial piston pump, a plurality of reciprocating pistons are at least partially positioned within a barrel. The barrel includes a ring shaped high pressure collection cavity that is positioned between the piston chambers and the outlet of the pump. In order to ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6604270 | Robust, low mass stabilizer bar link assembly An end link adapted to interconnect a stabilizer bar and a suspension member within a vehicular suspension system includes a housing having a first socket, a second socket and a body interconnecting the first and second sockets. The end link also includes... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6116203 | Method for making an internal combustion engine piston in thermostructural composite material A fiber structure is made by superposing plies of fiber fabric and bonding the plies together by needling, so that the fibers of the superposed plies extend essentially in a first direction (X) and in a second direction (Y) orthogonal thereto, the plies b... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6029346 | Method of fabricating carbon--carbon engine component An internal combustion engine component assembly including piston, wrist pin, and cylinder sleeve, all constructed of a matching carbon--carbon composite is disclosed. The piston is a two-piece assembly divided in crown and skirt, each fabricated individu... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5989664 | Plastic product and manufacturing method therefor A plastic product comprising an inner core portion made of plastic and having a solid shape or a hollow shape including an internal cavity, and a fiber-reinforced plastic layer formed on inner and/or outer surfaces of the inner core portion, whereby the p... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5507258 | Pistons for internal combustion engines A piston for an internal combustion engine comprises a wear resisting annulus made of aluminum alloy containing SiC particulates, the wear resisting annulus being cast within a top ring groove upon casting of a piston made of aluminum alloy.... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5314553 | Fiber-reinforced resin member and method of producing the same A fiber-reinforced resin member of the present invention comprises a solid or hollow rod member (2) made of a fiber-reinforced resin material (5, 6), a soft metal layer (3) formed on the outer periphery of the rod member by squeezing a soft metal on the o... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5216943 | Piston for hydrostatic axial and radial piston machines and method for the manufacture thereof A method of manufacturing a piston for hydrostatic axial and radial piston machines by non-machining forming, by filling a material that is in a substantially unresistant, formable state into a mold defining a piston outer contour which is closed on all s... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5154109 | Composite piston assembly A method of manufacturing a piston for transferring an output force to another member in response to pressurized fluid being communicated to a bore in a housing. The piston has a cylinder body made of a plurality of triaxial braided layers of carbon fiber... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5119777 | Light alloy piston In a pressure-diecast light alloy piston, a ring carrier made of a metallic material having pores filled by the piston materials is embedded in the piston casting adjacent to the first ring groove. In order to provide a strong joint to the piston base bod... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5101556 | Method of manufacturing a piston A method of manufacturing a piston for transferring an output force to a member in responsive to pressurized fluid being communicated to a bore in a housing. The piston has a cylinder body made of a plurality of triaxial braided layers of carbon fibers wh... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5042364 | Piston structure for internal combustion engine A piston structure includes protection of the peripheral edge portion of a lubricant injection nozzle receptacle cut-out. The piston structure employs mechanisms for reinforcing the peripheral edge portion of the cut-out to an extent that can avoid concen... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5013610 | Heat resisting member reinforced locally by an inorganic fiber and a productive method of the same In a heat resisting aluminum alloy member with local metal matrix composite which contains inorganic fibers as reinforcing material, the matrix aluminum alloy of the metal matrix composite contains very little alloying elements in order to attain the high... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4986231 | Piston with graphite fiber mesh Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a piston comprising the steps of providing a shell comprising graphite fibers formed to include the general shape of an open-ended cylinder having an outer periphery, and casting metal to form at least a porti... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4908923 | Method of dimensionally stabilizing interface between dissimilar metals in an internal combustion engine Method of dimensionally stabilizing the interface between metal parts of differing thermal expansion characteristics (TEC), regardless of temperature variations under normal designed use of such parts, comprising: (a) hot extruding a mixture of ceramic fi... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4909133 | Lightweight piston architecture The invention is an improvement in a lightweight carbon-carbon composite piston, the improvement comprehending the use of near-net shape knitted or warp-interlock pre-forms to improve the structural qualitites of the piston. In its preferred embodiment, a... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4891875 | Method for manufacturing a piston for an internal combustion engine A method of manufacturing a piston of an internal combustion engine includes holding a soluble core to a plurality of first projection portions and a plurality of second projection portions and a plurality of third projection portions formed in a pair of ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4870733 | Manufacturing method of a piston for an internal combustion engine A manufacturing method of a piston in used for an internal combustion engine. The method comprises a step of reinforcing a circumference of a top ring groove by an inorganic fiber assembly, a step of forming an oil cooking gallery by a soluble core, a ste... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4862763 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing high speed rotors A composite, carbon-carbon rotor or rotor hub (20) for use in power translating devices, such as in a turbine engine or in fluid pumps, includes a plurality of carbon-carbon laminate plies (P1-P25) layered to form the thickness of the rotor. The plies inc... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4715422 | Reinforcement of articles of cast metal or metal alloy Milled silica or alumina fibres or whiskers are formed into a reinforcement for a squeeze cast article such as a piston for an internal combustion engine. The problem of handling the milled fibres or whiskers while they are formed into the reinforcement i... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4708104 | Reinforced pistons A piston is manufactured by incorporating a reinforcement which is formed at least in part by a fibre material and which is so non-uniform as to provide differing characteristics in the cast piston in predetermined differing regions of the piston. For exa... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4677901 | Fiber-reinforced piston for internal combustion engines and associated method of construction A fiber-reinforced piston for internal combustion engines, comprising a molded body of inorganic fiber forming a top land and a ring region of the piston. The molded body has a content of granulated fiber having larger particles of a particle diameter les... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4651631 | Manufacture of pistons A piston is formed in two parts. The main part is formed by gravity die casting from aluminum or aluminum alloy and a second part of the piston is formed by a squeeze casting process to produce a material which is stronger and more resistant than the grav... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4498219 | Method of constructing a fiber-reinforced piston for internal combustion engines A fiber-reinforced piston for internal combustion engines, comprising a molded body of inorganic fiber forming a top land and a ring region of the piston. The molded body has a content of granulated fiber having larger particles of a particle diameter les... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4450610 | Method of making a piston A piston composed at least in part of fiber-reinforced synthetic resin material, is provided with a piston base or bottom, a piston shaft or shank, and eyes for engagement with a member to be driven by or for driving the piston. According to the method of... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4329915 | Piston and piston rod A piston rod is formed of fiber reinforced material so arranged that an elastic connecting zone is provided between the rod and the piston, thereby avoiding bolting one end of the piston rod to the piston. The cavity inside the piston has a dovetail reces... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4216682 | Fiber-reinforced light alloy cast article A fiber-reinforced light alloy cast article for use in various mechanical parts such as, for example, a connecting rod, a rocker arm, and so forth in an internal combustion engine. The composite light alloy cast article includes therein a portion filled w... | 08/12/1980 |
