IP Library Granted Patent US 8,683,974
Granted Patent B2
US 8,683,974 · App. 13/598,155 · Granted Apr 1, 2014

Piston

Inventors: Deep Bandyopadhyay (Naperville, IL); Jonathan Dolak (Clarendon Hills, IL); Michael Goetzke (Orland Park, IL)
Assignee: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,683,974
App. No.
13/598,155
Granted
Apr 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A piston for an engine may include a piston crown, and a piston bowl recessed within the piston crown. The piston bowl includes a center portion, a cone portion, and an annular toroidal portion. The geometry of the piston bowl is designed to correspond with a fuel injection nozzle having a specific spray angle. An exemplary piston bowl may include a toroidal major diameter between about 4.645 and 4.895 inches and a toroidal minor radius between about 1.165 and 1.235 inches. The cone portion includes an angle between about 26 to 34 degrees. The compression ratio of the piston is about 17.95 to 1.

Claims (28)

1. A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising:

a piston crown;

a piston bowl recessed within the piston crown, the piston bowl including a center portion, a cone portion, and an annular toroidal surface, the piston bowl having:

a toroidal major diameter between about 4.645 and 4.895 inches; and

a toroidal minor radius between about 1.165 and 1.235 inches; and

wherein the cone portion includes an angle between about 26 and 34 degrees and a compression ratio of the piston is about 17.95 to 1.

2. The piston of claim 1 , wherein the piston further includes a center spherical radius of about 1.12 inches.

3. The piston of claim 1 , wherein the piston has a diameter of about 6.206 inches.

4. The piston of claim 1 , wherein the piston is configured for use with a fuel injector, the fuel injector including:

a nozzle body;

fuel injection holes within the nozzle body, wherein the fuel injection holes are configured to deliver fuel at an angle between about 130 and 155 degrees relative to a midpoint of the nozzle body.

5. The piston of claim 4 , wherein the fuel injector further includes 6-8 fuel injection holes.

6. The piston of claim 5 , wherein the fuel injector includes 6 equal size fuel injection holes spaced equidistant from each other around the circumference of the nozzle body.

7. The piston of claim 6 , wherein the fuel injection holes have a diameter between about 0.0133 and 0.0152 inches.

8. A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising:

a piston crown;

a piston bowl recessed within the piston crown, the piston bowl including a center portion, a cone portion, and an annular toroidal surface, the piston bowl having:

a toroidal major diameter between about 6.4312 and 6.6812 inches; and

a toroidal minor radius between about 0.5587 and 0.6287 inches; and

wherein the cone portion includes an angle between about 7 and 15 degrees and a compression ratio of the piston is about 17.9 to 1.

9. The piston of claim 8 , wherein the piston further includes a center spherical radius of about 2.57 inches.

10. The piston of claim 8 , wherein the piston has a diameter of about 9.0216 inches.

11. The piston of claim 8 , wherein the piston is configured for use with a fuel injector, the fuel injector including:

a nozzle body;

fuel injection holes within the nozzle body, wherein the fuel injection holes are configured to deliver fuel at an angle between about 130 and 155 degrees relative to a midpoint of the nozzle body.

12. The piston of claim 11 , wherein the fuel injector further includes 6-8 fuel injection holes.

13. The piston of claim 12 , wherein the fuel injector includes 6 equal size fuel injection holes spaced equidistant from each other around the circumference of the nozzle body.

14. The piston of claim 13 , wherein the fuel injection holes have a diameter between about 0.0133 and 0.0152 inches.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 31, 2018
From: ELECTRO-MOTIVE DIESEL, INC.
To: PROGRESS RAIL LOCOMOTIVE INC.
Reel/Frame 046992/0355 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2012
From: BANDYOPADHYAY, DEEP; DOLAK, JONATHAN; GOETZKE, MICHAEL
To: ELECTRO-MOTIVE DIESEL, INC.
Reel/Frame 028965/0991 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61528533 · Aug 29, 2011
Provisional Application 61528613 · Aug 29, 2011
Related Publication 20130220266A1 · Aug 29, 2013