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Cast components for internal combustion engines with embedded reinforcing layers
Assignee: Kolbenschmidt AG
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Filing: 1985-11-06
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Granted: 1988-04-26
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Expires: 2005-11-06
Abstract
Abstract Light alloy components for internal combustion engines consist of castings in which reinforcing layers consisting of non-woven ceramic fibers are embedded in the stressed surface portions. In order to provide a prolonged protection against damage to the light alloy disposed under the reinforcing layer, the open interstices of the fibrous layer are impregnated with a layer of a ceramic material in the portion which is close to the stressed surface and with the light alloy of the component in the portion which is remote from the stressed surface.
Inventors
- 👤 Wilfried Sander
- 👤 Siegfried Mielke
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-28 16:33
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02F; F02F7/00; F02F7/0085; F02F7/0087; C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/01; C04B35/14; C04B35/71; C04B35/78; C04B35/80; C04B37/00; C04B37/02; C04B37/021; C22; C22C; C22C47/00; C22C47/08; C22C49/00; C22C49/02; C22C49/04; C22C49/14; F02B; F02B23/00; F02B23/02; F02B23/06; F02B23/0696; F02B77/00; F02B77/02; F02F3/00; F02F3/10; F02F3/12; B; B22; B22F; B22F2207/00; B22F2207/11; B22F2999/00; C04B2235/00; C04B2235/02; C04B2235/50; C04B2235/52; C04B2235/5208; C04B2235/5216; C04B2235/522; C04B2235/5224; C04B2235/5264; C04B2235/5276; C04B2235/5292; C04B2237/00; C04B2237/30; C04B2237/32; C04B2237/34; C04B2237/341; C04B2237/38; C22C29/00; C22C29/12; F02B23/0603; F02B2023/0612; F02B3/00; F02B3/06; F02F1/00; F02F2001/008; F05; F05C; F05C2201/00; F05C2201/02; F05C2201/021; F05C2201/04; F05C2201/0433; F05C2201/0448; F05C2201/046; F05C2203/00; F05C2203/08; F05C2253/00; F05C2253/16; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12486
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
A cast component for defining the combustion chambers of internal combustion engines comprising: a light alloy body, a ceramic surface of hardened ceramic material having a low porosity and which is subjected to at least one of wear and high temperatures and an embedded reinforcing layer connecting the light alloy body and the ceramic surface consisting of nonwoven ceramic fibers or whiskers, wherein open interstices of the fibrous or whisker structure are filled in that portion which faces the ceramic surface with the hardened ceramic material having a low porosity, in that portion which faces away from the ceramic surface is filled with the light alloy, and in an intermediate portion is filled with the ceramic material having a low porosity and the light alloy, and wherein the fibers or whiskers have a diameter of 0.5 to 5 um and a ratio of diameter to length of 1:10 to 1:100, and occupy a volume of 10 to 50% of the overall volume of the reinforcing layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
166 words
A cast component for defining the combustion chambers of internal combustion engines comprising: a light alloy body, a ceramic surface of hardened ceramic material having a low porosity and which is subjected to at least one of wear and high temperatures and an embedded reinforcing layer connecting the light alloy body and the ceramic surface consisting of nonwoven ceramic fibers or whiskers, wherein open interstices of the fibrous or whisker structure are filled in that portion which faces the ceramic surface with the hardened ceramic material having a low porosity, in that portion which faces away from the ceramic surface is filled with the light alloy, and in an intermediate portion is filled with the ceramic material having a low porosity and the light alloy, and wherein the fibers or whiskers have a diameter of 0.5 to 5 um and a ratio of diameter to length of 1:10 to 1:100, and occupy a volume of 10 to 50% of the overall volume of the reinforcing layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The cast component according to claim 1, wherein the fibers or whiskers occupy a volume of 10 to 30% of the overall volume of the reinforcing layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The cast component according to claim 1, wherein the fibers or whiskers are randomly arranged.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The cast component according to claim 1, wherein most of the fibers or whiskers in that portion of the reinforcing layer which is near the stressed surface extend parallel to that surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The cast component according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing layer is impregnated with ceramic material in a depth of 1 to 20 mm, in the portion which is close to the ceramic surface.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The cast component according to claim 5, wherein ceramic material is impregnated to a depth of 3 to 5 mm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The cast component according to claim 1, wherein the volume of fibers or whiskers relative to the volume of the reinforcing layer increases continuously in the direction in which load is applied.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The case component according to claim 7, wherein the volume occupied by the fibers or whiskers in the region which is close to the ceramic surface is ferom 50% to 70%.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The case component according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate portion of the reinforcing layer has a thickness of from almost zero to almost the thickness of the ceramic portion.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
The cast component according to claim 9, wherein the thickness of the intermediate portion is from 0.5 to 3 mm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The cast component according to claim 1, wherein the fibers or whiskers are one of sintered and adhesively joined to each other at their points of contact.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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