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Aluminum alloy slide support member
Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1986-09-15
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Granted: 1988-07-19
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Expires: 2006-09-15
Abstract
Abstract An aluminum alloy slide support member which is disclosed herein as a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine includes a slide portion, such as the cylinder for slideably supporting the piston, made of a fiber-reinforced aluminum alloy containing at least an alumina fiber as a reinforcing material, wherein the alpha rate of the alumina fiber is set in a range of 10.0 to 50.0% and the volume content of the alumina fiber is set in a range of 8.0 to 20.0%. Another embodiment employs carbon fibers in addition to the alumina fibers. Further, the walls of the cylinder barrel are of a varying thickness to equalize the cooling and cause uniform thermal expansion of the cylinder barrel.
Inventors
- 👤 Hideaki Ushio
- 👤 Tadayoshi Hayashi
- 👤 Kazuo Shibata
- 👤 Yoshikazu Fujisawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 23:56
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02F; F02F7/00; F02F7/0085; C; C22; C22C; C22C49/00; C22C49/14; F02F1/00; F02F1/02; F02F1/10; F02F1/108; F02B; F02B75/00; F02B75/16; F02B75/18; F02B2075/1804; F02B2075/1816; F02F2001/106; F05; F05C; F05C2201/00; F05C2201/02; F05C2201/021; F05C2203/00; F05C2203/08; F05C2203/0865; F05C2203/0882; F05C2253/00; F05C2253/16; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12486
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 30
Claim 1
Independent Claim
90 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member in which a slide portion is made of a fiber-reinforced aluminum alloy containing at least an alumina fiber as a reinforcing material, wherein the alpha rate of said alumina fiber is in a range of 10.0 to 50.0% and the volume content of said alumina fiber is set in a range of 8.0 to 20.0%, and wherein said alumina alloy slide support member comprises a cylinder block for an internal combustion engine, and said slide portion comprises an inner wall of a cylinder bore.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
90 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member in which a slide portion is made of a fiber-reinforced aluminum alloy containing at least an alumina fiber as a reinforcing material, wherein the alpha rate of said alumina fiber is in a range of 10.0 to 50.0% and the volume content of said alumina fiber is set in a range of 8.0 to 20.0%, and wherein said alumina alloy slide support member comprises a cylinder block for an internal combustion engine, and said slide portion comprises an inner wall of a cylinder bore.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member according to claim 1, wherein the surface roughness of said cylinder block is at a value of half or less of the average diameter of said alumina fiber.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member according to claim 1 wherein the surface roughness of said cylinder block is at 3.0 μm or less.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member according to claim 1 wherein said alpha rate is in a range of 30.0 to 40.0%.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member according to claim 1, wherein said volume content is in a range of 12.0 to 14.0%.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
60 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member according to claim 1, wherein said cylinder block is of a siamese type including a cylinder block outer wall and a siamese type cylinder barrel portion forming a water jacket therebetween, said siamese type cylinder barrel portion comprising a plurality of cylinder barrells each having a cylinder bore and connected in series through connections.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
51 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member according to claim 6, wherein the thickness of each of the adjacent cylinder barrels between said connection and a point lying on a diametrical line perpendicular to a line in the direction of the aligned cylinder barrels gradually increases from said connection toward said point.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
110 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member in which a slide portion is made of a fiber-reinforced aluminum alloy containing at least an alumina fiber as a reinforcing material, wherein said reinforcing material consists of an alumina fiber and a carbon fiber; the alpha rate of said alumina fiber is in a range of 10.0 to 50.00%; the volume content of said alumina fiber is at 50.0% or less; and the volume content of said carbon fiber is at 20.0% or less, and wherein said aluminum alloy slide support member comprises a cylinder block for an internal combustion engine, and said slide portion comprises an inner wall of a cylinder bore.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
110 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member in which a slide portion is made of a fiber-reinforced aluminum alloy containing at least an alumina fiber as a reinforcing material, wherein said reinforcing material consists of an alumina fiber and a carbon fiber; the alpha rate of said alumina fiber is in a range of 10.0 to 50.00%; the volume content of said alumina fiber is at 50.0% or less; and the volume content of said carbon fiber is at 20.0% or less, and wherein said aluminum alloy slide support member comprises a cylinder block for an internal combustion engine, and said slide portion comprises an inner wall of a cylinder bore.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member according to claim 8, wherein the volume content of said alumina fiber is in a range of 10.0 to 50.0%, and the volume content of said carbon fiber is in a range of 3.0 to 12.0%.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member according to claim 8 wherein the surface roughness of said cylinder block is at 3.0 μm or less.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member according to claim 8 wherein said alpha rate is in a range of 30.0 to 40.0%.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member according to claim 8 wherein said volume content of said alumina fiber is in a range of 12.0 to 14.0%.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
49 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member according to claim 8, wherein said cylinder block is of a siamese type including a cylinder block outer wall and a siamese type cylinder barrel portion comprising a plurality of cylinder barrels each having a cylinder bore and connected in series through connections.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
51 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member according to claim 13, wherein the thickness of each of the adjacent cylinder barrels between said connection and a point lying on a diametrical line perpendicular to a line in the direction of the aligned cylinder barrels gradually increases from said connection toward said point.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
36 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the surface roughness of said cylinder block is at a value of half or less of the average diameter of said alumina fiber.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
64 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member comprising a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder with an inner wall for slidably supporting a piston, said inner wall having a layer portion formed of a matrix of reinforcing alumina fiber filled with aluminum alloy, and said alumina fiber having an alpha rate in the range of about 10% to 50%.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
64 words
An aluminum alloy slide support member comprising a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder with an inner wall for slidably supporting a piston, said inner wall having a layer portion formed of a matrix of reinforcing alumina fiber filled with aluminum alloy, and said alumina fiber having an alpha rate in the range of about 10% to 50%.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
21 words
The aluminum alloy slide support member of claim 16 wherein the volume content of said alumina fiber is 50% or less.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
18 words
The aluminum alloy slide support member of claim 16 or 17 wherein said layer portion includes carbon fibers.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
21 words
The aluminum alloy slide support member of claim 18 wherein the volume content of said carbon fibers is 20% or less.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
35 words
The aluminum alloy slide support member of claim 18 wherein the volume content of said carbon fibers is about 3% to 12% and the volume content of said alumina fibers is about 12% to 14%.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
18 words
The aluminum alloy slide support member of claim 20 wherein the alpha rate is about 30% to 40%.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
36 words
The aluminum alloy slide support member of claim 16 wherein each cylinder is formed of a cylinder barrel having a wall of varying thickness for substantially equalizing the cooling, temperature, and thermal expansion throughout the wall.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
80 words
A slide support member comprising a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder with an inner wall for slidably supporting a piston, said inner wall having a layer portion formed of a matrix of reinforcing alumina fiber filled with aluminum alloy, and said cylinder being formed of a cylinder barrel having a wall of varying thickness substantially equalizing the cooling, temperature and thermal expansion throughout the wall for maintaining the cylindrical shape of the cylinder.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
80 words
A slide support member comprising a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder with an inner wall for slidably supporting a piston, said inner wall having a layer portion formed of a matrix of reinforcing alumina fiber filled with aluminum alloy, and said cylinder being formed of a cylinder barrel having a wall of varying thickness substantially equalizing the cooling, temperature and thermal expansion throughout the wall for maintaining the cylindrical shape of the cylinder.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
45 words
The slide support member of claim 23 wherein the cylinder block has plural cylinders in a line with the cylinder walls of adjacent cylinders joined at a connection, and the wall of each cylinder at said connection is thinner than the remainder of the wall.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
28 words
The slide support member of claim 24 wherein the cylinder wall thickness varies substantially uniformly from each said connection to a point most remote from each said connection.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
24 words
The slide support member of claims 23, 24 or 25 wherein the cylinder wall varies in thickness from one axial end to the other.
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