Patent ID: 6048126
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: F16J,Y10T

Abstract:
A mushroom-type pin retainer and a pin for connecting a piston and a piston rod of an internal combustion engine, said pin having at least one central bore along its longitudinal axis in which said pin retainer is fixed, said pin retainer comprising:a mushroom head; anda shaft having two ends and being connected to the mushroom head at one end, said shaft having a section of largest diameter for insertion into the bore of the pin, said section of largest diameter being no longer than 2 mm in an axial direction and located remote from said mushroom head, so that the pin retainer may swing with limited annular deflection during mounting in the bore and the entire circumference of the mushroom head abuts at least one of the pin and piston,wherein said pin retainer is fixed in the pin solely by a press fit.