Patent ID: 6131544
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: F02F,F16J

Abstract:
A connecting rod and piston assembly for an internal combustion engine, comprising a piston having a head, a skirt and a support member, said piston being arranged in a cylinder and connected to a connecting rod through a piston pin, the connecting rod being installed on a central cylindrical portion of the piston pin, a surface of the support member, remote from the head, being provided with grooves having open cylindrical surfaces, ends of the piston pin being arranged within the grooves, mating the groove surfaces, and urged to the head by threaded members, wherein said assembly further comprises fixing plates with openings in them, the ends of the piston pin being made in the form of semi-cylindrical elements which are coaxial to the central portion and have planar surfaces parallel to the longitudinal axis of the piston pin, the plates lying against the planar surfaces of the piston pin ends and contacting them, and the threaded members being arranged in the openings in the fixing plates symmetrically about the piston pin axis.