Patent ID: 6076426
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
Forged connecting rod, comprising a body, a connecting rod small end and a connecting rod big end forming connecting rod small end and connecting rod big end bearings for receiving respectively a piston pin and a crankpin, each of said bearings defining an axis, said connecting rod being constituted by two half connecting rods which are substantially symmetrical relative to a longitudinal median plane, which plane contains the longitudinal axis of the connecting rod, a joint surface, joining said two half connecting rods, being essentially disposed in said median plane, said half connecting rods, each of which carries a half of said connecting rod small end bearing and a half of said connecting rod big end bearing, being interconnected by immobilizing means positioned on each side of said connecting rod small end and said connecting rod big end, wherein the immobilizing means further comprise, formed on the joint surface of the half connecting rods, serrations which fit into one another in a complementary manner, said serrations ensuring by their shape a locking against slip of said two half connecting rods in said joint plane in a first direction and a second direction, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to said first direction.