Patent ID: 8978612
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: F02B,F02F,F05C

Abstract:
1. A piston of a combustion engine, comprising: a piston crown and a piston skirt having portions adapted to receive a piston pin by which the piston is pivotally supportable on a connecting rod; wherein the piston pin supports a protection, such that the protection does not contact the piston crown, the protection having a closed top portion that faces the piston crown, continues into a first end of a side wall, and covers at least a main portion of a bottom side of the piston crown; wherein the protection is fitted in sealing engagement with an inner portion of the piston skirt, such that oil cannot enter a gap that in assembled condition is delimited by at least the main portion of the bottom side of the piston crown, the protection, and the piston skirt; and wherein at least a portion of the protection is provided at a distance inside an outer portion of the piston skirt that is provided at a distance outside the inner portion of the piston skirt.