Patent ID: 6250275
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: F01M,F02F

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine comprising:a housing including a combustion cylinder;a piston including a piston skirt reciprocally disposed within said combustion cylinder and having a piston pin, said piston skirt defining a bottom surface and having a lubrication passage therein, said lubrication passage having an inlet in said bottom surface of said piston skirt and an outlet adjacent said piston pin;a connecting rod including an eye pivotally disposed about said piston pin, said eye having a lubrication bore oriented to provide at least intermittent fluid communication between said piston pin and said outlet of said lubrication passage, said lubrication bore of said eye being oriented such that said lubrication bore is coaxial with said outlet of said lubrication passage of said piston skirt at least when said piston is proximate a bottom dead center position; anda lubrication applicator adapted to apply lubricant to said inlet of said lubrication passage.