Patent ID: 6401595
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: F02F,F16J

Abstract:
A method of assembling a piston having a cooling gallery where said piston includes an outer annular wall having an inner surface and an annular bowl portion having an inner surface, said method comprising the steps of:connecting a baffle plate between said inner surface of said outer annular wall and said inner surface of said annular bowl portion, said baffle plate having a first end portion; positioning a standpipe proximate said first end portion of said baffle plate, said standpipe extending axially towards said bowl portion; securing said standpipe between said first end portion of said first baffle plate and a first end portion of a second baffle plate; and connecting said second baffle plate between said inner surface of said outer annular wall and said inner surface of said annular bowl portion, first baffle plate, said second baffle plate, said inner surface of said annular bowl portion, and said inner surface of said outer annular wall defining said cooling gallery.