Patent ID: 8695560

Claim:
Piston ( 10 ) for an internal combustion engine, having a piston crown ( 13 ), a circumferential top land ( 14 ), and a circumferential ring belt ( 15 ) that has ring grooves, as well as having a piston skirt ( 16 ) that has two skirt walls ( 17 ) and two box walls ( 18 ) that are recessed relative to the ring belt ( 15 ) and connect the skirt walls ( 17 ), in such a manner that a freestanding underside ( 25 ) of the ring belt ( 15 ) is formed in the region of each of the box walls ( 18 ), wherein the box walls ( 18 ) are provided with pin bosses ( 19 ) that have pin bores ( 21 ), wherein precisely two support elements ( 26 a , 26 b ) are provided between each freestanding underside ( 25 ) of the ring belt ( 15 ) and the box wall ( 18 ) assigned to it, said support elements ( 26 a , 26 b ) being disposed on both sides of the pin bore ( 21 ), and said support elements ( 26 a , 26 b ) being configured in tetrahedral shape and extending over the entire box wall ( 18 ) in the circumferential direction.