METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE PISTONS - Patent 1163438

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EP 1 163 438 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	19.12.2001 Bulletin 2001/51

(21)	Application number: 00913863.7

(22)	Date of filing: 10.03.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F02F 3/00, F02F 7/00, B21C 23/18, B21K 1/18

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0006/238

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0053/914 (14.09.2000 Gazette 2000/37)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

12.03.1999 RU 99105048

(71)	Applicants:
	GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Schenectady, NY 12345 (US) Institute for Metals Superplasticity Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences Bashkortostan, 450001 (RU)

(72)	Inventors:
	KAIBYSHEV, Oscar Akramovich UfaBashkotorstan, 450005 (RU) TRIFONOV, Vadim Gennadievich UfaBashkotorstan, 450059 (RU)

(74)	Representative: Goode, Ian Roy et al
	GE LONDON PATENT OPERATION, Essex House, 12/13 Essex Street London WC2R 3AA London WC2R 3AA (GB)

(54)	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE PISTONS