Piston unit for combustion engine

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EP 1 264 979 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	30.07.2003 Bulletin 2003/31

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	11.12.2002 Bulletin 2002/50

(21)	Application number: 02253880.5

(22)	Date of filing: 31.05.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F02F 3/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

04.06.2001 FI 20011165

(71)	Applicant: Wärtsilä Technology Oy AB
	00530 Helsinki (FI)

(72)	Inventors:
	Nurmi, Hannu 65380 Vaasa (FI) Rösgren, Carl-Erik 65480 Vikby (FI)

(74)	Representative: Newby, Martin John
	J.Y. & G.W. Johnson, Kingsbourne House, 229-231 High Holborn London WC1V 7DP London WC1V 7DP (GB)

(54)	Piston unit for combustion engine

(57) Piston assembly (1) for an internal combustion engine comprising an upper section (2) abutting onto the combustion chamber of the cylinder, a piston skirt (3) in connection with the upper section, and a sealing arrangement for sealing the joint between the upper section and the skirt. In the piston assembly the sealing arrangement (1.2, 1.3) between the upper section and the skirt is provided by utilizing the difference between the mounting and working temperatures of the upper section (2) and the piston skirt (3). Preferably, the sealing arrangement between the upper section and the skirt is arranged to operate under working pressure and the sealing arrangement comprises several operationally in succession provided counter surfaces, which are arranged with respect to each other so that their mutual distance is reduced at the working temperature of the surfaces, and that a pressure balancing chamber is formed between two successive, tightly arranged counter surface pairs (2a - 3b).

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