A piston of an internal combustion engine may include a piston shaft and a piston head. The piston head may be provided with a closed cooling channel with a cooling medium arranged therein. The piston shaft may have a spherically round cross-sectional shape, wherein a deviation from the roundness with respect to a piston diameter may be less than 0.5 per thousand.

An engine piston having a piston upper part, a piston lower part connected to the piston upper part, a piston pin mounted in the piston lower part connects the piston to a connecting rod, and a first cooling space between the piston upper and lower parts for cooling oil. The first cooling space is connected to a second cooling space formed between the piston upper part and a piston lower part via at least one transfer bore, a cooling oil conduction sleeve for conducting cooling oil through a bore in the connecting rod towards the first cooling space. A guiding surface of the cooling oil conduction sleeve adjoins a support face of the piston lower part. At least one groove circulating in the circumferential direction is introduced into the guiding surface of the cooling oil conduction sleeve and/or into the support face of the piston lower part.

An engine piston having a piston upper part, a piston lower part connected to the piston upper part, a piston pin mounted in the piston lower part connects the piston to a connecting rod, and a first cooling space between the piston upper and lower parts for cooling oil. The first cooling space is connected to a second cooling space formed between the piston upper part and a piston lower part via at least one transfer bore, a cooling oil conduction sleeve for conducting cooling oil through a bore in the connecting rod towards the first cooling space. A guiding surface of the cooling oil conduction sleeve adjoins a support face of the piston lower part. At least one groove circulating in the circumferential direction is introduced into the guiding surface of the cooling oil conduction sleeve and/or into the support face of the piston lower part.

Systems are provided for a piston cooling jet system for cooling a piston of a locomotive engine. In one example, a piston cooling jet system includes a feed body hydraulically coupled to an oil reservoir and a pair of piston cooling tubes extending radially outwards, in opposite directions, from the feed body. The tubes may have showerhead outlet features at one end for uniformly spraying oil onto inlets of a piston oil gallery housed in the piston.

Systems are provided for a piston cooling jet system for cooling a piston of a locomotive engine. In one example, a piston cooling jet system includes a feed body hydraulically coupled to an oil reservoir and a pair of piston cooling tubes extending radially outwards, in opposite directions, from the feed body. The tubes may have showerhead outlet features at one end for uniformly spraying oil onto inlets of a piston oil gallery housed in the piston.

A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a piston upper part and a piston lower part having a cooling channel including at least one inlet opening. A dam-type elevation is formed in the region of the at least one inlet opening through forging of the dam elevation in the cooling channel portion in the piston lower part. In one example, a funnel-shaped inlet contour is formed in the inlet opening by pre-forging. In one example, a V-shaped element is formed in the piston upper part cooling chamber portion in alignment with the inlet opening and used as a coolant jet splitter.

A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a piston upper part and a piston lower part having a cooling channel including at least one inlet opening. A dam-type elevation is formed in the region of the at least one inlet opening through forging of the dam elevation in the cooling channel portion in the piston lower part. In one example, a funnel-shaped inlet contour is formed in the inlet opening by pre-forging. In one example, a V-shaped element is formed in the piston upper part cooling chamber portion in alignment with the inlet opening and used as a coolant jet splitter.

Pistons for opposed-piston engines include an interior annular cooling gallery. The gallery is provided with inlet and drain passageways constructed to shield a jet of liquid coolant entering the gallery, thereby reducing interference between the incoming jet and liquid coolant circulating in the gallery.

Pistons for opposed-piston engines include an interior annular cooling gallery. The gallery is provided with inlet and drain passageways constructed to shield a jet of liquid coolant entering the gallery, thereby reducing interference between the incoming jet and liquid coolant circulating in the gallery.

A piston for an internal combustion engine is provided. The piston includes a piston body including an upper combustion surface, an annular side wall with a ring belt region, and a cooling gallery located within the piston body having a fluid inlet. A piston ring is located in a ring groove around the ring belt region and an alignment pin is secured in a hole in the piston side wall to restrict circumferential displacement of the piston ring. The piston body further includes a boss within the cooling gallery into which the hole and the alignment pin extend. The boss projects into the cooling gallery opposite the fluid inlet and is shaped to provide a flow splitter surface configured to divide cooling fluid flowing through the fluid inlet during use into first and second fluid flows and to direct the first and second fluid flows in opposite directions around the cooling gallery.