An insulated exhaust port liner of a cylinder head assembly for fluidly connecting to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a sealing layer. The sealing layer has a first surface defining a passage for fluidly connecting to the internal combustion engine and receiving exhaust gas. The sealing layer further includes a second surface opposite to the first surface. The liner further includes a thermal barrier layer coated onto the second surface of the sealing layer. The thermal barrier layer is a porous non-woven material for supporting the sealing layer on the cylinder head and reducing a transfer of heat from the sealing layer to the cylinder head.

This vehicle-mounted electric compressor is provided with a compressor body including a motor for compressing a refrigerant, and an inverter including a power element for supplying the motor with electric current. The power element is provided with: a metal substrate having an electrically conductive layer in a partial region of the surface thereof; a heat-generating element having a metal layer solder-fixed to the electrically conductive layer; and a resin substrate which is disposed in parallel with the metal substrate in a plate thickness direction of the metal substrate, and has a metal pattern printed on the surface thereof, the metal pattern having an electronic component mounted thereon. The electronic component and a terminal of the heat-generating element are connected by means of the metal pattern.

A heat insulating layer contains many hollow particles, a silicone-based resin binder, and silica nanoparticle. The percentage of the silica nanoparticles in the total amount of the resin binder and the silica nanoparticles is equal to or greater than 10% by volume and equal to or smaller than 55% by volume.

A vacuum pump and a vacuum pump rotor blade that can effectively limit deposition of reaction products are provided. The vacuum pump includes a rotating shaft held rotationally, a drive mechanism for the rotating shaft, a first rotor blade made of a first material, a second rotor blade made of a second material having higher heat resistance than the first material, and disposed further toward a downstream side than the first rotor blade, and a casing enclosing the rotating shaft, the first rotor blade, and the second rotor blade. The second rotor blade is disposed, via a heat insulating portion, on the first rotor blade.

An insulated exhaust port liner of a cylinder head assembly for fluidly connecting to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a sealing layer. The sealing layer has a first surface defining a passage for fluidly connecting to the internal combustion engine and receiving exhaust gas. The sealing layer further includes a second surface opposite to the first surface. The liner further includes a thermal barrier layer coated onto the second surface of the sealing layer. The thermal barrier layer is a porous non-woven material for supporting the sealing layer on the cylinder head and reducing a transfer of heat from the sealing layer to the cylinder head.

A steel piston with an engineered coating is provided. A high thermal conductivity material, for example copper, is disposed on first regions of a combustion bowl to reduce hot spots in the piston. A low thermal conductivity material, for example a ceramic, is disposed on second regions of the combustion bowl to reduce loss of heat through the piston. The high thermal conductivity material disposed on the combustion bowl has a surface roughness (R.sub.a) of less than 5 μm to help reflect IR radiation and promote fuel flow. The low thermal conductivity material disposed on the combustion bowl has a surface roughness (R.sub.a) of less than 3 μm to promote fuel flow. The low thermal conductivity material is also disposed on the bowl rim and top ring land, and has a surface roughness (R.sub.a) of greater than 8 μm on the bowl rim and top ring land to retard gas flow.

A piston for an internal combustion engine may include a piston crown and a heat management coating. The heat management coating may be disposed on at least a region of an outer surface of the piston crown. The heat management coating may include a base layer and a functional layer. The base layer may be disposed between the piston crown and the functional layer, and may be adjoining the outer surface of the piston crown. The base layer may have a base layer matrix including a first polysilazane. The functional layer may have a functional layer matrix including a second polysilazane. The second polysilazane may be different from the first polysilazane.

Improving an IC Engine’s thermal efficiency by heat preservation by providing: heat insulation layers to the cylinder, piston crown, combustion chamber and cylinder-head including internal gaps/cavities with or without vacuum; reduced carbonisation of fuel and oil; reduced the thermal shock by exhaust gas recirculation - EGR with control/intake valves, heating and storage tank; improved thermal shock resistance of insulation with flexible/porous thread/fibre and cloth materials bound together by binding with paste, stitching, weaving, braiding or pressed/clamped together; improved distortion resistance using sapphire or tungsten steel; an elongated piston cap or cone; segmented or annular sheet cylinder/liner construction; direct or indirect cooling of fuel injectors with fuel recirculation or spark plugs with high pressure gas jets in pits or slits.

A thermal barrier coating for an internal combustion engine includes an insulating thermal spray coating, where a chosen material of the insulating thermal spray coating has a thermal conductivity lower than 2 W/mK in fully dense form and the chosen material includes a coefficient of thermal expansion within 5 ppm/K of a coefficient of thermal expansion of a material of a component of the internal combustion engine upon which the coating is placed.

A light-weight, high-strength insulating compressor component formed via additive manufacturing is provided. The component may have at least one interior region comprising a lattice structure that comprises a plurality of repeating cells. A solid surface is disposed over the lattice structure. The interior region comprising the lattice structure minimizes or reduces transmission of at least one of thermal energy, sound, or vibrational energy through the component. Methods of making such compressor components via additive manufacturing processes are also provided.