MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621023355 A) filed by Ve Commercial Vehicles Ltd., Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, on Feb. 27, for 'a piston for reducing engine oil consumption for an internal combustion engine.'

Inventor(s) include Kartik Tajta; Ashish Jain; P. Kumar; Akhilesh Shukla; and Sachin Agarwal.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A piston (100) for reducing engine oil consumption for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The piston (100) comprises a cylindrical piston body (102) to reciprocate within a cylinder bore, a piston crown (104) defining a combustion bowl, a ring belt portion (106) comprising at least a compression ring groove (108) and an oil scraper ring groove (110), a plurality of oil drain holes (112) formed in the oil scraper ring groove (110). Further, the plurality of oil drain holes (112) are configured to drain lubricating oil scraped from a cylinder liner by an oil scraper ring toward an engine sump so as to reduce flow toward the combustion bowl. The plurality of oil drain holes (112) improves lubrication of a piston pin and bushing and prevent bearing seizure. Further, the piston (100) is configured to reduce engine oil consumption and improve lubrication of a piston pin assembly."

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