The invention relates to a piston of an internal combustion engine, having an upper part with appended piston bosses and load-bearing skirt wall sections, wherein the load-bearing skirt wall sections are arranged in a self-supporting manner on the upper part without any attachment to the piston bosses, and wherein a rib extends from the underside of the upper part in the direction of the inner side of the load-bearing skirt wall sections.
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