Internal-combustion engines – Multiple cylinder – Cylinders in-line
Patent
1990-04-02
1991-03-05
Wolfe, Willis R.
Internal-combustion engines
Multiple cylinder
Cylinders in-line
123 48D, 123 51A, F02B 7528
Patent
active
049969536
ABSTRACT:
Combustion engines have opposed pistons in one or more cylinders, with the piston motion determined by cams. Ports, for intake and exhaust, are at one end of the cylinder, opened or closed by one piston, with the combustion chamber at the other end, and the engine being well suited to the optional use of a combustion chamber separate from the cylinder and with the communicating passages controlled by the other piston. That arrangement makes the engine particularly suitable for using heavy or unconventional fuels. The cam profile provides for a four-stroke cycle; one piston moves during the intake and exhaust strokes, while the second piston moves for compression and power strokes. Thus the advantages of a four-stroke engine are obtained while retaining the simplicity of a two-stroke engine. The cam profile may be tailored to the burning characteristics of the fuel, as by providing a period of dwell between the end of the compression stroke and the beginning of the power stroke. The engine is well suited to the use of compression ignition, but spark ignition is feasible. The isolated combustion chamber may also be replaced by a heat exchanger, to use an external heat source.
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Moulis Thomas N.
Wolfe Willis R.
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