Internal-combustion engines – Multiple cylinder – Cylinder offset from crankshaft axis
Patent
1976-11-10
1979-10-16
Myhre, Charles J.
Internal-combustion engines
Multiple cylinder
Cylinder offset from crankshaft axis
123 51BA, 123 70R, 123 78F, F02B 3322, F02B 2512
Patent
active
041709705
ABSTRACT:
A split four-cycle engine in which the cylinders are arranged in pairs. The intake and compression strokes take place in one cylinder. The power and exhaust strokes take place in the other cylinder. The cylinders are connected by a passageway which is controlled by valves. The valves permit gases which are compressed in one cylinder to be transferred to the second cylinder where they can be burned to produce power. The pistons in the two cylinders are connected to separate cranks. These cranks are connected by a set of differential gears in a manner which will cause any change in the angular position of the rotor of the gears to change the phase relation between the cranks. This will be converted into a change in the compression ratio of the engine in a manner which will be described in detail later. The engine will be coupled to the butterfly valve of a carburetor in a manner which will cause the compression ratio of the engine to change with any change in the pressure of the gases being drawn from the carburetor and completely compensate for such changes in pressure. For this reason, ignition will always occur when the gases are fully compressed. This should make the engine more efficient than a conventional engine and it should produce less pollution than a conventional engine.
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Feinberg Craig R.
Myhre Charles J.
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