Internal-combustion engines – Convertible cycle
Patent
1994-12-02
1996-05-21
Okonsky, David A.
Internal-combustion engines
Convertible cycle
123 9011, F02B 6906
Patent
active
055179517
ABSTRACT:
A universal internal combustion engine that is electronically and reversibly convertible from four stroke operation to two stroke operation, the engine having intake and exhaust valves with an electro-hydraulic actuator system for actuating the valves in accordance with electronic control signals from an electronic control module, the electro-hydraulic actuator system having an electronic actuator for each valve coupled to a slide valve for discrete supply of a pressurized hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic piston for each valve, the electronic control module having a program for independent activation of each electronic actuator for select operation of each intake and exhaust valve at any time during the operating cycle.
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