Two-stroke, opposed-piston internal combustion engine

Details Two-stroke, opposed-piston internal combustion engine Two-stroke, opposed-piston internal combustion engine

2006-08-29

2009-06-16

Gimie, Mahmoud (Department: 3747)

Internal-combustion engines

Cooling

Internal cooling of moving parts; e.g., hollow valves,...

C123S0510BA

Reexamination Certificate

active

07546819

ABSTRACT:
In a two-stroke, opposed-piston internal combustion engine with optimized cooling and no engine block, the opposed pistons are coupled to a pair of crankshafts by connecting rods that are subject to substantially tensile forces acting between the pistons and the crankshafts.

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