Linear piston engine for operating external linear load
Assignee470088 Ontario Limited
InventorFranz Kramer
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Abstract
A linear piston engine includes a housing having a combustion chamber located between opposing first and second piston chambers. A first piston assembly is located within the first piston chamber, and a second piston assembly is located within the second piston chamber. Each piston assembly includes a piston for reciprocating within the piston chamber. The piston is located adjacent to the combustion chamber. Each piston assembly also includes a crankshaft coupled to the piston for guiding the piston through a power stroke and a return stroke, and a linear output member coupled to the piston for providing a linear output motion based on reciprocating motion of the piston.
Claims19
A linear piston engine comprising:
- a) a housing having a combustion chamber located between opposing first and second piston chambers;
- b) a first piston assembly located within the first piston chamber, the first piston assembly comprising:
- i) a first piston for reciprocating within the first piston chamber, the first piston being located adjacent to the combustion chamber;
- ii) a first crankshaft coupled to the first piston for guiding the first piston through a power stroke and a return stroke;
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- iii) a first linear output member coupled to the first piston for providing a first linear output motion based on reciprocating motion of the first piston;
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- wherein a first crankshaft concentric longitudinal axis of the first crankshaft intersects a first piston concentric longitudinal axis of the first piston at a first perpendicular angle, and
- c) a second piston assembly located within the second piston chamber, the second piston assembly comprising:
- i) a second piston for reciprocating within the second piston chamber, the second piston being located adjacent to the combustion chamber;
- ii) a second crankshaft coupled to the second piston for guiding the second piston through a power stroke and a return stroke;
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- iii) a second linear output member coupled to the second piston for providing a second linear output motion based on reciprocating motion of the second piston, and
- wherein a second crankshaft concentric longitudinal axis of the second crankshaft intersects a second piston concentric longitudinal axis of the second piston at a second perpendicular angle.
A linear piston engine comprising:
- a) a housing having a combustion chamber located between opposing first and second piston chambers;
- b) a first piston assembly located within the first piston chamber;
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- c) a second piston assembly located within the second piston chamber;
- d) each of the first and second piston assemblies comprising:
- i) a piston for reciprocating within the piston chamber, the piston being located adjacent to the combustion chamber;
- ii) a crankshaft coupled to the piston for guiding the piston through a power stroke and a return stroke;
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- iii) a linear output member coupled to the piston for providing a linear output motion based on reciprocating motion of the piston wherein a crankshaft concentric longitudinal axis of the crankshaft intersects a piston concentric longitudinal axis of the piston at a perpendicular angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.