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US 11,371,609 B2Granted
Systems, devices, and/or methods for improving engine efficiency
OwnerTed Hollingerinventor
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Abstract
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a piston comprising a piston head, a connecting rod coupled to the piston head, a stabilizer bar, a retaining ring, and a stabilizer bar collar. The stabilizer bar collar defines one or more apertures. The one or more apertures are constructed to receive the stabilizer bar. The piston is constructed to reduce energy losses in an engine comprising the piston.
Claims37
An engine comprising:
- an engine block, the engine block defining a plurality of cylinders, each cylinder of the plurality of cylinders defining a cylinder groove;
- a stabilizer bar collar, the stabilizer bar collar defining a collar groove;
- a retaining ring, the retaining ring constructed to engage with the collar groove of the stabilizer bar collar, the retainer ring constructed to engage with the collar groove such that the stabilizer bar collar is restrained from moving up or down in a cylinder of the engine block,
- a piston, the piston comprising a piston head and a connecting rod coupled to the piston head, the piston lacking any skirt, the piston utilizing only one ring, the one ring a gapless compression ring, the piston lacking any oil ring, the connecting rod defining a connecting rod groove;
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- a plurality of stabilizer bars, the plurality of stabilizer bars directly coupled to the piston head, the plurality of stabilizer bars constructed to align the piston as it cycles in the engine block thereby reducing friction, at least one of the plurality of stabilizer bars passing the connecting rod via the connecting rod groove.
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A piston comprising:
- a piston head;
- a connecting rod coupled to the piston head;
- a first stabilizer bar, the first stabilizer bar directly coupled to the piston head;
- a second stabilizer bar, the second stabilizer bar directly coupled to the piston head;
- a retaining ring;
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- a stabilizer bar collar, the stabilizer bar collar defining a pair of bushed apertures, a first bushed aperture of the pair of bushed apertures constructed to receive the first stabilizer bar, a second bushed aperture of the pair of bushed apertures constructed to receive the second stabilizer bar, wherein the stabilizer bar collar is constructed to hold the first stabilizer bar and the second stabilizer bar in a substantially vertical orientation relative to a crankshaft on an engine comprising the piston head, the stabilizer bar collar defining a groove, the groove constructed to receive the retaining ring, wherein when placed in the groove in the stabilizer bar collar, the retaining ring allows the stabilizer bar collar to turn, but not move up or down in an engine cylinder of the engine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.