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US 11,725,576 B2Granted
Internal combustion engine with adaptable piston stroke
OwnerFrank J. Ardezzoneinventor
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Abstract
A modular internal combustion engine (10) comprising a cam crank assembly (75) having a cam crank (74), an intake cam (90) and an exhaust cam (92), the cam crank (74) having a piston stroke guide pattern (76) to control the stroke motion profile of the piston (70), which can be expanded by replacing the crank shaft (22) with a longer crank shaft (22), and installing a supplemental engine block (18) with a supplemental cam crank assembly (75).
Claims14
An internal combustion engine, comprising:
- at least one engine block;
- said at least one engine block comprising at least one piston in a combustion chamber;
- a cam crank assembly comprising a cam crank, an intake cam, an exhaust cam, and a shaft securement assembly;
- the cam crank assembly securable to a crank shaft;
- the cam crank having a cam crank profile;
- and
- the at least one piston operationally connected to the cam crank profile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.