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US 2017/0328277 A1Published application
Modular 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 (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).
Claims17
A modular internal combustion engine, comprising:
- at least one engine block;
- said at least one engine block comprising at least one cylinder and a crank shaft;
- the at least one cylinder having a piston and a combustion chamber;
- a cam crank connected to the crank shaft, the cam crank having a cam crank profile;
- the at least one piston operationally connected to the cam crank profile;
- an intake cam and an exhaust cam linked to the crank shaft;
- and
- an integrated manifold system supporting fluid communication through an intake channel to the engine block, and through an exhaust channel.
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A process for expanding a modular engine, the modular engine having a manifold assembly, an existing engine bank, and an existing cam crank assembly attached to an existing shaft, the process comprising:
- removing the manifold assembly;
- loosening the existing cam crank assembly from the existing shaft;
- removing the existing shaft from the modular engine;
- installing a longer shaft;
- installing a first cam crank assembly on the longer shaft;
- securing the longer shaft to the existing engine bank with a first cam crank assembly;
- installing a supplemental engine bank on the longer shaft;
- installing a supplemental cam crank assembly on the longer shaft;
- securing the supplemental engine bank to the longer shaft with the supplemental cam crank assembly;
- and
- replacing the manifold assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.