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US 2019/0195320 A1Published application
Transmissions for opposed-piston engines with two crankshafts
AssigneeAchates Power, Inc.
InventorsVADIRAJ KULKARNI, BALAZS V. PALFAI, DNYANDEO T. SAPKAL, FABIEN G. REDON, SUMANTH KASHYAP
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Abstract
A transmission for an opposed-piston engine with two crankshafts includes a crankshaft gear train that combines the torque inputs from the two crankshafts and a gear arrangement coupled to the gear train that is operable to obtain various speed ratios for an output torque drive.
Claims12
A transmission for an opposed-piston engine with two spaced-apart crankshafts, comprising:
- a gear train that links the two crankshafts together;
- a rotatable power take-off shaft;
- and,
- a gear arrangement acting between the gear train and to the power take-off shaft that is operable to provide a plurality of speed ratios with which to drive the power take-off shaft.
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