Internal combustion engine system
OwnerArchie E. Waxinventor
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Abstract
A four-cycle internal combustion engine having a transmission linkage between the engine piston and the power output enabling the power stroke of the engine piston to be substantially greater than the intake stroke. The preferred form of transmission linkage comprises a hydraulic circuit including a ram fixed to the engine piston and a pair of branch hydraulic lines including displacement pistons timed to produce the lengthened power stroke. Preferably, a Stirling-type engine is connected to the output and utilizes the waste heat from the internal combustion engine to improve the efficiency of the system. Another feature of the internal combustion engine system is the utilization of a unique, timed, sleeve valve mechanism for controlling the intake and exhaust ports.
Claims16
An internal combustion engine system comprising:
- a. combustion cylinder means having intake and exhaust means,
- b. an engine piston reciprocable in said cylinder means, and having intake, compression, power and exhaust strokes,
- c. power output means,
- d. link means connecting said piston and said power output means whereby said power stroke is substantially greater than said intake stroke,
- e. said link means comprising hydraulic circuit means having a ram passage, first branch circuit means communicating with said ram passage, and second branch circuit means communicating with said ram passage,
- f. a ram operatively connected to said engine piston and reciprocably movable in said ram passage,
- g. a slow displacement piston movable in said first branch circuit means,
- h. a fast displacement piston movable in said second branch circuit means, and
- i. transmission means operatively connecting said displacement pistons and said power output means causing said fast displacement piston to move in said second branch circuit means at a speed faster than said slow displacement piston moves in said first branch circuit means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.