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US 4,392,457 AGranted
Combustion and electric engine
OwnerJesse J. Martininventor
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A combination internal combustion and electric engine has a predetermined plurality of cylinders. A number of cylinders less than the predetermined plurality of cylinders are configured in conventional fashion and each has a conventional fuel powered piston located within it. A solenoid powered piston is positioned in each one of the remaining cylinders which does not have a conventional fuel powered piston therein. Additionally, a method of converting a conventional internal combustion engine having a predetermined plurality of cylinders in fluidic communication with a carburetor and an equal number of pistons into a combination internal combustion and electric engine includes blocking off less than all of the cylinders to prevent fluidic communication between the blocked cylinders and the carburetor and replacing a number of the fuel powered pistons within the blocked cylinders with electrically powered pistons. The invention is equally applicable to four, six, and eight cylinder engines.
A combination internal combustion and electric engine comprising:
A method of converting a conventional internal combustion engine having a predetermined plurality of cylinders in fluidic communication with a carburetor and an equal number of fuel powered pistons positioned within said cylinders into a combination internal combustion and electric engine, said method comprising blocking off less than all of said predetermined plurality of cylinders to prevent fluid communication between said blocked cylinders and said carburetor and replacing the fuel powered pistons located within the blocked cylinders with electrically powered pistons.
A combination internal combustion and electric engine comprising a predetermined plurality of cylinders, a number of said cylinders less than said predetermined plurality comprising conventional fuel powered cylinders, a conventional fuel powered piston being located in each of said conventional cylinders, an electrically powered piston being located in each of the other of said predetermined cylinders, a metallic sleeve being positioned within each of said other cylinders and a solenoid coil being positioned about each of said sleeves, all of said predetermined plurality of cylinders being connected to a carburetor by an inlet manifold, said inlet manifold leading to said other cylinders including blocking elements positioned therein, said blocking elements comprising means for preventing fluidic communication between said carburetor and said other cylinders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.