Engine
AssigneeCypress Semiconductor Corporation
InventorAlfonso Di Stefano
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Abstract
An internal combustion engine comprising an engine block having two opposed guide slots on an interior surface. The guide slots may be parallel to the direction of movement of the engine pistons. At least one pair of cylinders may be formed in the engine block. The pistons may each be moving in a linear direction perpendicular to the inside of a respective one of the cylinders in response to energy forces in a respective chamber positioned at one end of each cylinder.
Claims14
An internal combustion engine comprising:
- an engine block comprising two opposed guide slots on an interior surface;
- a cylinder formed in said engine block;
- a piston moving in a linear direction perpendicular to the inside of said cylinder in response to energy forces in a respective chamber positioned at one end of said cylinder;
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- a guide rod portion connected to said piston comprising a guide rod having first and second guide rod ends, wherein each of said guide rod ends engages one of said guide slots in said block, wherein said guide rod portion maintains said linear direction of movement of said piston.
An internal combustion engine comprising:
- means for engaging first and second opposed ends of a guide rod on an interior surface of an engine block;
- means for containing energy forces in said engine block;
- means for transferring said energy forces in a linear direction perpendicular to the inside of said energy forces containing means;
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- means for maintaining said linear direction of motion of said transferring means, wherein said guide rod is coupled to said transferring means.
A method for facilitating motion in a linear direction of a piston in an internal combustion engine comprising the steps of:
- (A) engaging first and second opposed ends of a guide rod on an interior surface of an engine block;
- (B) containing energy forces in said engine block;
- (C) transferring said energy forces to motion in a linear direction of said piston;
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- (D) maintaining said linear direction of motion of said piston using said guide rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.