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US 6,467,455 B1Granted
Four-stroke internal combustion engine
AssigneesRaymond C. Posh, David Raymond Posh
InventorRaymond C. Posh
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Abstract
A four-stroke engine constructed using a gear with a port synchronized to the crankshaft by a power gear, and channels to direct the intake gases from the crankshaft housing into the combustion cylinder and to direct the exhaust gases out of the combustion cylinder into the atmosphere.
Claims6
A four stroke internal combustion engine comprising:
- an engine block defining a crankcase and a cylinder, a hollow crankshaft in said crankcase and connected to a piston in said cylinder, a gear having a port and located on said block, said ported gear driven by a power gear on said crankshaft, a first passage in said cylinder for delivering an air/fuel mixture into said cylinder, a second passage in said cylinder for exhausting combustion products from said cylinder, and a third passage from said crankcase to said first passage;
- wherein said port sequentially opens and closes said first and second passages as the ported gear rotates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.