High-output two-stroke engine in particular for application in model assembly

A high-power two-stroke engine comprising:

• a cylinder;
• a piston which is mounted so as to be displaceable in the cylinder and delimits a working space;
• a crankcase;
• a crankshaft mounted in the crankcase so as to be rotatable about an axis, wherein the crankcase adjoins the cylinder and encloses a crank space which is connected to the cylinder, and
• an intake pipe for an air/fuel mixture being formed on the crankcase, wherein:
• the piston is connected via a connecting rod to the crankshaft;
• in the crankshaft runs a crankshaft duct in the longitudinal direction which opens out into the crank space and is connected, as a function of the rotational angle of the crankshaft, by means of an inlet opening to the intake pipe;
• at least one transfer duct is formed in the cylinder, by means of which transfer duct the air/fuel mixture can, as a function of the position of the piston in the cylinder, flow from the crank space past the piston and into the working space;
• deflector elements are arranged within the crankcase and are adapted to fill the crank space with the air/fuel mixture;
• the deflector elements comprise a crankshaft duct which runs within the crankshaft in such a way that the centrifugal forces which occur as the crankshaft rotates accelerate the air/fuel mixture flowing in the crankshaft duct in the direction of the crank space;
• the crankshaft duct is formed as a bore and encloses an angle α>0° with the axis of the crankshaft;
• the connecting rod is connected to the crankshaft by means of an eccentrically arranged crank pin, and the crankshaft duct opens out into the crank space at the side opposite from the crank pin;
• a slot which runs in the radial direction between the crankshaft duct and the crank space is provided in the crankshaft;
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• the crankshaft has, in the region of the crank space, a disk-shaped section which is perpendicular to the axis and to which the crank pin is fastened, the crankshaft is rotatably mounted, at that side of the disk-shaped section which faces away from the crank space, in a bearing, the slot is arranged in the disk-shaped section, and the slot is formed such that air/fuel mixture situated in the crankshaft duct passes through the slot directly to the bearing.

A high-power two-stroke engine comprising:

• a cylinder;
• a piston which is mounted so as to be displaceable in the cylinder and delimits a working space;
• a crankcase;
• a crankshaft mounted in the crankcase so as to be rotatable about an axis, wherein the crankcase adjoins the cylinder and encloses a crank space which is connected to the cylinder, and
• an intake pipe for an air/fuel mixture being formed on the crankcase, wherein:
• the piston is connected via a connecting rod to the crankshaft;
• in the crankshaft runs a crankshaft duct in the longitudinal direction which opens out into the crank space and is connected, as a function of the rotational angle of the crankshaft, by means of an inlet opening to the intake pipe;
• at least one transfer duct is formed in the cylinder, by means of which transfer duct the air/fuel mixture can, as a function of the position of the piston in the cylinder, flow from the crank space past the piston and into the working space;
• deflector elements are arranged within the crankcase and are adapted to fill the crank space with the air/fuel mixture;
• the deflector elements comprise a slot which runs in the crankshaft in the radial direction between the crankshaft duct and the crank space;
• the connecting rod is connected to the crankshaft by means of an eccentrically arranged crank pin, and the slot is arranged at the side opposite from the crank pin;
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• the crankshaft has, in the region of the crank space, a disk-shaped section which is perpendicular to the axis and to which the crank pin is fastened, the crankshaft is rotatably mounted, at that side of the disk-shaped section which faces away from the crank space, in a bearing, the slot is arranged at least partially in the disk-shaped section, and the slot is formed such that air/fuel mixture situated in the crankshaft duct passes through the slot directly to the bearing.

A high-power two-stroke engine comprising:

• a cylinder;
• a piston which is mounted so as to be displaceable in the cylinder and delimits a working space;
• a crankcase;
• a crankshaft mounted in the crankcase so as to be rotatable about an axis, wherein the crankcase adjoins the cylinder and encloses a crank space which is connected to the cylinder, and
• an intake pipe for an air/fuel mixture being formed on the crankcase, wherein:
• the piston is connected via a connecting rod to the crankshaft;
• in the crankshaft runs a crankshaft duct in the longitudinal direction which opens out into the crank space and is connected, as a function of the rotational angle of the crankshaft, by means of an inlet opening to the intake pipe;
• at least one transfer duct is formed in the cylinder, by means of which transfer duct the air/fuel mixture can, as a function of the position of the piston in the cylinder, flow from the crank space past the piston and into the working space;
• deflector elements are arranged within the crankcase and are adapted to fill the crank space with the air/fuel mixture;
• and
• the deflector elements comprise a slot which runs in the crankshaft in the radial direction between the crankshaft duct and the crank space.

A high-power two-stroke engine comprising:

• a cylinder;
• a piston which is mounted so as to be displaceable in the cylinder and delimits a working space;
• a crankcase;
• a crankshaft mounted in the crankcase so as to be rotatable about an axis, wherein the crankcase adjoins the cylinder and encloses a crank space which is connected to the cylinder, and
• an intake pipe for an air/fuel mixture being formed on the crankcase, wherein:
• the piston is connected via a connecting rod to the crankshaft;
• in the crankshaft runs a crankshaft duct in the longitudinal direction which opens out into the crank space and is connected, as a function of the rotational angle of the crankshaft, by means of an inlet opening to the intake pipe;
• at least one transfer duct is formed in the cylinder, by means of which transfer duct the air/fuel mixture can, as a function of the position of the piston in the cylinder, flow from the crank space past the piston and into the working space;
• deflector elements are arranged within the crankcase and are adapted to fill the crank space with the air/fuel mixture;
• the crank space is delimited, at the side opposite from the aperture of the crankshaft duct, by a wall which is aligned perpendicular to the crankshaft duct, and the deflector elements are formed as deflecting means arranged in the wall and deflect the flow of air/fuel mixture, which passes out of the crankshaft duct and impinges perpendicularly on the wall, to the side;
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• the deflecting means comprise a deflecting cone.

A high-power two-stroke engine comprising:

• a cylinder;
• a piston which is mounted so as to be displaceable in the cylinder and delimits a working space;
• a crankcase;
• a crankshaft mounted in the crankcase so as to be rotatable about an axis, wherein the crankcase adjoins the cylinder and encloses a crank space which is connected to the cylinder, and
• an intake pipe for an air/fuel mixture being formed on the crankcase, wherein:
• the piston is connected via a connecting rod to the crankshaft;
• in the crankshaft runs a crankshaft duct in the longitudinal direction which opens out into the crank space and is connected, as a function of the rotational angle of the crankshaft, by means of an inlet opening to the intake pipe;
• at least one transfer duct is formed in the cylinder, by means of which transfer duct the air/fuel mixture can, as a function of the position of the piston in the cylinder, flow from the crank space past the piston and into the working space;
• deflector elements are arranged within the crankcase and are adapted to fill the crank space with the air/fuel mixture;
• the crankshaft has a counterweight;
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• the deflector elements comprise a beveled portion which is formed on the counterweight in such a way that the air/fuel mixture is conveyed rearward as the crankshaft rotates.

A high-power two-stroke engine comprising:

• a cylinder;
• a piston which is mounted so as to be displaceable in the cylinder and delimits a working space;
• a crankcase;
• a crankshaft mounted in the crankcase so as to be rotatable about an axis, wherein the crankcase adjoins the cylinder and encloses a crank space which is connected to the cylinder, and
• an intake pipe for an air/fuel mixture being formed on the crankcase, wherein:
• the piston is connected via a connecting rod to the crankshaft;
• in the crankshaft runs a crankshaft duct in the longitudinal direction which opens out into the crank space and is connected, as a function of the rotational angle of the crankshaft, by means of an inlet opening to the intake pipe;
• at least one transfer duct is formed in the cylinder, by means of which transfer duct the air/fuel mixture can, as a function of the position of the piston in the cylinder, flow from the crank space past the piston and into the working space;
• deflector elements are arranged within the crankcase and are adapted to fill the crank space with the air/fuel mixture;
• the deflector elements include a plurality of slot-shaped chambers which extend in the axial direction and are arranged, at the level of the inlet opening, outside the inlet opening so as to be distributed over the periphery of the crankshaft;
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• an axial throughflow duct, which interacts with the chambers, is provided in the crankcase, via which throughflow duct air/fuel mixture situated in the chambers can flow off into the rear space of the crankcase.