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US 8,757,125 B2Granted
Engine crankshaft and method of use
OwnerChris Karabatsosinventor
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Abstract
An engine comprises one or more cylinders, each cylinder comprising a piston, a connecting rod, a crank shaft, and a crankpin, wherein the crankpin further comprises a main crankpin and a crankpin extension, wherein the connecting rod is affixed at one end to the piston and at another end to a first end of the crankpin extension, wherein a second end of the crankpin extension is affixed to a first end of the main crankpin, and wherein a second end of the main crankpin is affixed to the crankshaft.
Claims7
An engine comprising:
- (i) a piston;
- (ii) a crankpin, the crankpin comprising:
- (a) a crankpin axis portion;
- (b) a first main crankpin portion, the first main crankpin portion comprising a distal end connected to a first end of the crankpin axis portion;
- (c) a second main crankpin portion, the second main crankpin portion comprising a distal end connected to a second end of the crankpin axis portion;
- (iii) a connecting rod, the connecting rod pivotally coupled to the piston, and rotationally coupled to the crankpin axis portion;
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- (iv) a crankshaft, the crankshaft comprising:
- (a) a first crankshaft portion, the first crankshaft portion connected to a proximal end of the first main crankpin portion;
- (b) a second crankshaft portion, the second crankshaft portion connected to a proximal end of the second main crankpin portion;
- wherein the first main crankpin portion follows a curved path between the first end of the crankpin axis portion and the first crankshaft portion;
- wherein the second main crankpin portion follows a curved path between the second end of the crankpin axis portion and the second crankshaft portion.
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