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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156918 | Internal combustion engine An internal-combustion engine comprised of a cylinder with at least one piston which is moving to and fro in it, and a piston rod (6), which transforms the piston's movement to rotary motion in a crank shaft (9), and including equipment for a forcible ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8011343 | Multi link type piston-crank mechanism of internal combustion engine A multi link type piston-crank mechanism comprises an upper link that has one end pivotally connected to a piston of the engine through a piston pin, a lower link that is pivotally connected to the other end of the upper link through an upper pin and rotatably dispo... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8001948 | Kinetic energy generation apparatus having increased power output A kinetic energy generation apparatus having increased power energy includes a casing, a fixed gear, and a free gear, disposed on the inner side of the fixed gear and has a gear ratio equal to 3:1. The apparatus also includes a transmission portion, with a bushing d... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7975667 | Crankshaft-free drive shaft and piston assembly of a split-cycle four-stroke engine A drive shaft and pistons assembly of a split-cycle four-stroke engine that contains a drive rotary shaft that supports at least two circular eccentrics pivotally connected to the first ends of connecting rods, the other ends of which are pivotally connected to the ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7938096 | Engine start control device and method An engine start control device includes a starter energizing circuit that has two transistors connected in series and energizes a starter relay, and an idling stop ECU that performs energization control to turn on a transistor and energizes the starter relay when au... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7931005 | Generating electricity with a hypocyloidally driven, opposed piston, internal combustion engine An electrical generator includes an opposed piston, internal-combustion engine with a piston and a hypocycloidal drive connected by a rod to the piston. The construction of the hypocycloidal drive imposes a sinusoidal period on the linear motion of the piston and co... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7909012 | Pulling rod engine The piston is connected to the crankshaft via a connecting rod, while the crankshaft is disposed between the wrist pin and the combustion chamber. This way the combustion is shifted to the slow dead center, enabling the diesel to perform at higher revs, improving th... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7891334 | Engine with variable length connecting rod A four-cycle internal combustion engine comprising a variable length connecting rod, two crank gears, and two drive gears; the first end of the connecting rod is connected to a piston; the second end of the connecting rod is connected to a yoke assembly comprising t... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7814881 | Engine connecting rod and crankshaft assembly A four cycle piston engine has a crankshaft that includes a crank pin and a guide pin rotatable as a unit around the crankshaft rotational axis. The connecting rod has a linear trackway that slidably engages the guide pin so that the rod has linear slidable motion r... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7743746 | Coating for connecting rods and bearings in an internal combustion engine Disclosed is a connecting rod for a combustion engine, comprising a small connecting-rod eye that is provided with a plain bearing surface and is used for accommodating a piston pin, and a large connecting-rod eye which is provided with a plain bearing surface and e... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7739998 | Engine having axially opposed cylinders This invention relates to an engine (5) having axially opposed cylinders (C). The engine (5) has a first cylinder (C) having a first cylinder opening and a first cylinder head (H), a first piston (10) that reciprocates in the first cylinder open... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7703432 | Bearing system having a floating bearing mechanism A bearing mechanism for mounting a connecting rod to a crankshaft is disclosed. The bearing mechanism may include a first bearing half-shell forming a first semicylindrical member and a second bearing half-shell forming a second semicylindrical member. The second be... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7650870 | Crankshaft beam piston engine or machine Disclosed are crankshaft, single-plate cam and beam mechanisms that provide significant improvements in performance for 2- & 4-stroke engines, compressors and pumps. These cost effective mechanisms include linkages with the new and improved use of pivoting arms that... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7640910 | Opposed piston internal-combustion engine with hypocycloidal drive and generator apparatus An opposed piston, internal-combustion engine including a cylinder with a bore and opposed pistons disposed within the bore is provided with one or more hypocycloidal drives that convert the linear motion of a piston to rotary output motion. An electrical generator ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7584738 | Torsionally damped rotary shafts A rotary shaft, such as an automotive crankshaft, for rotation about an axis carries an eccentric substantially circular section, radially extending flap (6), connected to the radially outer surface of which is an annular housing (16) affording a cavit... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7556014 | Reciprocating machines A four-stoke reciprocating internal combustion engine includes the capability to change the distance between the crankshaft axis and the big end of the connecting rod and hence the maximum cylinder displacement within a combustion cycle. This provides for a given in... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7552707 | Efficiencies for cam-drive piston engines or machines Disclosed are crankshaft, single-plate cam and beam mechanisms that provide significant improvements in performance for 2 & 4-stroke engines, compressors and pumps. These cost effective mechanisms include linkages with the new and improved use of pivoting arm... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7503305 | Rotatory crank shaft An apparatus for converting linear motion into rotary motion or vice versa comprising a shaft (12) which is rotatable about a fixed axis (14) and carrying a circular cam (16) mounted eccentrically relative to that axis (14), the cam (1... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7455041 | Reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine A reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine has a crank drive and a transmission lever indirectly coupled with the piston and intersecting the cylinder axis. The lever is articulated onto the crank drive's connecting rod and onto an adjustable bearing guided i... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7441530 | Optimal heat engine A conservative force coupled to the piston of a reciprocating-piston engine, refrigerator, or compressor acts to counter the pressure force on the piston that arises from the change of volume of the working substance accompanying a change in the piston position. As ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438041 | Connecting rod-crank piston pin for the carrying out of an eccentric connecting rod system preferably for internal-combustion engines A piston pin carries out an eccentric coupling of connecting rod and crank connected with the driving shaft. The piston pin is shaped like a cylinder, has two cuts disposed orthogonally to the axis of the piston pin. The cuts form three sectors. The two external sec... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434562 | Internal combustion engine with parallel crankshafts An internal combustion engine which includes two parallel crankshafts positioned in crankcases, a cylinder positioned on a side of the crankcases, a piston movably disposed within the cylinder, and connecting rods linked to the piston and extending from respective c... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7418939 | Crankshaft assembly with coated crank pin The invention provides a motorcycle having a frame, an engine coupled to the frame, and a crankshaft assembly. The crankshaft assembly includes a first flywheel half having an aperture, a crank pin including a first end portion, a second end portion opposite the fir... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7392781 | Crankshaft of piston crank mechanism A crankshaft mechanism is disclosed that takes advantage of component makeup and orientation to cancel out inertial force. A crankshaft of the crankshaft mechanism includes at least one counterweight that is arranged in combination with the rest of the mechanism to ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7367305 | Internal combustion engine and connecting rod therefor A connecting rod of an internal combustion engine, and an internal combustion engine including the connecting rod, a piston, a crankshaft and a float bearing as main moving parts. A piston is connected to a connecting rod by a spherical joint and has radial ribs on ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357104 | Internal combustion engine piston crank mechanism A piston crank mechanism has an upper link coupled to a piston by a piston pin, a lower link having a crankpin journal, wherein the crankpin journal is coupled to a crankpin of a crankshaft and is coupled to the upper link by an upper pin, and a control link is coup... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350506 | Variable stroke property engine Provided is a variable stroke property engine that can prevent an increase in the resistance to the engine owing to the contact between the variable stroke piston mechanism and lubricating oil. In a variable stroke property engine equipped with a variable piston str... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343893 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine includes a connecting rod that connects a crankpin and a piston. The connecting rod has first and second connecting rods, and a guide piston is disposed at a connecting portion between the first and second connecting rods. Deformed port... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337759 | Engine The invention involves an engine that the cylinder block contains a coupled piston formed by a main piston, an external piston. The external piston is sleeved outside of the main piston and uses the rods on the two sides to connect to the heart-shape groove on the t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334558 | Slide body internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine includes a slide body having a plurality of rigidly mounted pistons on opposite ends of the slide body. The slide body reciprocates and is connected to a flywheel by shaft and bearing which extends through an angled track in the slide b... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331324 | Crankshaft rotary valve A crankshaft rotary valve that controls fluid flow between a port located circumferentially on the crankshaft and a crankcase chamber formed by a piston, cylinder, crankcase and crankshaft. As the crankshaft rotates, a channel in the crankshaft communicates with the... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328682 | Efficiencies for piston engines or machines Disclosed are crankshaft, single-plate cam and beam mechanisms that provide significant improvements in performance for 2 & 4-stroke engines, compressors and pumps. These cost effective mechanisms include linkages with the new and improved use of pivoting arms that ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7305938 | Stroke-variable engine A stroke-variable engine includes a pivot shaft which is rotatably supported in a crankcase so as to be rotatable about an eccentric axis parallel to a crankshaft and which is connected to a control rod so that a rotational power reduced at a reduction ratio of 1/2 ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293542 | Motor with rotary connecting rod bolt The motor according to the present invention consists of a piston (1), cylinder (2), connecting rod (3), connecting rod rotary bolt gear wheel (4), connecting rod rotary bolt (5), crank shaft (6), crank shaft bolt (7)... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290508 | Lower link for piston crank mechanism of internal combustion engine A lower link for a piston crank mechanism of an internal combustion engine includes an upper section, a lower section, and a crank pin bearing section disposed between the upper section and the lower section, and mounted on a crank pin of a crank shaft. One of the u... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290518 | Piston-connecting rod spherical coupling structure A spherical coupling structure for a piston and a connecting rod, wherein a protrusion provided to the reverse side of a crown of a piston and a holding member for holding a small end are slidably fitted onto a small end, and a holding/fastening part for holding the... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290507 | Lower link for piston crank mechanism of engine A lower link for an engine piston crank mechanism includes first and second half members joined by bolts to form a crankpin bearing portion. The first half member includes a first pin boss portion to connect the lower link with a first link which is one of an upper ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287494 | Multicylinder internal combustion engine with individual cylinder assemblies and modular cylinder carrier An internal combustion engine that includes individual, liquid-cooled, cylinder assemblies mounted separately to a common cylinder carrier. A modular cylinder carrier that is assembled from separate cylinder mounting modules and main bearing bulkheads. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7263965 | Floating crank shaft An engine with two crank shafts. One crank shaft stationary or secured to the block by conventional main bearings. The other crank shaft is referred to as the floating crank moves in a radius back and forth along one side of the stationary crank. The cranks d... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7228838 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine includes a piston reciprocating in a cylinder; a crankshaft; and a multilink piston-crank mechanism linking the piston with the crankshaft. The multilink piston-crank mechanism includes an upper link having a first end connected with th... | 06/12/2007 |
