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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6314923 | Opposed supercharged two-stroke engine module with crossflow transfer A two-stroke internal combustion engine 7 is provided. The engine 7 has a first piston 12 with a head 16 and a second piston 28 with a head 30 which faces the first piston 12. First and second pistons 12, 28 have valved exhaust lines 20 intersecting with ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 5490482 | Two cycle engine with piston mounted poppet valve operating mechanism A two cycle piston engine is described in which one or more intake poppet valves are carried in the top of the piston which driven onto a respective mating valve seat in the cylinder head by piston movement towards top dead center, a spring allowing retra... | 02/13/1996 |
| 4651690 | Collapsible wall engine This invention relates to an internal combustion engine comprising: a combustion chamber having at least one rigidly fixed inner wall surface and at least two movable inner wall surfaces reciprocally mounted and adapted to reciprocate from a first positio... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4455974 | Gas bearing piston assembly A gas bearing supported piston assembly (2) for an internal combustion engine including a piston body (14, 14') and a segmented piston ring (3) arranged to expand to compensate for wear. A piston supporting gas layer (27) is formed between the cylinder wa... | 06/26/1984 |