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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161924 | Orbital, non-reciprocating, internal combustion engine A combustible fluid operated orbital engine has plural sets of cooperating cylinder and piston members with respective parallel axes of rotation, respective cylinder and piston carrier wheels with respective axes of rotation parallel to the members' axes of rotation... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8079330 | Multicylinder engine for a vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same A multicylinder engine for a motorcycle includes a valve actuation mechanism having a hydraulically-operated valve pausing mechanism for holding at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of selected cylinders in a suspended state. The valve actuation mech... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7721687 | Non-reciprocating, orbital, internal combustion engine A combustible fluid operated engine free of lost momentum during piston reciprocation has respective series of cylinders and pistons on counter-rotating carrier wheels. Fuel is injected into the cylinders from the pistons. The carrier wheels are variably spaced rela... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7600492 | Motor engine family A modular family of internal combustion engines is described. The family includes at least two engine configurations selected from a single cylinder, V-type, inline, opposed, W-type, and radial configurations. Each of the engines in the family includes at least one ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7049729 | Amplifier converting charge signal A positive charge of a sensor element is charged in a signal converting circuit, is converted into a positive voltage, and is outputted. When the polarity of the charge of the sensor element is inverted to the negative and an output of the signal converting circuit ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7007657 | Drive mechanism for four-cycle engine In a drive mechanism for a four-cycle engine having an output shaft for outputting the torque of the engine by decelerating the rotation of the crankshaft, the output shaft is placed coaxially with the crankshaft. Intermediate shaft having a driven gear for decelera... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000577 | Modular engine family A modular family of internal combustion engines is described. The family includes at least three engine configurations selected from a single cylinder, V-type, inline, opposed, W-type, and radial configurations. Each of the engines in the family includes at least on... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6938588 | Controllable combustion method and device A method and device for controllably combusting combustible material, including a combustion device comprising an elongate combustion tube having an inlet section including an inlet for combustible material, an ignition section, including an igniter displaced along ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6915780 | Combustion pressure data collection system for multi-cylinder engine A combustion pressure data collection system for a multi-cylinder engine includes a cylinder pressure sensor, an amplifier unit, and a channel switching unit. The cylinder pressure sensor directly detect a combustion pressure of respective cylinders, the amplifier u... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6892697 | Fail-operational internal combustion engine A fail-operational engine is provided. The inventive engine is a single engine which continues to operate at partial power after a single, or several, failures of any of several subsystems. ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6553954 | Compact intake manifold with long runners for six-cylinder in-line engines A compact intake manifold for an in-line six cylinder engine, having six independent runners of equal length emanating from a centrally disposed plenum and traveling in a substantially single plane. Runners serving the two most rearward and the two most f... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6393841 | Internal combustion engine with dual exhaust expansion cylinders An Internal combustion engine is provided having separately designated combustion and exhaust powered cylinders, for implementing a dual exhaust expansion system which derives additional power from the combustion exhaust gases of each cylinder. The piston... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6205972 | Engine An internal combustion engine comprising an engine block having two opposed guide slots on an interior surface. The guide slots may be parallel to the direction of movement of the engine pistons. At least one pair of cylinders may be formed in the engine ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6186099 | Multi-cylinder engine To provide a multi-cylinder engine in which a plurality of cylinder bore rows, each including a plurality of cylinder bores disposed in parallel, are disposed in such a manner as to be perpendicular to a crank shaft disposed substantially in the horizonta... | 02/13/2001 |
| 5113808 | Double piston engine A double piston engine has a medial shaft between two pistons which reciprocate in opposed cylinders. From the pistons extend outer piston shafts which serve as control shafts. The outer ends of the cylinders are provided with inlet ports and control rece... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4685428 | Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine comprising: first and second crankshafts disposed apart from and parallel with each other; first and second pistons operatively connected to the first and second crankshafts through connecting rods, respectively... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4301774 | Gunpowder fueled internal combustion engine A gunpowder fueled internal combustion engine having a cylinder block with a plurality of cylinders circularly arranged in the cylinder block. An upper housing is located on the cylinder block in which is contained a storage chamber for storing the gunpowder. ... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4195612 | Multicylinder two-stroke internal combustion engine with rotary distributor A multicylinder two-stroke internal combustion engine has a plurality of reciprocating pistons arranged in a circle about a central cavity in which is located a rotary distributor driven in timed sequence with operation of the pistons. The rotary distribu... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4058088 | Oscillating piston engine An oscillating piston engine capable of running on a working fluid such as steam or compressed air comprises a bank of cylinders mounted for rotation in unison to turn a shaft in an engine block, pistons mounted for oscillation in the cylinders and rotata... | 11/15/1977 |
| 3974801 | Oscillating piston internal combustion engine An oscillating piston internal combustion engine comprises a bank of combustion chambers mounted on the front of an engine block for rotation in an annular path to rotate an output shaft protruding from the rear of the block. Gearing inside the block conv... | 08/17/1976 |
