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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7150259 | Internal combustion engine A power transfer assembly (2000) for transferring energy within a combustion engine (1010) externally of the engine. The power transfer assembly includes a crankshaft (2006) adapted to convert reciprocating motion to rotating motion. The power t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 4887558 | Internal-combustion engine having opposed integral annular pistons and a central shaft The invention relates to an internal-combustion engine having opposed integral annular pistons and a central shaft. The piston block (1), formed by the two pistons (2, 3) exhibits, at each axial end, an axial double skirt fitted with an outer crown (9) fo... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4741296 | Multiple piston expansion chamber engine A method of extracting work from two chambers including a working chamber surrounded by a reciprocating sleeve and an auxiliary chamber surrounding the sleeve.... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4715328 | Multiple piston expansion chamber engine Multiple expansion chambers are configured to partially expand the combusted charge in the combustion chamber and then to complete the expansion process using a supplemental expansion chamber with chamber isolation designs.... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4580532 | Multiple piston expansion chamber engine Multiple expansion chambers are configured to partially expand the combusted charge in the combustion chamber and then to complete the expansion process using a supplemental expansion chamber with chamber isolation designs.... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4570580 | Multiple piston expansion chamber engine Multiple expansion chambers are configured to partially expand the combusted charge in the combustion chamber and then to complete the expansion process using a supplemental expansion chamber with chamber isolation designs.... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4489681 | Multiple piston expansion chamber engine A multiple piston expansion chamber internal combustion engine wherein the charge is ignited and combusted (or partially combusted) and partially expanded by one or more of the pistons and after partial expansion thereof additional pistons augment the exp... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4453504 | Single piston, double chambered reciprocal internal combustion engine An engine with a cylinder assembly defining a cylinder chamber therein in which is reciprocally mounted a piston on a support tube slidably projecting on opposing ends of the cylinder chamber. A drive shaft is rotatably mounted through the support tube an... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4434752 | Internal combustion engine An engine is shown as having a ring-like cylinder with a ring type piston reciprocatingly received therein, connecting rods operatively interconnect the ring piston to a related crankshaft; the combustion chamber means is formed generally by two chamber v... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4359016 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine is shown as including an annular or ring type cylinder and reciprocating piston therein, exhaust ports from the cylinder lead to an afterburner section situated generally medially of the annular cylinder; the exhaust gases fr... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4294201 | Internal combustion engines A two-stoke cycle combustion-engine with crank-chamber compression is described, free of charging transfer passages external to the cylinder, with pumping-displacement exceeding working-displacement for responsive intake and thorough scavenging of spent-g... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4285304 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine is shown as including an annular or ring type cylinder and reciprocating piston therein; exhaust ports from the cylinder lead to an afterburner section situated generally medially of the annular cylinder; the exhaust gases fr... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4096835 | Internal combustion engine method and apparatus A piston cylinder assembly is disclosed which may be used in new internal combustion engines of various types and which may be used to retrofit existing types of internal combustion engines so as to provide a high thermodynamic cycle efficiency and to sub... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4043301 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine is disclosed having opposed, axially aligned, annular reciprocating and rotatable pistons connected through radially disposed crankshafts to a drive shaft which extends coaxially of the opposed pistons. The crankshafts are so... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4011725 | Annular piston engine with afterburner and power turbine An internal combustion engine includes an annular or ring-type cylinder and piston therein; exhaust ports from the cylinder lead to an afterburner reactor situated generally medially of the annular cylinder; the exhaust gases are further burned within the... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3969894 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine includes an annular or ring-type cylinder and piston therein; exhaust ports from the cylinder lead to an afterburner reactor situated generally medially of the annular cylinder; the exhaust gases are further burned within the... | 07/20/1976 |
