Patent References 283558 1349660 1505856 1572918 Internal combustion engine Swing throw crank structure Patent #: 4466403 InventorsApplicationNo. 06/684576 filed on 12/21/1984US Classes:123/197.4Crankshaft and connecting rodExaminersPrimary: Feinberg, Craig R.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesF01B 9/02 (20060101)F01B 9/00 (20060101) F02B 41/00 (20060101) F02B 41/04 (20060101) F02B 75/02 (20060101) AbstractAn internal combustion engine has a cylinder with a first axis, a piston housing therein and connected to a yoke housing having a sliding block within a slot in the yoke which slot is curved about a center of curvature with the concave side of the slot facing away from the combustion chamber and offset from the vertical axis of the combustion chamber, the curve's radius being such as to provide a power stroke having a time period which exceeds the time period of a compression stroke. | |