Apparatus for stabilizing the position of a yoke in an internal combustion engine

Patent · Tue Jul 08 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5504080

Jayne, M E; Gray, R B

This patent describes an apparatus for an internal combustion engine having a pressure source for generating pressure in response to operation of the engine and having at least one cylinder with a first longitudinal axis and having a yoke with a slot having a second axis substantially orthogonal to the first axis comprising first bearing means mounted to the crankcase and engaging at least one first surface of the yoke for stabilizing the position of the yoke for movement parallel to the first axis, the second axis during movement of the yoke along the first axis intersecting the means mounted to the crankcase and a second bearing means movably received in and extending from the crankcase, the second bearing means through its range of movement engaging and applying a force to a second surface on the yoke opposite the first surface in response to the pressure received by the second bearing means from the pressure source, the source comprising means responsive to a lubricant pressure generated by the internal combustion engine to generate the force applied to the second surface of the yoke.

• Assignee: RP and M Engines, Amherst, MA
• Patent Number(s): US 4598672
• OSTI ID: 5504080
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330100* -- Internal Combustion Engines
CONTROL
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
CYLINDERS
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
LUBRICANTS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
POSITIONING
PRESSURE CONTROL
PRESSURE REGULATORS
STABILIZATION
SUPPORTS