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Internal combustion engine

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6096640
This patent describes an internal combustion engine including a cylinder defining a combustion chamber adapted to receive a combustible mixture for the combustion thereof, a piston slidably mounted in the cylinder for reciprocating movement between a first limit position whereat the combustion chamber defines its minimum volume and a second limit position whereat the combustion chamber defines its maximum volume, a pair of rotatably mounted parallel crankshafts arranged equidistantly relative to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder and each having a crank-arm rotatable about its respective crankshaft axis, and means coupling the crankshafts together for synchronising the rotation.
Assignee:
NOV; NOV-87-079460; EDB-87-170040
Patent Number(s):
US 4690113
OSTI ID:
6096640
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English