Orbit internal combustion engine

Patent · Tue Apr 10 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6825145

Hansen, C N

This patent describes an orbit internal combustion engine. It comprises: housing means having a body with a cylindrical inner wall surrounding combustion chambers, means for providing a combustible air and fuel mixture to each combustion chamber, pairs of intake and exhaust valve means mounted on the body for controlling the flow of the air and fuel mixture into and out of the combustion chambers. The pairs of intake and exhaust valve means being located around the body with one pair of intake and exhaust valve means in communication with each combustion chamber, shaft means rotatably mounted on the housing means, a piston surrounded by the housing means. The piston having surfaces in each combustion chamber and movable in a compression stroke and an expansion stroke relative to each combustion chamber.

• Assignee: Hasen Engine Corp., Minnetonka, MN
• Patent Number(s): US 4915071; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-253973A
• OSTI ID: 6825145
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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