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VARIABLE-COMPRESSION ENGINE ASSEMBLY

  • US 20130276761A1
  • Filed: 04/24/2012
  • Published: 10/24/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An engine assembly comprising:

  • an output shaft;

    a flywheel with a variable cam surface, the flywheel being slidably mounted onto the output shaft and rotatable about a flywheel axis; and

    an internal combustion device with a piston movable along a central axis in a cycle between retracted and extended positions, the piston engaging the variable cam surface, and the central axis of the piston being spaced from the flywheel axis,wherein the cycle includes a power stroke when the piston moves from the retracted position to the extended position whereby the piston presses against the variable cam surface and thereby rotates the flywheel, and a compression stroke when the piston moves from the extended position to the retracted position responsive to the variable cam surface.

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