FREE PISTON ENGINE
First Claim
1. An internal combustion engine configured to generate a linear reciprocating movement of an output shaft along a longitudinal axis, comprising:
- a double sided cylinder bounded by an engine head at each side thereof;
an exhaust unit positioned at each side of the cylinder and connected to one corresponding engine head;
a double-sided piston positioned within a cylinder inner space of the cylinder and freely sliding with respect to the cylinder along the longitudinal axis; and
two piston rods aligned with the longitudinal axis, each piston rod connected at a different side of the piston;
wherein;
each of the piston rods comprises a plurality of exhaust openings.
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Abstract
An internal combustion engine for providing a linear reciprocating movement of an output shaft along a longitudinal axis. The engine has a double sided cylinder that is bounded by an engine head at each side of the cylinder. An exhaust unit is positioned at each side of the cylinder. A piston is positioned within a cylinder inner space and freely slides with respect to the cylinder along the longitudinal axis. Two piston rods are aligned with the longitudinal axis. Each piston rod is connected at a different side of the piston. Each of the piston rods has exhaust openings.
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1. An internal combustion engine configured to generate a linear reciprocating movement of an output shaft along a longitudinal axis, comprising:
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a double sided cylinder bounded by an engine head at each side thereof; an exhaust unit positioned at each side of the cylinder and connected to one corresponding engine head; a double-sided piston positioned within a cylinder inner space of the cylinder and freely sliding with respect to the cylinder along the longitudinal axis; and two piston rods aligned with the longitudinal axis, each piston rod connected at a different side of the piston; wherein; each of the piston rods comprises a plurality of exhaust openings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 28)
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