Differential stroke internal combustion engine
First Claim
1. A differential stroke piston apparatus for a reciprocating internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder chamber, said differential stroke piston apparatus comprising:
- a differential stroke piston effective for reciprocal operation in the engine cylinder chamber,said differential stroke piston having an inner piston part which closes and seals the cylinder chamber and an outer piston part which serves as a carrier for the inner piston part and is connected to an engine shaft,an inner piston part actuation means to operate said inner piston part at an inner piston part cycle different from an outer piston part cycle, andsaid inner piston part actuation means further comprises a differential stroke control means operable to control a stroke length parameter such that said stroke stroke length parameter has at least two different values during an engine cycle.
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Abstract
An internal reciprocating engine effective to operate at one engine cycle per revolution is provided with a differential stroke piston having an inner piston part, for sealing the cylinder, operating at a cycle different from its corresponding outer piston part, for transmitting power to and from the engine shaft, and a differential stroke actuating means for operating the inner and outer piston parts in the same and the opposite directions within the cylinder and to provide differential stroke periods and/or stroke lengths for the inner piston part cycle.
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43 Claims
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1. A differential stroke piston apparatus for a reciprocating internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder chamber, said differential stroke piston apparatus comprising:
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a differential stroke piston effective for reciprocal operation in the engine cylinder chamber, said differential stroke piston having an inner piston part which closes and seals the cylinder chamber and an outer piston part which serves as a carrier for the inner piston part and is connected to an engine shaft, an inner piston part actuation means to operate said inner piston part at an inner piston part cycle different from an outer piston part cycle, and said inner piston part actuation means further comprises a differential stroke control means operable to control a stroke length parameter such that said stroke stroke length parameter has at least two different values during an engine cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A split piston apparatus for a reciprocating internal combustion engine having at least one engine cylinder chamber, said split piston apparatus comprising:
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a split piston effective for reciprocal operation in the engine cylinder chamber; said split piston having an inner piston part operable to close and seal the cylinder chamber; said split piston having an outer piston part that is operable as a carrier for the inner piston part during substantially the compression and power strokes of the engine'"'"'s cycle, and is connected to an engine shaft; an inner piston part actuation means to operate said inner piston part at an inner piston part cycle different from an outer piston part cycle; and said inner piston part actuation means further comprises a lever means including a lever bar operatively connected to said inner piston part such that said inner piston part is operable to provide a load for said lever bar during the exhaust and intake stokes of the engine'"'"'s cycle. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A differential stroke piston apparatus for a reciprocating internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder chamber, said differential stroke piston apparatus comprising:
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a differential stroke piston effective for reciprocal operation in the engine cylinder chamber, said differential stroke piston having an inner piston part which closes and seals the cylinder chamber and an outer piston part which serves as a carrier for the inner piston part and is connected to an engine shaft; an inner piston part actuation means to operate said inner piston part at an inner piston part cycle different from an outer piston part cycle, and said inner piston part actuation means further comprises a differential stroke control means operable to control an intake stroke period and an exhaust stroke period to said inner piston part cycle such that said intake stroke and exhaust stroke periods are unequal during an engine cycle.
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