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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2016
Enfield Engine Company, Llc, Enfield, NH (US);
Nicholas A. Sanders, Enfield, NH (US);
Ryan Thomas Kiley Sanders, Enfield, NH (US);
Enfield Engine Company, LLC, Enfield, NH (US);
Abstract
In some aspects, reciprocating engines can include a drive mechanism for generating a rotational motion output from reciprocating piston assembly, where the drive mechanism includes an axially translating y-axis component to reciprocate along a y-axis with the piston assembly; an x-axis component: i) configured to reciprocate substantially perpendicularly to the y-axis, ii) having an internal ring gear, and iii) having an orbital engagement component substantially concentric with the internal ring gear; an output shaft assembly having an output pinion gear engaging tangentially with the internal ring gear; and a stationary engagement component substantially concentric with the output shaft assembly, the stationary engagement component interfacing with the orbital engagement component, the interfacing between the stationary engagement component and the orbital engagement component applying a force to the x-axis component to maintain contact between the internal ring gear and the output pinion gear.