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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hugh G Evans, Spokane, WA (US);
Stephen Speer, Spokane, WA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123 / ; 123 9031 ; 1231974 ;
Abstract
In an internal combustion engine wherein the air inlet ports are opened and closed directly by the reciprocating movement of the piston, the crankshaft is laterally offset from the central plane common to the longitudinal axes of all of the cylinders. This results in a substantial increase in the power output of the engine.