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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2012
Applicants:
Adrian Tusinean, Windsor, CA;
Peter Hofbauer, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
Adrian Tusinean, Windsor, CA;
Peter Hofbauer, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
EcoMotors, Inc., Allen Park, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 75/32 (2006.01); F16C 7/00 (2006.01); F16C 7/02 (2006.01); F16C 9/04 (2006.01); F16J 7/00 (2006.01); F02B 75/02 (2006.01); F16J 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 7/00 (2013.01); F16C 7/023 (2013.01); F02B 2075/025 (2013.01); F16J 1/14 (2013.01); F16C 9/04 (2013.01); F02B 75/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
Reciprocating motion can be converted to rotary motion through a crankshaft and a connecting rod. In a connecting rod that is primarily in tension, two opposing connecting rods can be coupled to a single journal. Two bearing caps are placed over the journal, the bearing caps having fingers that extend away from the bearing cap with the fingers of the two bearing caps being enmeshed. Fingers of each bearing cap are coupled to the connecting rods. The resulting joint is compact and lighter weight with a shorter journal than prior joints.