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Patent No.:

US 9359896 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 15, 2011

Opposed-piston engine having a single crankshaft coupled to the opposed pistons by linkages with pivoted rocker arms

Applicant:

Kevin B. Fuqua, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventor:

Kevin B. Fuqua, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

ACHATES POWER, INC., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:

Terrance A. Meador

Primary Examiner:

Lindsay Low

Assistant Examiner:

Jacob Amick

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B 7/08 (2006.01); F01B 7/12 (2006.01); F02B 23/06 (2006.01); F02B 25/08 (2006.01); F02B 75/04 (2006.01); F02B 75/28 (2006.01); F02B 75/32 (2006.01); F16C 33/08 (2006.01); F02B 29/04 (2006.01); F02B 33/38 (2006.01); F02B 37/04 (2006.01); F16C 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B 7/08 (2013.01); F01B 7/12 (2013.01); F02B 23/0621 (2013.01); F02B 23/0624 (2013.01); F02B 23/0663 (2013.01); F02B 23/0675 (2013.01); F02B 25/08 (2013.01); F02B 75/04 (2013.01); F02B 75/282 (2013.01); F02B 75/32 (2013.01); F16C 33/08 (2013.01); F02B 29/0406 (2013.01); F02B 33/38 (2013.01); F02B 37/04 (2013.01); F16C 9/04 (2013.01); Y02T 10/125 (2013.01); Y10T 74/182 (2015.01);
Abstract

An opposed-piston engine with a single crankshaft has a rocker-type linkage coupling the crankshaft to the pistons that utilizes a rotatable pivot rocker arm with full-contact plain bearings. A rocker-type linkage utilizes a rotatable pivot bearing with an eccentric aspect to vary translation of piston linkage along the axial direction of a cylinder, which shifts the top dead center (TDC) and bottom dead center (BDC) locations of a piston so as to change the volume of charge air compressed during the power stroke.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Fuqua, Kevin. (2016). Opposed-piston engine having a single crankshaft coupled to the opposed pistons by linkages with pivoted rocker arms (U.S. Patent No. 9359896). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9359896

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