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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Achates Power, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Clark A. Klyza, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
ACHATES POWER, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 9/04 (2006.01); F16C 3/06 (2006.01); F02B 75/28 (2006.01); F16J 1/16 (2006.01); F16C 17/24 (2006.01); F01B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 9/04 (2013.01); F01B 7/02 (2013.01); F02B 75/282 (2013.01); F16C 3/06 (2013.01); F16C 17/24 (2013.01); F16J 1/16 (2013.01); F16C 2361/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Load transfer point offset of rocking journal bearings in uniflow-scavenged, opposed-piston engines with phased crankshafts includes differing offsets for the load transfer points of opposed pistons. More specifically, under the condition that a first crankshaft leads the second crankshaft, an angular offset of a rocking journal wristpin of a piston coupled to the first crankshaft proportional to an offset of the first crankshaft relative to the second crankshaft is made to ensure adequate oil film thickness to the wristpin when it experiences a peak combustion pressure during a power stroke.