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United States Patent | 6,019,073 |
Sanderson | February 1, 2000 |
The invention is a piston engine which has a plurality of cylinders, each cylinder having two ends in a first embodiment, and single ended in another embodiment, each end having a spark plug and inlet and exhaust valves. A distibutor is used for controlling the timing of firing the spark plugs and cams for controlling the operation of the inlet and exhaust valves. In each cylinder is a double ended piston. A transition arm is connected to each double ended piston by connecting shafts which extend into a central opening in each double ended piston. An adjustable flywheel is connected by a drive arm to the transition arm. Output from the engine is through an output shaft connected to the flywheel.
Inventors: | Sanderson; Robert A. (Denton, TX) |
Assignee: | R. Sanderson Management, Inc. (Denton, TX) |
Appl. No.: | 929042 |
Filed: | September 15, 1997 |
Intern'l Class: | F02B 075/18 |
Field of Search: | 123/56.1,61 R,61 V,63,48 B,78 R,48 R,78 F |
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