Step Piston Patents (Class 123/58.5)
  • Patent number: 11828238
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method in a two-stroke engine comprising at least one cylinder (1) with a reciprocating piston (2), a delimited combustion space (5), at least one outlet port (7) and an inlet port (9) which are both uncovered at the bottom dead center position of the piston, an actuator (8) which activates a valve (17) to open and introduce combustion air via an inlet pipe (6), a control system (15) which controls the actuator to open the valve in order to introduce combustion air via the inlet port. The invention is characterized in that the inlet port is closed by the piston after the outlet port has been closed, thus the opposite compared to the two-stroke engines of today.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Hedman Ericsson Patent AB
    Inventor: Mats Hedman
  • Patent number: 8985071
    Abstract: The converting of linear motion into rotational energy when using the cylinders and pistons of an internal combustion engine without the use of a crankshaft. The replacement with dual high lead cam-screws and dual cam-followers allows for the efficient use of a complete combustion stroke without the resistance from the crankshaft at top dead center, and a greatly reduced resistance for the return stroke as there is no crankshaft turning resistance at the outer limit of the piston stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Graeme Harold Newman
  • Patent number: 8464671
    Abstract: The horizontally opposed center fired engine improves on the traditional design of the horizontally opposed engines and center fired engines with a better engine geometry. The present invention utilizes four pairs of opposing pistons to compress a larger volume of air-fuel mixture within four different cylinders. The four different cylinders are radially positioned around a center axle in order to achieve a perfectly symmetric engine geometry. The center axle consists of two different shafts spinning in two different directions, which could drastically reduce engine vibrations in the present invention. Engine vibrations are caused by a change in engine speed and result in a loss of energy. Due to the design, the present invention will only experience energy loss in the form of entropy and friction. Thus, the present invention can convert a higher percentage of chemical energy into mechanical energy than any other internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Inventor: Bo Zhou