Patent ID: 11879338
Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. An opposed, free-piston engine, comprising:
a pair of adjacent cylinders each extending from a first cylinder end to a second cylinder end along an elongate axis and comprising,
a first cylinder housing a first pair of opposed, free pistons comprising a first piston housed towards said first cylinder end and a second piston housed towards said second cylinder end; and
a second cylinder housing a second pair of opposed, free pistons comprising a third piston housed towards said first end cylinder and a fourth piston housed towards said second cylinder end; and

a pair of link rods comprising a first link rod and a second link rod,
said first link rod having a first link rod end and a second link rod end, said first link rod being coupled, at said first link rod end, with said first piston and being coupled, at said second link rod end, only with said fourth piston, and
said second link rod having a third link rod end and a fourth link rod end, said second link rod being coupled, at said third link rod end, with said second piston and being coupled, at said fourth link rod end, only with said third piston.