Patent ID: 9528585
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: F01C,F02B,F16H,Y02T,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A piston system, comprising: a first arm mounted on a first shaft for rotation about a central axis; a second arm mounted on a second shaft for rotation about the central axis; each of the first arm and the second arm terminating radially outward from the central axis in respective piston arrangements, each of the piston arrangements including a respective piston mounted for movement within a stationary chamber, said stationary chamber being defined at least in part by the piston of the first arm and the piston of the second arm; each of the first shaft and the second shaft being connected to an energy transfer mechanism; and the energy transfer mechanism including coupled non-circular gears arranged to convert oscillatory rotational motion to unidirectional rotational motion.