Patent ID: 9593710
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: F01B,F02B,F16C,Y10T

Claim:
1. An opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder engine, comprising: a first cylinder having a first inner piston and a first outer piston disposed therein; a second cylinder having a second inner piston and a second outer piston disposed therein with a central axis of the first cylinder being substantially collinear with a central axis of the second cylinder; a crankshaft disposed between the first and second cylinders, the crankshaft having first and second crankpins; a first master pullrod coupled between the first outer piston and the first crankpin; and a first slave pullrod coupled between the second outer piston and the first master pullrod with the connection of the first slave pullrod to the first master pullrod located between the second outer piston and the first crankpin, the first slave pullrod indirectly coupled to the crankshaft via connection to the first master pullrod.