Patent ID: 9638100
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: F01B,F02B,F02M,F04B

Claim:
1. An engine comprising: at least one piston; a block defining at least one cylinder wherein said at least one piston is received in said at least one cylinder and wherein said at least one piston is operable to reciprocally move rectilinearly while positioned in said at least one cylinder; a fluid delivery system operable to communicate air and combustible fuel to said at least one cylinder and wherein said at least one piston is operable to compress the air and combustible fuel; an output shaft driven in motion by said at least one piston and extending beyond said block to a distal end and limited to rectilinear movement; and wherein said output shaft is moveable rectilinearly along a first axis and said piston is moveable rectilinearly along a second axis, wherein said first axis and said second axis are parallel and spaced from one another.