Patent ID: 9714604
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: F01C,F02B,Y02T

Claim:
1. A method of feeding air to an internal combustion engine having at least first and second internal cavities, the first internal cavity defining at least a first combustion chamber, the second internal cavity defining at least a second combustion chamber, the first and second combustion chambers each having a variable volume and undergoing a cycle defining successive phases of intake, compression, combustion and exhaust, the method comprising: completing the intake phase of the first combustion chamber by feeding compressed air into the first combustion chamber until a maximum volume thereof is reached; during a beginning of the compression phase of the first combustion chamber and a simultaneous beginning of the intake phase of the second combustion chamber, feeding compressed air from the first combustion chamber into the second combustion chamber; closing a communication between the first and second combustion chambers and completing the intake phase of the second combustion chamber by feeding compressed air into the second combustion chamber until a maximum volume thereof is reached.