Patent ID: 6062187
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: F02B,F16C

Abstract:
A reciprocating piston internal combustion engine comprising:a casing;a crankshaft;a cylinder having a piston reciprocable therein;said cylinder having a cylinder end near to said crankshaft and a cylinder end distant from said crankshaft;a plate being secured to said cylinder end near to said crankshaft;a connecting rod pin;a primary connecting rod sealingly passing through an orifice in said plate and being secured at one end to said piston and at the opposite end to said connecting rod pin;a secondary connecting rod articulated at one end to said crankshaft and at the opposite end to said connecting rod pin;said piston having a piston face near to said connecting rod pin and a piston face distant from said connecting rod pin;whereby combustion occurs exclusively in the chamber formed between said piston face near to said connecting rod pin and said plate;characterized in that,the connecting rod pin also comprises slider means, sliding on slideways secured to said casing;the end of said cylinder distant from said crankshaft is not pressurised, whereby the diameter of the primary connecting rod is kept to a minimum and;said plate includes valves which do not extend substantially outwardly from the cylinder bore projection on said plate.