Patent ID: 6601379
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: F01L,F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine which comprises:a first cylinder in which a first piston is connected to a crank shaft that is guided, and a first cylinder volume, which is formed between the first piston and the first cylinder and is adapted to be filled with fresh gas during the expansion thereof in a suction stroke, whereby the fresh gas is adapted to be compressed in a subsequent compression stroke during the reduction in size of the first cylinder volume, wherein outside the first cylinder volume there are provided at least two mutually separated combustion chambers, which are arranged in a rotatably mounted combustion rotary valve, the first cylinder is spaced from a second cylinder in the axial direction of the combustion rotary valve and compressed fresh gas is adapted to be transferred from the first cylinder to the second cylinder by the combustion rotary valve, wherein the compressed fresh gas is chargeable with fuel and is ignitable therein is adapted to be successively fed into the combustion chambers from the first cylinder volume during successive compression strokes, and following the ending of a respective compression stroke, each of the combustion chambers is connectible during a working stroke to a second cylinder volume, which is formed between the second cylinder and a second piston that is connected to the crank shaft, whereby the second piston is displaceable by the ignition of the compressed fresh gas that is charged with fuel in such a manner that the second cylinder volume will be expandable and exhaust gas will be expellable by the second piston from the second cylinder volume during an exhaust stroke subsequent to the working stroke.