Patent ID: 8683964
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: F02B,F02D,F02M

Abstract:
1. A two-stroke internal combustion engine comprising: at least one set of paired first and second cylinders; an air or air/fuel mixture inlet conduit bifurcated into inlet passages extending to respective first and second inlet ports of said first and second cylinders; and a pivoting two-leaved inlet valve comprising two rigidly interconnected leaves; said pivoting inlet valve located at said bifurcation of said inlet conduit; wherein said pivoting two-leaved inlet valve alternately pivoting such that a first leaf of said two-leaved pivot valve opens said first inlet passage as a piston of said first cylinder moves from bottom dead centre (BDC) to top dead centre (TDC); and a second leaf of said pivoting two-leaved inlet valve closing said second inlet passage as a piston of said second cylinder moves from TDC to BDC.