Patent ID: 9194287
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: F01B,F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A variable compression axial engine comprising: a cylinder block having parallel cylinder bores; a cylinder head fixed to the cylinder block an engine housing attached to the cylinder block opposite to the cylinder head; a cam assembly residing in the engine housing below the cylindrical block and movable in the engine housing towards and away from the cylinder head, the cam assembly including a rotating engine shaft parallel to the cylinder bores, the inner cam rotationally coupled to the engine shaft; an inner cam channel on an outside face of the inner cam; an outer cam channel on an inner face of the outer cam; the connecting rods having bottom ends coupled to follow the inner cam channel and the outer cam channel to couple rotational motion of the inner cam and the outer cam to reciprocating motion of the rods; corresponding portions of the inner channel and outer cam channel are adjacent, and the bottom ends of the connecting rods include cam followers simultaneously engaging both the inner cam channel and the outer cam channel at all times; and pistons residing at top ends of the connecting rods.