Patent ID: 7334558
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: F02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a housing forming a compartment with opposed cylinders at opposite ends of the compartment; a slide body reciprocal in the housing compartment, the slide body having pistons at opposite ends of the slide body, individual pistons being received within individual cylinders, at least two side by side pistons being located on at least one end of the slide body, wherein the slide body and the pistons comprise a one-piece rigid body, cyclical combustion within the cylinders imparting linear reciprocal motion to the slide body, bearing surfaces between a central portion of the slide body and the housing extending linearly so that the pistons reciprocate linearly within the cylinders; a rotating disk positioned in the housing compartment, the rotating disk being located adjacent to the slide body and being rotatable about an axis generally perpendicular to linear reciprocal movement of the slide body; interengaging members on the slide body and rotating disk sufficiently laterally offset from the axis of rotation of the rotating disk to impart rotary motion to the rotating disk as the slide body linearly reciprocates within the housing compartment: and a drive shaft extending through the housing, rotation of the rotating disk being transmitted to the drive shaft so that linear motion of the slide piston is transmitted through the rotating disk to the drive shaft far delivering external power.