Patent ID: 7694658
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: F02B,F02F

Abstract:
1. A two-stroke engine comprising: a piston and a cylinder liner, wherein the piston is moveable up and down in the cylinder liner; a combustion chamber which is defined by the top end of the piston; a connecting rod and a crankshaft, wherein the connecting rod connects said piston with the crankshaft at the bottom end of said piston; and a crankcase being arranged below the cylinder liner, wherein in the crankcase said crankshaft is rotatably mounted, wherein the cylinder liner comprises at least one slot which is arranged in the cylinder liner at the bottom end and which at least one slot runs in an axial direction, wherein said at least one slot intensifies the thermally induced radial expansion of the cylinder liner, wherein the slot comprises a length in the axial direction which is larger than the width of the slot in a tangential direction.