Patent ID: 6431139
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: F01C,F02B,Y10T

Abstract:
An oscillating-piston engine, comprising:a housing having a central housing axis and a housing inner wall; several pistons configured as two-armed levers, said pistons being arranged in said housing and moving/orbiting together in a revolution direction about said central housing axis; several pivot axes parallel to said housing axis, each of said pistons arranged pivotably about one of said pivot axes, respectively; a stationary cam piece with respect to said housing and arranged centrally in said housing, said cam piece having an outer contour and at least one inner contour, said outer contour and said inner contour being configured as control cams, wherein said pistons have, at a side facing away from said housing inner wall, running surfaces, which are guided alongside said inner contour supportedly to a side of a centrifugal force and alongside said outer contour supportedly into a direction of the housing axis, in order to control pivot movements of said pistons in the revolution about said central housing axis.