Patent ID: 9046126
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. A connecting rod for an engine, the connecting rod comprising: a sleeve portion having a distal end comprising a distal aperture configured to be coupled to a piston; a rod portion having a proximal end comprising a proximal aperture configured to be coupled to a crankshaft, the rod portion being received by the sleeve portion and configured to reciprocate in the sleeve portion; a resilient member confined between the rod portion and the sleeve portion, the resilient member being configured to be compressed and expanded, such that the rod portion reciprocates in the sleeve portion and a distance between a center of the proximal aperture and a center of the distal aperture is variable; an end cap associated with the sleeve portion; and a plunger associated with the rod portion, wherein the resilient member is confined between the end cap and the plunger, wherein the end cap comprises first projections and the plunger comprises second projections, and wherein the first and second projections are meshed with one another when the plunger is in a retracted position with respect to the sleeve portion, and the first and second projections are not meshed with one another when the plunger is in an extended position with respect to the sleeve portion.