Patent ID: 8061326
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: F02B

Abstract:
1. A system for converting the energy created by the ignition of fuel in one or more cylinders of an internal combustion engine to rotational power, wherein each cylinder comprises a piston, the system comprising: a. one or more first connecting rods, each rotatingly affixed at a first end to the corresponding piston; b. a master crank to which each such first connecting rod is rotatingly attached at a second end; c. a load crank; d. one or more second connecting rods, the number corresponding to the number of first connecting rods, each second connecting rod rotatingly affixed at one end to the master crank, and at the other end to the load crank; e. one or two master flywheels, each affixed to one of the ends of the master crank; f. one or two load flywheels, each affixed to one of the ends of the load crank; and g. a second load crank rotatingly affixed to each second connecting rod.