Patent ID: 8850807

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a power source; an air tank; an air compressor electrically coupled to the power source that provides compressed air to the air tank; an air engine comprising: an engine block that includes a plurality of pistons in a plurality of cylinders that provide power to a drive shaft; at least one head plate coupled to the engine block having air ports; a plurality of air solenoids coupled to air ports on the head plate to provide air input from the compressed air in the air tank to the plurality of cylinders in the engine block through the air ports on the head plate and to provide air exhaust from the plurality of cylinders in the engine block through the air ports on the head plate; a timing mechanism that activates the plurality of air solenoids to provide the power to the drive shaft; a motor mechanically coupled to the drive shaft and electrically coupled to the power source, wherein speed of the motor determines speed of the drive shaft; and an accelerator electrically coupled to the motor that controls speed of the motor.