Patent ID: 7469665

Claim:
A power generation device comprising: at least three cylinders each having an internal volume, an internal cylinder surface, a central axis, a first end and a second end; at least three cylinder heads, each having an internal cylinder head surface and each cylinder head being disposed at and secured to said first end of one of said cylinders; at least three pistons, each having an axis of motion parallel to the central axis of one of said cylinders, and disposed in the internal volume of said one cylinder, respectively, and forming a combustion chamber for that cylinder; an output shaft having a central axis and a fixed angular relationship to the central axis of said cylinders; a swashplate fixed to said output shaft, having a first swashplate surface disposed at a first fixed angle with respect to said central axis of said output shaft; at least three connecting rods, each having a principal axis, a first end axially and rotationally fixed to an associated piston and a second end; and at least three followers, each follower being secured to said second end of one of said connecting rods, respectively, and having a first follower surface disposed at a first fixed angle with respect to said principal axis of an associated connecting rod to which it is secured, said first follower surface contacting and conforming to the orientation of said first swashplate surface.