Patent ID: 7455041

Claim:
A reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine comprising: (a) a cylinder block; (b) a cylinder having a cylinder axis disposed in said cylinder block; (c) an adjustable bearing guided in said cylinder block; (d) a piston movable in said cylinder; (e) a crank drive having a connecting rod; (f) a transmission lever indirectly coupled with said piston and intersecting the cylinder axis, said transmission lever being articulated onto said connecting rod at an articulation location and onto said adjustable bearing and having a guide extending along the transmission lever; (g) a pulling and pushing rod connected with said piston and engaging into said guide; (h) a guide lever pivotally articulated onto said pulling and pushing rod and pivotally articulated onto said cylinder block on a side of said guide lever facing away from said pulling and pushing rod; and (i) a setting drive for adjustably displacing said transmission lever relative to the articulation location of said transmission lever with said pulling and pushing rod.