Patent ID: 8881696

Claim:
A two-stroke engine comprising: a cylinder having a cylinder bore with a combustion chamber and an outlet communicating with said combustion chamber; a piston disposed in said cylinder and delimiting said combustion chamber, wherein said piston has a piston recess; a crankcase having a crankshaft rotatably supported therein; wherein said piston drives in rotation said crankshaft; wherein said crankcase in at least one position of said piston is connected by a transfer passage with said combustion chamber; an air passage; a mixture passage having a mixture inlet that is disposed at said cylinder bore and opens into said cylinder bore and is piston-controlled by said piston; wherein said transfer passage is connected by said piston recess to said air passage when said piston is in an area of top dead center of said piston; wherein said piston recess is connected by a first connection to said transfer passage; and wherein said piston recess is connected by a second connection to said mixture inlet in at least one position of said piston, wherein said second connection is independent of said first connection and said second connection connects said piston recess directly with said mixture inlet without said second connection utilizing said transfer passage and said crankcase.