Taurozzi Pendulum Engine: Curved Cylinders and Zero Lubrication
Feb 15, 2024 · Since those curved connecting rods, and all of the accouterments that come with them, harbor a significant amount of weight and hog a fair deal of space, this engine’s footprint seems to have been better suited for hospital, industrial, agricultural, and railway implementation.
motorcycle - Pivoted curved-path piston engine - Motor Vehicle ...
May 29, 2016 · Years ago, I saw a documentary about engine efficiency where people were testing a pivoted, curved-path piston engine. The claim is that the standard piston engine, with straight up-and-down path, causes lots of friction with …
US6349679B1 - Circularly-curved piston engine - Google Patents
This engine is substantially free from any vibration and noise, small in friction loss, improved in mechanical efficiency to a considerable extent, compact and lightweight, and applicable to a...
Swing-piston engine - Wikipedia
A swing-piston engine is a type of internal combustion engine in which the pistons move in a circular motion inside a ring-shaped "cylinder", moving closer and further from each other to provide compression and expansion. Generally two sets of pistons are used, geared to move in a fixed relationship as they rotate around the cylinder.
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Feb 9, 2008 · There is also a reference to engines with curved cylinders being used on the original USS Pequot. I've done some searching, without much success. I can see how the borer works but I can't understand the steam engine layout nor why such a complicated (and high friction) layout would be chosen.
Circularly-curved piston engine - Justia Patents Search
This engine is substantially free from any vibration and noise, small in friction loss, improved in mechanical efficiency to a considerable extent, compact and lightweight, and applicable to a reciprocating piston engine. The engine comprises: curved cylinders each assuming a circular shape in cross section; curved pistons (1, 1a) each fitting ...
(PDF) Internal combustion engine with curved triangular rotary pistons …
Jan 1, 2016 · The Wankel rotary engine is a potential alternative to the reciprocating engine in hybrid applications because of its favorable energy to weight ratio. In this study, a Wankel rotary engine...
EP0277252A1 - curved cylinder engine - Google Patents
A structure of an engine using a cylinder block having a cross-section forming a predetermined curved surface, and a piston having a curved surface identical with the curved surface of...
EP0277252B1 - Curved cylinder engine - Google Patents
For enabling the arcwise reciprocating motion of the piston to be more efficiently converted into rotational motion the curved cylinder machine is designed as indicated in the annexed claim, thus...
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Engine. Boasting the latest generation of KTM's LC4c engine, the KTM 390 SMC R features a compact, 399 cc single-cylinder powerplant, churning out impressive power and effortless acceleration. ... CURVED PIVOT Swingarm. ... any big hits are handled by a WP APEX Separate piston shock absorber with 230 mm of travel. The shock is also rebound ...