| US 7,520,251 B2 | ||
| Non-reciprocating internal combustion engine | ||
| Robert S. Saari, P.O. Box 151, Little Lake, Mich. 49883 (US) | ||
| Filed on May 01, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/797,112. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/796357, filed on May 01, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0251496 A1, Nov. 01, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F02B 57/06 (2006.01); F02B 57/00 (2006.01); F02B 75/22 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 123—44C [123/43 R; 123/44 R; 123/55.2] | 6 Claims |
| 1. An internal combustion engine comprising:
a fixed position shaft mounted on a base;
an output shaft having a center line axis that does not coincide with the center line axis of said fixed shaft;
a piston assembly including first and second piston rods having first ends rotatably mounted to said fixed shaft and second
ends rotatably mounted to first and second pistons;
a cylinder housing including first and second cylinders having first and second spark plugs, said cylinders configured for
receiving said first and second pistons respectively, said cylinders affixed within said housing and said housing affixed
to said output shaft;
said piston assembly is accommodated in said cylinder block housing;
fuel is provided to said piston assembly through a channel interior of said output shaft; and
whereby timed firing of said spark plugs causes said piston assembly to rotate about said fixed shaft and said housing to
rotate about said output shaft.
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