Title:
対向ピストン・対向シリンダフリーピストン・エンジン
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008500491
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A free piston engine is configured with a pair of opposed engine cylinders located on opposite sides of a fluid pumping assembly. An inner piston assembly includes a pair of inner pistons, one each operatively located in a respective one of the engine cylinders, with a push rod connected between the inner pistons. The push rod extends through an inner pumping chamber in the fluid pumping assembly and forms a fluid plunger within this chamber. An outer piston assembly includes a pair of pistons, one each operatively located in a respective one of the engine cylinders, with at least one pull rod connected between the outer pistons. The pull rod extends through an outer pumping chamber in the fluid pumping assembly and forms a fluid plunger within this chamber.
Inventors:
Peter Hoff Powell
Application Number:
JP2007515186A
Publication Date:
January 10, 2008
Filing Date:
May 19, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Limited Liability Company
International Classes:
F02B71/00; B60K1/00; B60K16/00; F02B71/04; F02B75/24; F04B17/00; F04B19/00; F04B35/00; F02B75/28
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroshi Maeda
Hiroshi Takeuchi
Takahisa Shimada
Yuji Takeuchi
Katsumi Imae
Atsushi Fujita
Kazunari Ninomiya
Tomoo Harada
Iseki Katsumori
Hiroshi Takeuchi
Takahisa Shimada
Yuji Takeuchi
Katsumi Imae
Atsushi Fujita
Kazunari Ninomiya
Tomoo Harada
Iseki Katsumori