HEAT ENGINE FOR DRIVING A DRIVE SHAFT

摘要

The present invention concerns a heat engine for driving a drive shaft, comprising at least a gas generator and a turbine (6), the gas generator supplying the turbine with engine gas and the turbine driving the engine shaft in rotation. The engine is characterised in that the gas generator is a four-stroke internal combustion engine (14), in that it comprises a compressor (21) for supplying air to the internal combustion engine, the compressor being mechanically driven by the internal combustion engine, and in that the turbine (6) is mechanically free relative to the internal combustion engine.