INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

摘要

An internal combustion engine includes a piston axially displaced in a cylinder over a maximal stroke and a connecting rod device for adjusting the compression of the internal combustion engine and having a transverse lever with one end connected by a first joint with a connecting rod articulately arranged in the piston and another end connected by a second joint with an actuatable control lever pivotal about a third joint. The transverse lever is connected between the first joint and the second joint by a fourth joint with a crankpin of the crankshaft which is spaced apart from a rotation axis of the crankshaft, wherein a lateral distance between the rotation axis of the crankshaft and the third joint in relation to the maximal stroke of the piston is at least −1.0.