Opposed reciprocating piston internal combustion engine

摘要

In order to reduce the overall dimensions and the weight of a motion transmission system including piston, a tie-rod and a crankshaft, the crankshaft and a single tie-rod are arranged inside two mutually opposite pistons which constitute one single monolithic element reciprocating inside two mutually opposite cylinder. The machine can operate as an endothermic motor with atmospheric feed, as a self-supercharged endothermic motor, as a hydraulic motor, or as a self-driven compressor, or as a compressor which can be driven by an externally applied motor.