AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

摘要

An internal combustion engine including at least one crankshaft defining an axis of rotation and having at least one crank on which a force can be exerted to cause rotation of the crankshaft for performing work; at least one cylinder defined in an engine body, the cylinder permitting a fuel/air mixture to be combusted therein to exert a force on a piston which is operatively located therein; and a piston member comprising a piston body having at least one piston located at an end thereof, the piston being displaceably located in the cylinder in an arrangement in which controlled combustion of a fuel/air mixture in the cylinder causes a force to be operatively exerted on the piston, thereby causing reciprocating linear displacement of the piston member, the piston member having a floating bearing that is freely rotatably located in the piston body, in which the crank of the crankshaft is eccentrically located to permit the crank to revolve around the axis of rotation of the crankshaft, thereby permitting said force to be transmitted to the crank of the crankshaft, via the floating bearing of the piston member, to provide for rotation of the crankshaft.