US 6,981,483 B1 | ||
Linear gear transfer drive assembly | ||
Charles P. Keip, 1052 Byron Rd., Byron Center, Mich. 49315 (US) | ||
Filed on Nov. 04, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/700,268. | ||
Claims priority of provisional application 60/427057, filed on Nov. 18, 2002. | ||
Int. Cl. F02B 75/32 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 123—197.1 | 9 Claims |
1. A heat engine having linear piston rod movement with enhanced energy transfer to rotational output comprises,
a drive transfer assembly having at least one linear driven input rack,
a piston interconnected to said input rack,
said piston reciprocately moves within a cylinder,
at least one rack engagement means registerable on said input rack,
at least one output drive shaft rotatably carried by at least one one-way torque transfer means within said rack engagement
means,
at least one camming element on said output drive shaft, said camming element having an engagement surface,
cam followers extending from said input rack selectively engaging said camming element.
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