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[August 2005]
Patent Filed for New Combustion Engine Technology
Axial Vector Engine Corp (Portland, OR, USA) has filed a patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office, entitled 'Barrel-Type Internal Combustion Engine'. The invention relates to an internal combustion engine that converts combustion energy into rotational energy without the use of a traditional crankshaft.
The engine is lighter in weight, has less moving parts and develops more low RPM torque that traditional engines. These innovative engines will, says Axial Vector(tm), be suitable replacements for existing engines in a number of industrial categories.
The engine has been designed to incorporate modern materials and technology such as piezoelectric-drive intake and exhaust valves, piezoelectric fuel injection, oil cooling only (no radiator), elimination of piston rings, self-starting capability (no conventional starter), ceramic cylinder sleeves, plasma ignition, multi-fuel operation and more.
Axial's President, Dr Raymond Brouzes, said: "The fundamental economic conditions that existed since the development of the internal combustion engine over 100 years ago no longer exist. In today's world of high fuel and oil costs, energy efficiency, weight and space are the only things that count. This patent will protect our intellectual property and build value for our shareholders."
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