Reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine

• Main Author: Hoehl, Johannes
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.02.2022
• Subjects: BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MACHINES OR ENGINES, IN GENERAL OR OF POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENTTYPE, e.g. STEAM ENGINES; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; SPRINGS; STEAM ENGINES; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine includes first, second, and third cylinders, and a crank drive having a crankshaft rotatably mounted in a crank housing. The crankshaft has first and second crank pins, wherein a first and a second connecting rod for a first and a second piston are assigned to the first crank pin, and a third connecting rod for a third piston is assigned to the second crank pin. The first and the second cylinder together with the first and the second piston are arranged in a V-shape, wherein the third cylinder together with the third piston is arranged in the V.