Other Engines VII. Devaere Engineering Engines.
Karl Benz played a prominent role in advertising the improvement of the automobile. Because of the 90 degree lead of the secondary crankshaft, the prime dead center positions of every piston, indicated as TDC, lap each other and the closest position amongst the pistons is between these lapped positions at roughly 45 degrees past leading dead center of the secondary piston movement, and 45 degrees prior to top dead center of the key piston movement.
A major object of the invention is to supply an novel and enhanced opposed piston engine, wherein the rotation of one crankshaft is phased to lag the rotation of the other by approximately 90 degrees to improve the operative, cyclic action of the prime mover gas inside the cylinder chambers between the pistons and to an improved sustained torque output with a substantial reduction in vibration making effects.
It is also to be noted that …
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