Tangential Combustion Engine 
Patent No: EP4321727
Authority: European Patent Office (EPO)
Status: Granted
Description: The present invention has for its object to further increase the efficiency of conventional internal combustion engines, in order to thus enable a more fuel-saving operation.

[0006] The present invention is based on the finding that, by virtue of a special shape of the cylinders, the piston thrust movement generated therein can be converted directly into a torque and the transmitted force is thus always transmitted tangentially, i.e. at the sinusoidal angle of 90°, to a shaft.

[0007] The present invention therefore provides an internal combustion engine which is characterized in that it comprises two cylinders which are in the form of a segment of a circle in their longitudinal direction and in each of which a piston is arranged such that it can be moved from a position at a minimum distance from the cylinder head P min to a position at a maximum distance from the cylinder head P max and in each case a connecting rod which is in the form of a segment of a circle in its longitudinal direction, a freewheel assigned to each cylinder on the sides of the pistons remote from the combustion chamber