Trammel Engine Crank Mechanism

A new mechanism, combining the Trammel motion with a planetary gear and an epicyclical roller bearing, which will eliminate the side loads and directly transfer the inertia forces to the block, is being presented here. The obvious advantages of this Trammel engine are its ability to be fully balanced in any configuration with two cylinders or more, its short crank and therefore low mass/stiffness ratio, few bearings resulting in less frictional loss as well as its compactness due to the filling in of utilized structural material around the piston journals. Furthermore the engine take advantage of well developed combustion chamber sealing with minimal seal length/displacement ratio. This paper will describe this relatively simple mechanism, analyze some of the bearing and gear forces and show the development status of the first prototype.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-3073
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of SAE International.
• Authors:
  • Pedersen, Laust G
• Publication Date: 1998-2-23

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearings; Combustion chambers; Engine cylinders; Gears; Pistons; Securing and joining equipment
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01796568
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: SAE International
• Report/Paper Numbers: 2000-01-3073
• Files: TRIS, SAE
• Created Date: Dec 9 2021 10:18AM