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EP 0330674 B1 19901212 - INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE

Title (en)

INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE

Publication

EP 0330674 B1 19901212 (DE)

Application

EP 88900352 A 19880101

Priority

DE 3700023 A 19870102

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO8805124A1] An internal combustion engine has an axial cylinder assembly arranged around an eccentring shaft. The same fluid is used for lubricating and for cooling and can be supplied to the places to be lubricated and cooled from the inside of the eccentric shaft as well as from the outside to the cylinders and cylinder heads.

IPC 1-7

F01P 9/00; F02B 75/26

IPC 8 full level

F01B 3/02 (2006.01); F01M 1/02 (2006.01); F01P 9/00 (2006.01); F02B 75/26 (2006.01); F01P 3/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F01B 3/02 (2013.01); F01M 1/02 (2013.01); F01P 9/00 (2013.01); F02B 75/26 (2013.01); F01P 2003/006 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 8805124 A1 19880714; AU 1055688 A 19880727; DE 3861284 D1 19910124; EP 0330674 A1 19890906; EP 0330674 B1 19901212

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 8800003 W 19880101; AU 1055688 A 19880101; DE 3861284 T 19880101; EP 88900352 A 19880101