ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,669, issued on Aug. 26.
"Crank gear spring engine" was invented by Victor Rudolph Bloomquist (Brush Prairie, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is an apparatus for internal combustion engines; made up of crank gears, pivot frame, and control spring; the apparatus puts torque immediately on to the crank shaft at top dead center; the apparatus puts energy to use that is wasted by other engines at top dead center; other internal combustion engines push straight down on the crank shaft at top dead center; without getting any torque until the crank shaft passes by top dead center; this new idea apparatus is pushed down und...