US Patent Issued on Sept. 16 for "Two stroke engine" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,270, issued on Sept. 16.

"Two stroke engine" was invented by Daniel J. Meyer (Rushville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two stroke internal combustion engine contains an engine block, at least one power cylinder in the engine block, and at least one pump cylinder in the engine block associated with each power cylinder. A conduit communicates between an outlet of the pump cylinder and an inlet of the power cylinder. A timer coordinates movement of a piston in the power cylinder, a piston in the pump cylinder, and a valve in the conduit."

The patent was filed on July 29, 2011, under Application No. 13/136,354.

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