The invention relate to
internal combustion engine piston-type and the method of operation without a
crank mechanism can find application in a wide range of motor vehicles and stationary engines. These engines according to the invention will provide higher economic efficiency in their operation and a longer service life. The efficiency of the engines according to the invention is achieved through the application of a basic kinematic scheme for the transformation of the rectilinear reciprocating movement of the pistons into a rotary movement of the engine
drive shaft (9), where the full operating
stroke of the pistons (21), which perform the strokes of the
operating cycle, is performed by rotating the engine
drive shaft (9) at 90°, and not at 180°, as it is in the conventional engine, where the start of each
stroke begins at an angular arrangement of the groups of driving teeth (10, 11, 12 and 13), with one group for each
piston (21) and angularly located to each other at about 90°, at about 45° to the direction of movement of the pistons (21). The groups of driving teeth are angularly dephased between each other, starting with the driving tooth for the "expansion"
stroke at different angular values, which allows the simultaneous execution of two, three, and more "expansion" strokes, where the beginning of each stroke of the pistons begins not with a zero torque value, but with a value equal to the
maximum torque of an engine with
crank mechanism, and the values of the engine torque and power according to the invention, at the same revolutions, are respectively about three, six, nine times greater than those of the engine with a
crank mechanism.