ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,642, issued on Sept. 8.

"Piston system for a compression engine" was invented by Jesse Reed (Redford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piston system for a compression engine that detonates fuel during an appropriate part of the cycle includes a piston and a connecting rod that connects the piston to a crankshaft via a cam on crankshaft. The cam on the crankshaft provides an offset such that the orbit of the cam during each stroke cycle is different than the orbit of the crankshaft. The connecting rod is connected to the cam such that the orbit of the cam is larger than the orbit of the cam. In this way, for each stroke cycle, th...