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The Knight engine is an internal combustion engine, designed by American Charles Yale Knight (1868-1940), that uses sleeve valves instead of the more common poppet valve construction. These engines were manufactured in the large quantities in USA, Knight's design was made a commercial success by development in England, while the French ...
Knight sleeve-valve engine. The first successful sleeve valve was patented by Charles Yale Knight, and used twin reciprocating sleeves per cylinder.It was used in some luxury automobiles, notably Willys, Stearns, Daimler, Mercedes-Benz, Minerva, Panhard, Peugeot and Avions Voisin.
Charles Yale Knight, 1901. Charles Yale Knight (1868 – 1940) was an entrepreneur and inventor of the sleeve valve technology. His Knight engines would be used in the early cars, British tanks, and British aircraft.
Stearns became the first American automobile to use the sleeve valve Knight Engine in its vehicles in 1911. The first production model evolved in 1898; it was a gasoline-fuel buggy-style automobile with a one-cylinder engine (horizontal under the floor), tiller steering, wire wheels, planetary transmission, and chain drive.
Willys-Knight introduced a sleeve-valve V8 in 1917, which was sold until 1919. Willys-Knight enjoyed a production run average of 50,000 cars per year after 1922. Willys also purchased Stearns-Knight of Cleveland, Ohio, which also used a sleeve valve Knight Engine, making that marque the crown jewel in his growing automotive empire.
Cars powered by Knight engines (19 P) Pages in category "Sleeve valve engines" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
The Moline-Knight engine was the first monobloc version with 4-cylinders and rated at 50-hp. [1] Provided with a 3-speed in-unit transmission, It was demonstrated in a record-breaking continuous 337 hour test in the laboratory of the Automobile Club of America. [10] The new sleeve-valve Knight engine advertised quieter running over the usual ...
The Falcon-Knight was intended to fit in price between the Willys Whippet and larger Willys Knight ranges [1] and was priced $1250, $100 less than the Willys Knight 70A Roadster. It was powered by a six cylinder Knight sleeve valve engine. Except for the engine, much of the car is actually the same as the Model 93A Whippet with many parts being ...