Claims
- 1. An internal combustion engine of a cam drive axial piston type having an improved drive shaft extended equipment mounting structure, the improvement comprising:a drive shaft insertable into and removable from a cam drive axial piston engine without the necessity to separate the engine block; a drive shaft end portion having a taper portion to receive a hub for attachment thereto; and the hub having a flange for attachability of one of an aircraft propeller and an engine drive linkage.
- 2. The engine as in claim 1 wherein the hub has a flywheel attached thereto which flywheel having circumferentially a plurality of gear teeth for mating with a starter motor gear drive mechanism and the starter motor attached to the none of the engine.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/678,627 filed Oct. 3, 2000. Application Ser. No. 09/678,627 is now U.S. Pat. No. 6,526,927.
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