AXIAL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

The axial internal combustion engine comprises at least one cylinder (100), a piston assembly (110) within the cylinder defining a combustion chamber (200) where a fuel-air-oil mixture is compressed in one stroke of the piston assembly (110), and a pump chamber (300) for the suction of air to be drawn into the combustion chamber (200) in said stroke of the piston assembly (110) for subsequent explosion of the fuel-air-oil mixture compressed in the combustion chamber (200). The piston assembly (110) comprises a piston head (111), a piston body (112), and a connecting rod (135) connected to the piston head (111) and with a cam follower (150) at one end (140) to bear on a surface (410) of a single power cam (400). Displacement of the piston assembly (110) within the cylinder (100) causes the cam follower (150) to roll onto surface (410) causing power cam (400) to be rotated.